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Date of source: Thursday, January 17, 2013
This meeting took place in a teahouse in Zamālik on December 12, 2012, only days before the referendum on December 15. This text was approved by the SGP delegation and has been sent to Dr. Jamīlah Ismā’īl by the end of December who, however, has had no time to review this.
Date of source: Friday, November 23, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod unanimously named Bishop Raphael of Central Cairo Churches, who was one of the three finalists to the chair of Saint Mark, as secretary of the Synod instead of Bishop Bīshūy of Damietta. [‘Imād Khalīl, al-Misrī al-Yawm, Nov. 23, p. 4] Read original text in...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Egypt’s top census official revealed that Egyptian Christians are 5.130 million. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām, Sept. 26, p. 2] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Thursday, August 9, 2012
President Muhammad Mursī on Wednesday, August 8, issued a presidential decree appointing Ambassador Muhammad Fathī al-Tahtāwī as chief presidential chamberlain.He is the grandson of Rifā’ah Rāf'ī al-Tahtāwī, one of the leading figures of the enlightenment during the reign of Muhammad 'Alī in the...
Date of source: Friday, June 15, 2012
[Editor-in-chief Cornelis Hulsman: we received this analysis from a friend of Arab-West Report. It is an interesting analysis but I do not fully agree and made my remarks in the text below.
Date of source: Thursday, June 14, 2012
Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday, June 14th about two major political cases that had been brought before court:
Were the past parliamentary elections constitutional?
Is the Political Isolation Law Parliament passed valid? This law bans members of the former regime from...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Egypt is preparing itself for the second round of presidential elections on June 16 and 17 with two remaining candidates: Ahmad Shafīq and Muhammad Mursī. These two candidates reflect a great division one sees in Egypt, between Islamists (Mursī) and those opposed to Islamists (Shafīq).
The choice...
Date of source: Sunday, May 27, 2012
During the past few days some groundless rumors held that General Ahmad Shafīq made it to the runoff round against the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate Muhammad Mursī thanks to Copts’ votes.
Date of source: Thursday, May 31, 2012
The Egyptian Center for Human Rights (ECHR) expressed concerns over escalated “sectarian” statements by some leading members of the Muslim Brotherhood and its political wing the Freedom and Justice Party that Copts voted for Mubārak’s last prime minister, Ahmad Shafīq, in the first round of the...
Date of source: Monday, May 28, 2012
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.