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Date of source: Saturday, June 30, 2012
The Arab Spring upheavals must change our old vision of the world that is no longer divided religiously among Islamic, Christian or Buddhist but rather should focus on making peace that is only made through solidarity and inter-faith understanding. [Yūhannā Qultah, al-Ahrām, June 30, p. 12] Read...
Date of source: Saturday, June 30, 2012
World newspapers do not stop raising questions about the future of Egypt and stability in the Middle East region after the Muslim Brotherhood made it to power but more important than this is the grave concerns dominating the 12 million or more people – including women, Copts and artists – who voted...
Date of source: Saturday, June 30, 2012
Al-Tahrīr Square on Friday (June 29) hosted a mass gathering called Power Handover as President-elect Mursī addressed the participants and said no power will be above that of the people and whoever seeks the support of any other party but the people would definitely be on the losing side.
Mursī,...
Date of source: Saturday, June 30, 2012
The president pledged to respect the concepts of citizenship, democracy, public and personal freedoms and property, free education and subsidy for bread and fuel.
He also promised to enhance the free media and freedoms of expression and innovation that respect Egypt’s original values, noting he...
Date of source: Saturday, June 30, 2012
The al-Minyā patriarchate for Coptic Orthodox Christians issued a statement urging the congregation to be calm and do their best to preserve the homeland by supporting the president and working hard.
“Copts in Egypt are accustomed to living under all circumstances but everyone must pray for the...
Date of source: Friday, February 17, 2012
A group of Coptic movements, which groups Christian and Muslim activists, protested outside parliament to condemn the forced displacement of Christian families from al-'Āmrīyah and acts of violence in the village of Mīt Bashār in al-Sharqia governorate.
"The Coptic Coalition Movement and other...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 14, 2012
The People's Assembly's Human Rights Committee refused forced displacement of some persons from their original residential areas on the grounds that it violates human rights principles.
The committee, during a meeting held by chairman Muhammad Anwar 'Ismat al-Sadāt to discuss the urgent statement...
Date of source: Sunday, February 12, 2012 to Sunday, March 25, 2018
Fādī Yūsuf, the general coordinator for the Egypt Copts Coalition, said the group will protest outside the People's Assembly (parliament) against the incidents of al-'Āmrīyah, Alexandria, and the expulsion of eight Christian families and unlawfully wasting their private property.
The move comes in...
Date of source: Saturday, February 11, 2012
Lawmaker Dr. ‘Imād Jād threatened to resign from parliament if People’s Assembly Speaker Dr. Sa’d al-Katātnī continues to refuse debating his urgent statement on a crisis that followed an informal ‘urfī (informal) reconciliatory session decision to expel eight Coptic families from al-‘Āmrīyah area...
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One of the distinguishing sub-themes of the Egyptian revolution which began on January 25, 2011, has been the proliferation of Coptic movements.
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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.