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Date of source: Saturday, October 2, 2010
Eight Copts in Alexandria, seven Orthodox and one Protestant, compete to represent the National Democratic Party in upcoming parliamentary elections. The seven Orthodox candidates seek the Church's endorsement. Some even claim to be personally endorsed by the Pope. The Pope's denial of those claims...
Date of source: Sunday, June 17, 2007
The author comments on the recent Shūrá Council’s mid-term elections. He believes that the coverage of the election was mediocre, and that poor press coverage of events is helping to further distance the concept of citizenship.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Coptic Orthodox church asked the National Democratic Party to nominate a Copt to the third constituency that includes Muharrām Bik, Ghurbāl, and Karmūz which have a large Coptic population.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 25, 2006
During his participation in a conference of expatriate Copts in
New
York a few weeks ago, the deputy chairman of the Egyptian Union of Human Rights Organization (EUHRO),
Māhir
Khallah, accused the organizers of the conference of distorting the image of Egypt abroad by
representing
individual...
Date of source: Sunday, March 26, 2006
The article reports on a tour of US churches for some Christian and Muslim figures organized by the American embassy in Cairo.
Date of source: Sunday, March 26, 2006
The article reports on contacts between ‘Adlī Abādīr, an extremist expatriate Copt and Mahir Khilla, a Coptic activist living in Egypt, who turned down Abādīr’s invitation to a conference held in Zurich to discuss Coptic problems, as a result of which, Abādīr accused Khilla of treachery.
Date of source: Sunday, December 25, 2005
Mājid ‘Atīya clarifies some points concerning the participation of Copts in the recent parliamentary elections.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 21, 2005
A discussion of the number of Coptic candidates in the elections.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 7, 2005
A summary of articles about a controversial document attributed to the Muslim Brotherhood, which bodes no good for the future of the Copts in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, November 10, 2005
An investigation, carried out with help of AWR editor-in-chief Cornelis Hulsman, into the events surrounding the riots in Alexandria on Friday, October 21, 2005.
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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.