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Date of source: Sunday, May 6, 2012
Equally important, elders of al-Basrah village and leaders of the Salafī al-Nūr (Light) Party contained tension between Muslim and Christian families in the western Alexandria village. [Nāsir Juwaydah, al-Ahrām, May 6, p. 6] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Sunday, May 6, 2012
Additionally, the Committee in charge of the papal elections resumed reviewing candidates for the St. Mark chair after the process was delayed because of the sanguinary incidents of al-‘Abbāssīyah.
A source from the committee said that there are 16 candidates, including monks, archbishops and...
Date of source: Sunday, May 6, 2012
Moreover, the three Christian denominations called for dialogue among all political powers and parliament to avoid any more deaths.
The Coptic Catholic Church released a statement through acting patriarch Bishop Kyrillos in which it said that the heart of the church is aching over the Egyptian...
Date of source: Sunday, May 6, 2012
[Reviewer’s Note: Hadd al-Hirābah is a form of corporal punishment in Islamic sharī’ah, applicable to persons who wreak havoc, terrorize people or are involved in robbery. The punishment is exacted by amputating the right arm and the left leg or the left arm and the right leg. The punishment also...
Date of source: Sunday, May 6, 2012
Shaykh ‘Abd al-Hamīd al-Atrash, former chairman of the Azhar’s Fatwá Committee, said that hadd al-Hirābah must be applied on protesters who block roads, terriorize citizens and burn cars. [Dīyā’ Abū al-Safā, al-Akhbār, May 6, p. 6] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Saturday, May 5, 2012
The coalition, in a statement circulated on Friday (May 4), warned that some parties are using these demonstrations and the security forces’ preoccupation with them in order to carry out “terrorist operations targeting churches and vital state institutions”.
“With grief and pain, we condemn the...
Date of source: Saturday, May 5, 2012
Meanwhile, the committee registering names of voters in the election of a new pope in succession of Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III will resume its activities on Monday (May 7) after it stopped for several days over the recent incidents in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah.
Bishop Marqus, the...
Date of source: Saturday, May 5, 2012
A group of Coptic activists severely criticized the participation of Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah and Dr. Safwat al-Bayyādī of the Coptic Evangelical Church in the Egyptian delegation traveling to Saudi Arabia to meet Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King ‘Abd Allāh bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz.
The...
Date of source: Saturday, May 5, 2012
The Coptic Catholic Church expressed rejection against the spilling of Egyptian blood by Egyptian hands and all acts of violence by any side.
Bishop Kyrillos of the Coptic Catholic Church offered condolences over the victims of the ‘Abbāssīyah clashes and called for “calm and peaceful dialogue to...
Date of source: Thursday, May 3, 2012
Sectarian clashes erupted between Muslim and Christian local residents in the village of al-Basrah, in the western Alexandria city of al-‘Āmrīyah, over yet another interfaith romance between a Christian young man and a Muslim woman, seen together walking under a bridge in the area.
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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.