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Date of source: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Presidential candidate Ahmad Shafīq said Christians are full partners in the nation, pledging if he won the elections, he would choose a highly-efficient Christian woman as vice president to cover religion and sex in the same time. [Ashraf Sharaf and Sarhān Sinnārah, al-Akhbār, May 16, p. 5] Read...
Date of source: Saturday, May 12, 2012
Public business sector company Benzion said it is currently negotiating with some U.S. companies to export a photo of deceased Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III in his last farewell. [Muhammad ‘Abd al-‘Ātī, al-Misrī al-Yawm, May 12, p. 20] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Thursday, May 10, 2012
Presidential candidate Husām Khayr Allāh said if he won the elections, he would set up a ministry for Coptic religious affairs to regulate the building of churches and other pending issues suffered by Copts in Egypt. [‘Amr Jalāl and Mukhlis ‘Abd al-Haī, al-Akhbār, May 10, p. 5] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Tuesday, May 8, 2012
The bay'ah, or pledge of allegiance, inside the Muslim Brotherhood is not just a traditional ritual but rather a covenant and commitment. One of the most important means of going up the ladder of ranks in the group, the oath is not easy to be broken. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Misrī al-Yawm, May 8,...
Date of source: Monday, May 7, 2012
A conference on president election criteria held by several Coptic organizations on Sunday (May 6) was marred by splits and squabbles after Dr. Sharīf Dūs, Chairman of the General Coptic Organization in Egypt (GCOE), expressed support for presidential candidate ‘Abd al-Mun’im Abū al-Futūh. [‘Abd al...
Date of source: Saturday, May 5, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox Church Guards Coalition denounced the protests in al-Tahrīr and al-‘Abbāssīyah, adding proponents of those protest calls “seek the division of the nation into factions fighting one another”. [Ghādah ‘Abd al-Hāfiz, al-Misrī al-Yawm, May 5, p. 6] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Sunday, May 6, 2012
Azhar scholars said that attacking public property, intimidating citizens and killing soldiers and workers are all against Islam and their perpetrators must be punished. [Dīyā’ Abū al-Safā, al-Akhbār, May 6, p. 6] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Thursday, May 3, 2012
Anti-riot police forces reinforced presence around the Saint Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah, where renewed clashes erupted between protesters and thugs on Wednesday (May 2) as nine armored vehicles parked outside the cathedral that closed its gates. [‘Imān Ibrāhīm and...
Date of source: Thursday, May 3, 2012
Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah, responsible for the media committee in the Orthodox Church, said to al-Shurūq al-Jadīd that he was chosen in the delegation traveling to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).
"This visit is first of its kind for a Christian cleric, " said Bishop Marqus.
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Date of source: Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah and Dr. Safwat al-Bayādī, head of the Coptic Evangelical Church in Egypt are visiting Saudi Arabia with the official delegation to improve bilateral relations between the two countries after the recent crisis. This is considered a first of its kind visit for the...
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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.