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Date of source: Sunday, March 18, 2012
Presidential hopefuls and a number of public figures expressed their condolences and deep sorrow for the death of Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III.
Namely, 'Amr Mūsá, Mansūr Hasan, Hamadīn Sabāhī, Dr. 'Abd al-Mun'im Abū al-Futūh and Hāzim Salāh Abū Isma'īl, Dr. Muhammad al-Barād'ī and Ahmad Shafīq...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Lamīs Yahyá is an Egyptian student living in Germany who is supporting the Egyptian
student movement for democratization in Egypt. She earlier wrote the investigative report
on the conflict around the building of a Coptic Orthodox Church in Marīnāb, September 30,
2011.
Date of source: Thursday, December 8, 2011
One of the most confusing aspects of the recent clashes in Tahrīr Square is why they happened at all. The basic story, told at length here, is that a small group of sit-in protestors were dispersed violently by police, and as word spread more and more protestors joined their ranks. Eventually...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 29, 2011
As an American Christian in Egypt I find that I instinctively view events here through the following lens: Liberals are the good guys, Islamists are the bad guys, and the army is somewhere in between, perhaps neutral, perhaps not. Complicated times beg for simplistic narratives, and this one...
Date of source: Friday, October 21, 2011
Presidential hopeful Dr. Muhammad al-Barād'ī demanded a law that would protect the rights to practice religious rituals.
Barād'ī made the remarks during his visit to al-Sharqiya governorate.
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Date of source: Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Presidential candidate Muhammad al-Barād‘ī called for full application of the party-list proportional representation in the upcoming elections. He called the PR system the best way to represent all segments of Egyptian society following decades of democratic absence.
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Date of source: Monday, September 19, 2011
Much of this week's coverage was dedicated to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Prime Minister, and his visits to Egypt in which he promoted interfaith dialogue and the concept of a secular state. He met with leaders of Azhar, officials from the Coptic Church and various political representatives.
Date of source: Monday, September 12, 2011
Egyptian revolutionaries, political groups and Islamists have called on Egyptians to take to the streets next Friday in a new protest against a recent decision to activate the long-standing Emergency Law, accusing the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) of breaking a promise to cancel...
Date of source: Monday, September 12, 2011
The storming of the Israeli Embassy on 9 September and violent clashes that followed between protesters and police have generated a huge reaction from political parties and movements across the Egyptian political spectrum. The Israeli Embassy crisis forced political groups to deal not only with...
Date of source: Monday, September 5, 2011
Yet another fake report by WikiLeaks said that Muhammad al-Barād'ī, a presidential hopeful, was the target of an assassination attempt, which he narrowly escaped, during a referendum held lately in Egypt.
The whistleblower website claimed that Barād'ī would have been killed by a poison-filled...
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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.