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Date of source: Saturday, August 4, 2012
Political parties and movements denounced the “deplorable” unrest between Muslims and Christians in Dahshūr and called for forming a fact-finding commission and working on brining the displaced Coptic families back to their homes in the impoverished area.
Dr. Muhammad al-Barād’ī, a representative...
Date of source: Saturday, August 4, 2012
The Shūrá Council, the upper house of the Egyptian two-chamber parliament, will set up an eight-member commission to start conciliatory efforts in Dahshūr. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām, Aug. 4, p. 4] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Saturday, August 4, 2012
Christian advocacy groups called for protests outside the presidential palace to urge President Muhammad Mursī to put an end to the suffering of Christians in restive Dahshūr while other Christians gathered outside the Giza Security Department to protest the forced displacement of Christians in the...
Date of source: Sunday, July 29, 2012
Hammer said U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s planned visit was an indication that Egypt “is moving in a positive direction, and can begin to stimulate tourism and investment, to advance a successful democracy and ensure respect for the rights of all individuals.”
Hammer also stated that...
Date of source: Sunday, July 29, 2012
On the other hand, Egypt expressed “grave concerns” about sectarian violence that erupted between a Rohingya Muslim minority and a Rakhaine Buddhist majority in Myanmar, which left houses, shops and mosques razed, dozens on either side killed and more than 90,000 citizens rendered homeless.
Foreign...
Date of source: Sunday, July 29, 2012
In another development, the Kafr al-Zayyāt Appellate Court of Misdemeanor sentenced an Egyptian Shiite Muslim to one year in jail and for slandering the sahābah (companions of the Prophet Muhammad) and desecrating a mosque in the area.
A first-instance court had sentenced Muhammad ‘Asfūr to three...
Date of source: Sunday, July 29, 2012
Meanwhile, Counselor Munsif Sulaymān, a representative of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the constituent assembly writing a new constitution for Egypt, said there is nothing that should justify protests by the Maspero Youth Union, adding matters are going very normal inside the panel.
Several Union...
Date of source: Sunday, July 29, 2012
Four from the makwagī’s family members were arrested and remanded in custody pending investigation while search is on for five members of the electrician’s family in Dahshūr, located 60 kilometers away from Cairo. [Ahmad ‘Abd al-Latīf, al-Misrī al-Yawm, July 29, p. 19] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Sunday, July 29, 2012
Clashes between two Muslim and Christian families in the village of Dahshūr, al-Badrashīn, Giza, toned down after a thick security presence in the area.
The unrest began after a Christian makwagī (a person ironing clothes in a shop in Egypt for a living) called Sāmih Sāmī Yūsuf burnt the shirt of a...
Date of source: Sunday, July 29, 2012
Muslim Brotherhood Murshid (Guide) underscored support for projects and programs of President Dr. Mursī on the street very strongly, calling for paying no attention to “those who only hinder progress and cause frustration”.
“The presidency is totally independent and the Muslim Brotherhood does not...
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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.