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Date of source: Friday, July 20, 2012
In an early hour of Thursday (July 19), Major General ‘Umar Sulaymān, the former vice president and Egypt’s spy chief, breathed his last of cardiopulmonary problems at Cleveland Clinic in the U.S. state of Ohio. He was 77.
“The Egyptian embassy is now undertaking procedures to carry the body to ...
Date of source: Friday, July 20, 2012
[Reviewer’s Note: Article II of the Egyptian Constitution of 1971 reads, “Islam is the official religion of the state, Arabic its official language and the principles of Islamic sharī’ah are the main source of legislation”. Salafists sought removing the word ‘principles’ or replacing it with the...
Date of source: Friday, July 20, 2012
[Reviewer’s Note: According to the Israeli website NRG, Ben-Ari was quoted as saying, “This abhorrent book promoted the murders of millions of Jews during the Inquisition and the autos da fé…this is an ugly missionary provocation by the Church, there’s no doubt that the book and its senders belong...
Date of source: Friday, July 20, 2012
Another Coptic activist, John Tal’at, called for expelling the Israeli ambassador in response to Ben-Ari’s destroying a New Testament, urging strong actions against such “insolence”. [‘Imād Khalīl, al-Misrī al-Yawm, July 20, p. 13] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Friday, July 20, 2012
[Reviewer’s Note: The paper mentioned that Israeli Member of Knesset Michael Ben-Ari from the National Union Party has burnt a copy of the Bible while he actually tore a New Testament from a copy of the Holy Book and threw it in the trash bin]
Najīb Jabrā’īl, Chairman of the Egyptian Union for...
Date of source: Sunday, July 15, 2012
On the other hand, statements by lawyer Joseph Malāk, an Alexandrian Coptic activist, stirred arguments in Coptic and church circles after he announced that he had addressed the U.S. administration in Washington and the U.S. embassy in Cairo to ask for mediation with President Muhammad Mursī on the...
Date of source: Sunday, July 15, 2012
On the other hand, statements by lawyer Joseph Malāk, an Alexandrian Coptic activist, stirred arguments in Coptic and church circles after he announced that he had addressed the U.S. administration in Washington and the U.S. embassy in Cairo to ask for mediation with President Muhammad Mursī on the...
Date of source: Sunday, July 15, 2012
The Coptic Evangelical Church, led by Dr. Safwat al-Bayādī, issued a statement on Egypt’s draft constitution asserting its acceptance of Article II as written in the 1971 Constitution without any changes or amendments.
The chapter on rights and freedoms, however, may include a clear article about...
Date of source: Sunday, July 15, 2012
Counselor Edward Ghālib said the additions made to the text of Article II of the Constitution has relieved everyone and converged with the Azhar paper on rights and freedoms, which was approved by all political groups in the society.
Counselor Munsif Sulaymān said through calm and legal dialogue...
Date of source: Sunday, July 15, 2012
Egyptians in general and Christians in particular heaved a sigh of relief after the Azhar settled the row about Article II of the Constitution by calling for keeping it intact.
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb said that Article II in the way it is drafted now is a “title of accordance”...
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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.