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Date of source: Monday, June 25, 2012
Coptic business magnate Najīb Sawirus congratulated elected president Mursī over his win in a free election but criticized his campaign for announcing his victory in advance ahead of the official announcement by the High Presidential Election Commission (HPEC).
“Dr. Mursī is now facing two tough...
Date of source: Monday, June 25, 2012
Dr. Ahmad ‘Abd al-‘Ātī, the coordinator of Mursī’s election campaign, said the new president has resigned from the Muslim Brotherhood group and its political wing the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) to become president of all Egyptians. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām, June 25, p. 3] Read original...
Date of source: Monday, June 25, 2012
Dr. Safwat al-Bayādī, the head of the Coptic Evangelical Church, said he wishes success for Dr. Mursī and pins high hopes on him to achieve Egyptians’ ambitions for equality, freedom and social justice.
Bayādī called on all churches in Egypt to pray for the new president after he won the first free...
Date of source: Monday, June 25, 2012
Acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius said in a cable to Mursī that the results of the presidential election were expressive of the Egyptian people’s will about consolidating an aspired democracy.
He said that he expects Mursī to maintain the civil nature of an Egyptian...
Date of source: Monday, June 25, 2012
Father Rafīq Greish, the media spokesman for the Coptic Catholic Church, called on Mursī to pass the unified law on construction of houses of worship and the law on personal status affairs for non-Muslims and eliminate discrimination on the basis of sex or religion.
Lawyer Najīb Jabrā’īl, Chairman...
Date of source: Monday, June 11, 2012
Meanwhile, the Orthodox Church decided to prohibit any non-Egyptian citizen who does not carry a digital ID and Egyptian passport from voting in the elections to put the 118th pope on the Saint Mark chair and consequently no Egyptian carrying U.S. nationality will be allowed to vote. [Sayīd al-...
Date of source: Monday, June 11, 2012
The three Orthodox, Evangelical and Catholic churches said they reject plans by some to boycott the presidential elections and encourage all Egyptians to participate in the voting process and support the candidate they think would be able to attain the objectives of the revolution and establish a...
Date of source: Monday, June 11, 2012
Bedouin tribesmen, followers of Sufi orders and the majority of Upper Egypt Copts have announced they would vote for Shafīq in the runoff round on June 16-17.
Mursī’s supporters are pursuing a knock-door policy as Muslim Brotherhood’s female members are visiting women in their houses and try to...
Date of source: Saturday, June 16, 2012
It is not acceptable that the people are incited to spoil their votes on the grounds that both choices are bad. Egyptians need a president highly respected by all as long as he comes to power through fair and transparent election. [Safwat al-Bayādī, al-Ahrām, June 16, p. 12] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Saturday, June 16, 2012
It is not acceptable that the people are incited to spoil their votes on the grounds that both choices are bad. Egyptians need a president highly respected by all as long as he comes to power through fair and transparent election. [Safwat al-Bayādī, al-Ahrām, June 16, p. 12] Read text in Arabic
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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.