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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
Acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius appealed to all Copts to go to the polling stations and cast their votes in the presidential runoff round between Lt. General Ahmad Shafīq and Dr. Muhammad Mursī.
“Everyone must choose freely between the two candidates and there should...
Date of source: Saturday, June 16, 2012
Saudi ambassador in Cairo Ahmad bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Qattān, who is also the kingdom’s permanent envoy to the Arab League, received Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah and Dr. Hānī ‘Azīz, the chairman of Egypt Peace Lovers Association. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām, June 16, p. 6] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Saturday, June 16, 2012
The Arab Socialist Alliance Party warned of sectarian instigation by Islamists for political gains in the presidential elections in their conflict with the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) over power.
The party called on Muslim Brotherhood’s presidential candidate Muhammad Mursī to send...
Date of source: Saturday, June 16, 2012
The national security agency has intercepted a number of phone calls between those persons and some loyalists that turned out to have been made from inside Egypt, the sources added.
“The armed forces coordinated with the police to deploy several fixed and mobile patrols with weaponry and tanks on...
Date of source: Friday, June 22, 2012
Coptic associations called for the state’s intervention to prevent the church from civil legislation for Christians, have it confined to the religious aspects and that the government should enact civil laws on personal status for Copts away from any interference by the church.
The conference held...
Date of source: Friday, June 22, 2012
The Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jamā’ah group in Alexandria said Dr. Muhammad Mursī is the president of Egypt and its supreme commander of the armed forces, warning the Higher Presidential Election Commission (HPEC) against approaching “Egypt’s elected president, Mursī, who is a red line”.
“We refuse having...
Date of source: Friday, June 22, 2012
In an interview with journalist Charlie Rose broadcast Wednesday (June 20), Clinton called the military's actions during the past week "clearly troubling."
The ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) has declared an interim constitution that gives its generals and the courts final say...
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2012
On the other hand, judicial sources in the Higher Presidential Election Commission (HPEC) said the examination of challenges submitted by presidential candidate Ahmad Shafīq revealed that a large number of Copts received threats against voting for Shafīq and were prevented by force from going to...
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2012
Meanwhile, political powers and parties embarked on forming what they called the “Civil Current” within preparations to participate in the next parliamentary elections in a bid to “confront the fulūl (remnants of the former regime) and the Muslim Brotherhood with a unified list,” according ‘Imād...
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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.