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Date of source: Monday, May 28, 2012
The Orthodox and Evangelical churches denied backing any presidential candidate in the runoff round in which the Muslim Brotherhood’s Muhammad Mursī is competing with Husnī Mubārak’s last prime minister Ahmad Shafīq, scheduled to be held on June 16-17. [‘Abd al-Wahāb Sha’bān, al-Wafd, May 28, p. 3...
Date of source: Monday, May 28, 2012
“Copts freely voted for the candidates they deemed fit for the presidential position just like any other Egyptian citizen,” Kamīl Siddīq, the Alexandria cathedral’s Millī Council secretary, said in statements. [Rajab Ramadān, al-Misrī al-Yawm, May 28, p. 4] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Friday, June 1, 2012
Meanwhile, the Alexandria court of urgent matters on Thursday (May 31) turned down a lawsuit regarding the Two Saints Church bombing case against Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) in his capacity as the person in charge of running the country’s affairs during the...
Date of source: Friday, June 1, 2012
A war of flyers and exchanged accusations raged between supporters of Brotherhood’s Muhammad Mursī and former prime minister Ahmad Shafīq in several Egyptian governorates a couple of weeks ahead of the runoff scheduled for June 16-17. [Ghādah ‘Abd al-Hāfiz, al-Misrī al-Yawm, June 1, p. 5] Read...
Date of source: Friday, June 1, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox Church emphasized that it grants full freedom for all its congregation to choose between the two presidential candidates in the runoff, reiterating that it stands at an equal distance towards all candidates, said Bishop Thomas of al-Qūsīyah after a Holy Synod meeting on...
Date of source: Friday, June 1, 2012
The three Coptic Orthodox, Evangelical and Catholic churches denied they had any contacts from Muslim Brotherhood leaders for dialogue on guarantees the group should offer to civil powers as part of its plans to back its candidate Mursī in the runoff. [‘Abd al-Wahāb Sha’bān and Nashwá al-Shirbīnī, ...
Date of source: Friday, June 1, 2012
‘Umar ‘Abd al-Rahman, a leading jihādist imprisoned in the United States, on Friday (June 1) said he supports Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate Muhammad Mursī in the runoff round against Ahmad Shafīq on June 16-17.
‘Abd al-Rahman’s family said in a statement by his son Muhammad that the imprisoned ...
Date of source: Friday, June 1, 2012
“My bay’ah (pledge of allegiance to a ruler in Islam) will be strictly for the people, not for the Muslim Brotherhood group,” said Mursī during an interview with On TV’s talk show host Yusrī Fūdah. [Āyah ‘Āmir, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, June 1, p. 5] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Monday, August 12, 2013
Asyut
Popular Egyptian Democratic Movement has published a statement stating that Asyut, is declining, due to the continuation of pro-Morsi supporters and adherents of political Islam to commit “stupid acts”. Churches became targeted in the almost daily marches. The slogans of these marches were...
Date of source: Monday, June 18, 2012
In the midst of all these political crises and economic slowdown, there is actually no voice by intellectuals as their unity and solidarity to defend the Arab destiny are absent. [Yūhannā Qultah, al-Ahrām, June 18, p. 10] Read original 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.