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Date of source: Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Meanwhile, Dr. Husayn al-Shāf’ī, chief advisor of to the Grand Shaykh of the Azhar and Chairman of the Arabic Language Academy, rejected a draft law on the re-organization of the top Sunnī establishment.
“The person who submitted the draft law wants to have the appointment of the grand shaykh...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 8, 2012
According to an application for the papal chair of the Coptic Orthodox Church, candidates must meet 22 conditions including his life before and after monasticism. The eight-page application also includes candidates’ relations to other churches as well as activities in their community and the...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Meanwhile, the committee on the registration of voters in the election of a new pope in succession of Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III resumed its activities on Monday (May 7) in the presence of Chairman Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah.
"The committee decided to extend the deadline for the...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Copts in al-Thaghr in Alexandria, up to 900,000 in number, are still undecided about supporting 'Amr Mūsá or 'Abd al-Mun'im Abū al-Futūh in the presidential elections but the final decision will be by next week in a bid to unify their voting trends. [Fikrī 'Abd al-Salām, al-Ahrām, May 8, p. 6] Read...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 8, 2012
The administrative judiciary court on Tuesday (May 8) is sitting on a case obliging the minister of interior and public prosecutor to arrest and investigate the persons who set up the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (CPVPV) page on the social networking media Facebook...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Dr. Mirvat al-Tillāwī, president of the National Council for Women (NCW), warned against the recent setback in the position and rights of Egyptian women in a way that threatens their roles in the development of the society during the critical stage Egypt is going through.
"There is no prominent...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Brotherhood Murshid (Guide) Muhammad Badī', by unbinding Dr. Muhammad Mursī, the presidential candidate from the group's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), from his pledge, opened a wide spectrum for contemplation about the nature of the pledge Mursī has committed himself to.
Kārim Radwān, a member...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 1, 2012
He said that the whole world knows that Egyptians want the implementation of the Islamic sharī’ah, adding Egyptians’ wish to have their country pursuing Islamic laws should not be a reason for concern.
“I pledge to preserve churches and monasteries so that everyone feels he/she lives in a nation...
Date of source: Monday, January 7, 2013
Under the title “The Coptic Evangelical and Orthodox Churches celebrate Christmas without the Muslim Brotherhood”, al-Wafd reports that both Egyptian Churches had received congratulatory phone call from President Mursī, while a number of public figures came personally to attend the Christmas masses...
Date of source: Monday, January 7, 2013
Pope Tawadros received congratualtory phone calls from both President Mursī and the Muslim Brotherhood’s Supreme Guide, Muhammad Badīꞌ, to greet him for Christmas.
According to al-Misrī al-Yawm, many Muslims manifested their solidarity with their Christian countrymen by attending Christmas all over...
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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.