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Date of source: Friday, May 11, 2012
Dr. Safwat al-Bayādī, the head of the Coptic Evangelical Church in Egypt, said he would support a candidate who will put the nation’s interest as his top priority and separate between his religious affiliations and the homeland’s public good.
I would not refuse a pious president who is fair to all...
Date of source: Friday, May 11, 2012
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb said the Egyptian people are now free to choose their representatives like the case with the recent parliamentary elections and the forthcoming presidential elections, adding the people who can elect a president can as well sack him.
“We have no future...
Date of source: Friday, May 11, 2012
‘Awā, in an interview to al-Mihwar channel on Wednesday (May 9), said if he won the presidency, he would do his best to implement the Islamic sharī’ah because it is “the umbrella that cover all segments of the Egyptian people”. [Muhammad Gharīb and Ibtisām Ta’lab, al-Misrī al-Yawm, May 11, p. 6] ...
Date of source: Sunday, May 6, 2012
In an opinion piece, Dr. Rev. Safwat al-Bayādi, wrote that it is better to take time drafting the Egyptian Constitution before rushing into the presidential elections to avoid committing the same mistakes again. [Safwat al-Bayādī, al-Ahrām, May 6, p. 10] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Sunday, May 6, 2012
In an opinion piece, Dr. Rev. Safwat al-Bayādi, wrote that it is better to take time drafting the Egyptian Constitution before rushing into the presidential elections to avoid committing the same mistakes again. [Safwat al-Bayādī, al-Ahrām, May 6, p. 10] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Sunday, May 6, 2012
Equally important, elders of al-Basrah village and leaders of the Salafī al-Nūr (Light) Party contained tension between Muslim and Christian families in the western Alexandria village. [Nāsir Juwaydah, al-Ahrām, May 6, p. 6] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Sunday, May 6, 2012
Moreover, the three Christian denominations called for dialogue among all political powers and parliament to avoid any more deaths.
The Coptic Catholic Church released a statement through acting patriarch Bishop Kyrillos in which it said that the heart of the church is aching over the Egyptian...
Date of source: Sunday, May 6, 2012
[Reviewer’s Note: Hadd al-Hirābah is a form of corporal punishment in Islamic sharī’ah, applicable to persons who wreak havoc, terrorize people or are involved in robbery. The punishment is exacted by amputating the right arm and the left leg or the left arm and the right leg. The punishment also...
Date of source: Sunday, May 6, 2012
Shaykh ‘Abd al-Hamīd al-Atrash, former chairman of the Azhar’s Fatwá Committee, said that hadd al-Hirābah must be applied on protesters who block roads, terriorize citizens and burn cars. [Dīyā’ Abū al-Safā, al-Akhbār, May 6, p. 6] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Saturday, May 5, 2012
The coalition, in a statement circulated on Friday (May 4), warned that some parties are using these demonstrations and the security forces’ preoccupation with them in order to carry out “terrorist operations targeting churches and vital state institutions”.
“With grief and pain, we condemn the...
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
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.