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Date of source: Thursday, December 5, 2019
This article first appeared in Pokrof in 2011 under the title Strakke Koptische Huwelijkswetgeving leidt tot spanningen; binnenkerkelijk, politiek en interreligieus. AWR reader Dr. Rachel Scott, Associate Professor of Islamic Studies in the Department of Religion and Culture at Virginia Tech...
Date of source: Friday, September 28, 2012
Abrām Lewis, the founder of the Association of Victims of Abductions and Enforced Disappearances (AVAED), said AVAED will meet within the next few days with Dr. Tayīb and senior clerics of the Azhar to discuss the association’s demands to re-apply the guidance and advice sessions for Christian...
Date of source: Thursday, May 5, 2011
Most of the editorials in the newspapers are criticizing salafists' practices in sparking a fitnah in the nation.
They comment on salafists' protests in front of Saint Mark Cathedral in al-'Abāsīyah demanding the release of both Kāmīliyā Shihātah and Wafā' Constantine, reportedly detained by the...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Cairo's prosecution starts investigating the Kāmīiya Shihātah case after referring it to the Western Cairo Prosecution in light of the various reports about her disappearance [Read original text in Arabic].
In Ākhir Sā'ah magazine, page 12 and 13, May 4, 2011, Nabīl Lūqā Bibāwī said that neither...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
In this article, the author highlights a voice recording published at al-Marsad al-Islāmī Limuqāwmat al-Tansīr (Islamic Observatory for the Resistance to Christianization) website http://www.tanseerel.com by a Muslim who alleged that he hosted Kamīliyā after she declared her desire to convert to...
Date of source: Sunday, August 8, 2010
'Abd al-Masīh Basīt, priest of the Virgin Mary Church in Musturud, asserts that Wafā’ Constantine declared herself Christian and that returning to her home would have threatened her life and stirred up sectarian tensions.
She lives in a safe place affiliated to a monastery. Security forces are...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Hundreds of salifīs and religious associations demonstrated in front of the Council of State, Tuesday evening, demanding the release of Kāmīliyā Shihātah, the wife of a priest from a church in Minya, as well as Wafā’ Costantine and a number of other [claimed] abducted Muslim women.
71. Salifīs attack Sharaf's vehicle in an objection for not releasing Kāmīliyā Shihātah and 7 others
Date of source: Wednesday, March 9, 2011
A large number of salifīs attacked Dr. 'Isām Sharaf's vehicle, the new Prime Minister, after leaving the ministers' cabinet Tuesday afternoon.
Date of source: Monday, November 8, 2010
Dr. Ibrāhīm Habīb, President of United Copts of Great Britain, filed a lawsuit against Shaykh Yūsuf al-Badrī in Great Britain for soliciting the murder of Copts in his infamous Fatwá stating that apostates should be killed. al-Badrī said in response that the British government has no power over him...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 16, 2010
A group of activists on Facebook created a group supporting Copts against the recent threats made by al-Qā‘idah that target Egyptian churches. The group’s main goal is to bring Muslims and Copts in Egypt together against foreign threats. The group is considered by many of its members to be a good...
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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.