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Date of source: Saturday, April 21, 2012
Acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius discussed with some Coptic human rights activists and law experts the position of the church in the constitution-drafting panel and listened to their views on Egypt's new constitution.
Bishop Pachomius underlined the importance of...
Date of source: Saturday, April 14, 2012
Interior Minister Muhammad Ibrāhīm gave instructions to his aides to intensify security and traffic services on all highways within preparations for Coptic Easter celebrations and plans for the protection of churches, tourist sites and public parks.
The minister also instructed to intensify...
Date of source: Monday, August 5, 2013
Police immediately arrived to the scene and intervened using tear gas and exchanged fire with people, during which a police officer was shot to his right arm and three young conscripts, aged 22 and 21, were wounded and taken to the hospital. The police arrested 20 people from the village, charged...
Date of source: Saturday, February 23, 2013
After the churches’ discontent with the parliament election date that coincides with Coptic Easter, Akhbār al-Yawm published that the president is reviewing the possibility of changing the first phase of the People's Assembly (House of Representatives) elections on April 27 and 28. April 27 and 28...
Date of source: Saturday, February 2, 2013
In preparation for the summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, to be held on Wednesday and Thursday next week (February 6-7, 2013), senior officials of member countries held meetings in Cairo on Saturday February 2, 2013.
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation has 46 members. A number...
Date of source: Saturday, February 4, 2012
The Maspero Youth Union said on Friday (February 3) said one of its members lost his right eye during clashes between demonstrators and security forces outside the interior ministry building.
“Butrus Yūsuf ‘Abd al-Masīh, a 31-year-old air condition technician for a private-sector company has...
Date of source: Monday, January 30, 2012
Subhī Sālih, a member of parliament from the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), said there are some attempts to spark a falling out between youths in al-Tahrīr Square and parliament on one hand and the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) on the other.
“Throwing bottles...
Date of source: Saturday, January 28, 2012
Mu'taz Muhammad, a member of the People's Assembly and leader of the Freedom Party, proposed a fact-finding commission to investigate the incidents of the Two Saints Church in Alexandria in an attempt to detect the perpetrators of the January 1, 2011 deadly blasts that left dozens of Copts killed...
Date of source: Friday, January 6, 2012
Interior Minister Maj. General Muhammad Ibrāhīm said a plan was hammered out in coordination with the armed forces to secure all churches nationwide during the Coptic Christmas celebrations.
“The plan, more like the one operated to secure the People’s Assembly (parliament) elections, envisages the...
Date of source: Sunday, January 1, 2012
Islam criminalizes attacks on churches and non-Muslim houses of worship as Islamists, namely the Muslim Brotherhood and a number of Salafī parties, volunteered to protect churches during the New Year celebrations. [Dīyā' Abū al-Safā, Akhbār al-Yawm, p. 7, Jan. 1]
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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.