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Date of source: Friday, January 20, 2012
In the governorate of al-Qalyubia, 30 kilometers north of Cairo, the district of Shubrā al-Khaymah was the scene of sit-in strikes and road blocking upon rumors some building in the area will be turned into a church.
More than 300 Salafists in the neighborhood of Ibn al-Hakam stormed their way...
Date of source: Sunday, January 15, 2012
The Būlāq Abū al-'Ilā Court of Misdemeanor starts on Saturday (January 14) the first session in the trial of Coptic businessman Najīb Sawirus on charges of disdaining religion.
The public prosecution had pressed charges against Sawirus that he deliberately slandered Islam and improperly made fun of...
Date of source: Sunday, January 15, 2012
Zakī, who is also director of the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS), called on the Azhar to activate this paper, which he described as "the key to a modern state and window of hope for the future."
Dr. 'Imād Jād, deputy chairman of the al-Ahrām Center for Political...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Bishop Frances Farīd, the deputy of Beni Suef patriarchate, Archpriest Ermia of the Manshīyet Haydar Church, and several clergymen held an 'urfī (conciliatory) session between the 'Alī and Nawas families in the village of Tazmant al-Gharbīyah before a sectarian strife erupted.
Four from both...
Date of source: Monday, January 16, 2012
Former Arab League Secretary General and presidential hopeful 'Amr Mūsá said Copts are Egyptian citizens who enjoy all rights and must observe all duties.
Mūsā made the remarks on the sidelines of his participation in a conference on reform and democratization hosted in the Lebanese capital Beirut...
Date of source: Monday, January 16, 2012
Meanwhile, Muftī of the Republic Shaykh 'Alī Jum'ah said Islam guarantees that non-Muslims may practice their rituals and the principles of their faiths freely.
"The amendment of Article 2 of the constitution is needless because after all no one can encroach on the principles of the sharī'ah, a...
Date of source: Thursday, January 12, 2012
"I refuse see politics separated from religion and I am not going to be a member of any political party on the grounds that I would deal with all Egyptian parties," said Hijāzī, adding the Islamic sharī'ah is the top guarantee for Christians to be assured about their religion.
He noted that he is...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Furthermore, political groups and movements in the governorate of al-Beheira said an emergency was announced to oppose the so-called Abuhatzeira celebrations.
They also said in a joint statement that they will form human shields around the mausoleum of the Jewish cleric to deny access to “any...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 10, 2012
On the other hand, the parliamentary body of the FJP, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood group, is holding a closed meeting on January 18 under FJP leader Muhammad Mursī, and in the absence of the group’s murshid (guide) Muhammad Badī’, to name the party’s candidates for the post of People...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Meanwhile, the Cairo Court of Appeal set the Būlāq Abū al-‘Ilā Court of Misdemeanor to look into the lawsuit accusing Coptic business magnate Najīb Sawirus of disdaining religions and defaming Islam for publishing anti-Islam cartoons on the Internet.
Mamdūh Ismā’īl, a member of Egyptian Bar...
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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.