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Date of source: Thursday, January 9, 2014
In a series of fatwás (religious edicts) by terrorist Shaykh, the Kuwaiti preacher, Dr. ‘Ugāyl al Nishmī, the head of the Sharī’ah Scholars Association in the countries of the Gulf, has issued a fatwá inciting for the killing of al-Sīsī (Diā’ Abū al-Safā’, al-Akhbār, Jan. 9, p. 3).
Date of source: Sunday, May 31, 2015
The Ministry of Interior searches for human rights abuses on Facebook
At the direct order of President Sīsī, the Ministry of Interior began scouring social media websites for any video or pictures of policemen or security forces committing human rights abuses against Egyptian citizens. Through its...
Date of source: Monday, January 6, 2014
As Coptic churches prepare to celebrate Christmas, Minister of the Interior Muhammad Ibrāhīm has reassured Copts of the security arrangements, warning that: ‘anyone who commits an act of violence or hostility is doomed’.
Millions of Copts are preparing in Egypt to celebrate Christmas, a feast...
Date of source: Thursday, January 2, 2014
Dr. Muhammad Ibrahīm, Minister of State for Antiquities, stated that the cleanliness of the historical sites comes at the top of the list of priorities of the Ministry of Antiquities. He stated in a field visit that he led yesterday morning to the Religion Union Area in Old Cairo. This was in order...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 21, 2011
The trial of suspects from the military involved in the virginity tests and the October 9 Maspero incidents before a court martial is underway, according to Maj. General 'Ādil al-Mursī, the president of the military judiciary organization. "After all investigations completed and eyewitnesses were...
Date of source: Thursday, December 29, 2011
The Azhar's Academy of Islamic Research, in a session on December 28 under Grand Shaykh Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb, discussed a code of ethics for the mass media and satellite channels so that they would not insult divine religions. The Academy also decided to present a memorandum to the minister of...
Date of source: Thursday, December 29, 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood announced that it already set up informal groups to participate in the protection of churches during the New Year's Eve and Eastern Coptic Christmas celebrations. The Brotherhood, in a statement congratulating Copts as well as Muslim on the Christmas, called on the Supreme...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Meanwhile, Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb vehemently denounced "deluded groups" for the bombing attacks that targeted a church in the Nigerian Capital Abuja and the shedding of innocent blood.
[Reviewer's Note: The extremist Islamist group Boko Haram had claimed responsibility for the...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 28, 2011
The investigations into the Maspero case accused three priests, Muslim Brotherhood members and four political movements of inciting and sparking riots, summoning witnesses for the prosecution for the second time. Suspects said that they had nothing to do with the protests in Maspero but that they...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 27, 2011
The Alexandrian poet, Hamdī Zaydān invited people to spend New Year’s Eve off Two Saints Church, Saint Mark and Pope Peter in Alexandria in memory of the martyrs and victims died in the previous New Year’s Eve. In the early minutes of year 2011, a car exploded just outside the church, leaving...
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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.