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Date of source: Tuesday, March 6, 2012
About 50 Coptic figures will meet Tuesday (March 6) to discuss merger into one entity and agree on names of representatives in the constituent assembly that would draft a new constitution for Egypt, Coptic sources told al-Misrī al-Yawm newspaper. [‘Imād Khalīl, al-Misrī al-Yawm, March 6, p. 6] Read...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Head of the Coptic Evangelical Church Dr. Safwat al-Bayyādī revealed that he would lead a church delegation today to meet with leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood and its offshoot Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) at the MB’s headquarters to have discussions on several issues, including the position of...
Date of source: Friday, February 24, 2012
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III denied the coming in Egypt of Jesus Christ and the consequent end of the world. ['Abd al-Wahāb Sha'bān, al-Wafd, Feb. 24, p. 1] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Wednesday, December 7, 2011
The Coptic Center and the Coptic Church in the UK have denied hosting the elusive former Minister of Finance of Egypt Yūsuf Butrus Ghālī. They deny knowing anything concerning the whereabouts of Ghālī whether now or in the past.
Date of source: Monday, February 20, 2012
Chairman of Egypt's Judges Club Counselor Ahmad al-Zind said that the judges are eager for the day to pass their rulings in light of the Islamic sharī'ah, adding it does not take a lot of efforts as opponents of the sharī'ah are trying to depict. [Muhammad al-Sanhūrī, al-Misrī al-Yawm, Feb. 20, p....
Date of source: Sunday, February 19, 2012
Rānyā Khalīl Ibrāhīm, the heroine of yet another sectarian trouble sparked recently in Mīt Bashār village, Minyā al-Qamh town, al-Sharqia governorate, said that she was not kidnapped and that she left her father’s home with her own free will. [‘Ādil al-Shā’ir, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, Feb. 19, p. 6]...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
A fact-finding commission sent by the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) to investigate the sectarian unrest in the troubled district of al-'Āmrīyah, Alexandria, revealed that the Christian families forced to leave their homes and property after clashes over a purported love affair...
Date of source: Monday, February 13, 2012
Bishop Bīshūy, Secretary of the Coptic Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod, called for establishing a council for Egyptian churches to be tasked with negotiating with the new regime to achieve Copts’ demands, stressing unity of Christian denominations to seek solutions for Coptic problems, including the...
Date of source: Sunday, February 12, 2012
The government is now considering the law on non-governmental organizations (NGOs) no. 84 of the year 2002 in a bid to preclude any penetration through its gaps in the future, according to a senior Egyptian official. [Sharīf Khafājī, al-Akhbār, Feb. 12, p. 3] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Friday, February 10, 2012
A coalition grouping Muslims and Christians for the first time was founded by with the aim of deepening full citizenship and freedoms of opinion and expression in accordance with the international law, the UN Charter, international human rights covenants and the Egyptian society’s norms and ethic...
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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.