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Date of source: Tuesday, November 30, 2010
President Husnī Mubārak has appointed Foreign Affairs Minister Ahmad Abū al-Ghayt to head the Egyptian delegation at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe summit, which is scheduled to take place on December 1st and 2nd in Kazakhstan. Abū al-Ghayt is scheduled to deliver a speech...
Date of source: Monday, November 29, 2010
The Committee on Citizen Culture and Human Rights, one of the Supreme Council for Culture’s longest standing committees, issued a statement saying that everyone responsible for creating and escalating the recent incidents in ‘Umrāniyyah should be held accountable. The committee also called for the...
Date of source: Monday, November 29, 2010
Pope Shenouda III visited the Muhammad Farīd School in Shubrā today to vote in the parliamentary elections. The Pope urged all Egyptians to go out and vote. A large number of people came out to welcome the Pope as he talked about the importance of political contribution and voting and sad that he...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 24, 2010
The ‘Umrāniyyah prosecution called in various bishops yesterday, including Bishop Dumadius, and questioned them on the al-Tālbiyyah Church controversy. It was allegedly found that the Archbishopric was issued a permit to build a service center, yet they proceeded to build a church. The governorate...
Date of source: Sunday, October 24, 2010
Member of the Coptic Orthodox Community Council, Dr. ‘Īsá Girgis, said that rumors about Copts boycotting the elections in Alexandria are false. He also said that claims of the Church’s disapproval of the National Democratic Party selecting Sharīf Baqtar to run for the Karmūz district are false and...
Date of source: Friday, November 12, 2010
Dr. Hāshim says that Sahīh al-Bukhārī, which he says is considered the second most important book of Islamic reference after the Qur'ān, has undergone many recent attacks. He says the reason is merely because the book’s attackers do not own the mental capacity to understand its meanings. He then...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Si‘dah says that the Sayyidat al-Najāh Church massacre in Iraq is receiving a good deal of media coverage for many reasons. He talks about a specific article posted on the Middle East Transparent website by Dr. Iqbāl al-Gharbī, who claims that Middle Eastern Christians are victims for being...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 9, 2010
An ecclesiastical source announced that the Coptic Orthodox Church’s plans to celebrate Pope Shenoda III’s 39th year as pope next Saturday are going ahead as planned. The source also mentioned that, according to medical tests and reports, the Pope has recovered from his knee injury he sustained on...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Chief of the Shūrá Council Dr. Safwat al-Sharīf pointed out the significance of the upcoming parliamentary session and called upon all Egyptians to uphold the country’s best national interest. He confirmed the council’s support of political leaders who insist that Israel freeze the building of...
Date of source: Friday, November 5, 2010
The article opens with a word on the strength of national unity in Egypt and how Muslims and Christians alike would be willing to give their lives defending Egyptian churches against al-Qā‘idah. A number of leading Muslim and Christian figures are then interviewed backing the opening statement....
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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.