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Date of source: Monday, July 25, 2011
The official spokesman of the Islamic Group, 'Asām 'Abd al-Mājd, was heard making comments after he left a mosque on Friday in Cairo, describing the protesters in Tahrīr Square as “hooligans.” The Islamic Group has denied these comments.
Date of source: Monday, July 25, 2011
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The Ministry of Awqāf (religious endowments) has banned preachers from travelling to Tehran, stressing that Egypt is a predominantly Sunnī country, but is still respectful of Āl al-Bayt. It was mentioned that there should be greater convergence between Cairo and Tehran, and in the preaching of...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 20, 2011
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Copts calling for remarriage staged a sit-in surrounding the Clerical Council in 'Abāsīyah on Monday, protesting the Coptic Orthodox Church's refusal to grant them the right to remarry.
Date of source: Sunday, July 17, 2011
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Dr. Muhammad Badī', the Murshid (Guide) of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), has accused the former regime of tearing apart the fabric of the people of Egypt through permanent fitnah.
Date of source: Monday, July 11, 2011
Al-Fadīla salafī political party stated that in the coming days it will hand in the procedure of its establishment to the judicial commission, supervising the establishment of political parties after finishing the procedures.
Dr. Muhammad Imām, a member of the political office of the party, said...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 21, 2011
The three Orthodox, Evangelical and Catholic churches in Egypt concluded a meeting with members of the national justice committee on Monday, (June 20, 2011) at the St. Mark Cathedral, calling for an official copy of the unified draft law on construction of houses of worship.
Dr. Safwat al-Bayādī,...
Date of source: Sunday, June 19, 2011
Human Rights First organization said that the unified draft law on the construction of places of worship has made both Muslim and Christian leaders unhappy, rejecting the draft as restrictive and discriminatory to their respective religions.
If the law is passed without serious revisions, the...
Date of source: Saturday, June 18, 2011
A symposium convened by leaders and representatives of the new political parties in the Upper Egyptian governorate of al-Minya stopped for about 30 minutes over a tough debate on the 2nd Article of the Egyptian constitution.
Coptic business magnet Najīb Sāwīris, the leader of the Free Egyptians...
Date of source: Friday, June 10, 2011
Coptic thinker Kamāl Zākhir assured that the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) is a political group and that no one can ban any political group from practicing politics in society. However, he refused using religious slogans in politics to gain publicity from the people.
Zākhir pointed out that fitnah tā'...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Three Coptic Christian denominations in Egypt (Orthodox, Catholic, and Evangelical) are studying the law of on houses of worship and preparing a response on the articles of the law.
There was an objection on the article that states the necessity of 1000 meters between a worship place and another,...
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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.