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Date of source: Thursday, January 13, 2011
Headline: Unknown Head Belongs to Pakistani who Entered Alexandria Three Days before Church Attack, Reported to Security
Source: al-Misrī al-Yawm
Page: 1
Author: Nabīl Abū Shāl, Muhammad ‘Abd al-Khāliq Misāhil, Fātimah Zīdān, Dālyā ‘Uthmān, Hudá Rashwān, Yūsuf al-‘Ūmī, and Nāsir al-Sharqāwī...
Date of source: Thursday, January 13, 2011
On Tuesday, an off-duty Egyptian police officer reportedly opened fire on a train in the southern province of Minya, killing one Christian and injuring 5 others. Today's Egyptian newspapers mostly emphasized that the assailant was allegedly mentally unstable and that his motives were not...
Date of source: Thursday, January 6, 2011
Hānī Hamdī says that Thursday Egyptian newspaper coverage of the Alexandria churc bombing focuses on the picture of the person suspected of being the bomber, as well as the statement by the minister of the interior saying that state security did not spare any effort to protect Copts before the...
Date of source: Thursday, January 6, 2011
Diana Māhir Ghālī provides a recap of the Thursday opinion pieces dealing with the Alexandria New Year's day church bombing investigation...
Date of source: Thursday, December 23, 2010
‘Ādil Ḥammūdah says that when Pope Shenouda ordered the transfer of his dialysis machime and other medical equipment to Wādī al-Naṭrūn for his recent seclusion, observers felt that he was planning a long stay, which would mean he would miss the president's inauguration of parliament, which could...
Date of source: Thursday, December 23, 2010
The report says that a Coptic woman brought a case seeking dissolution of her marriage on the grounds that her husband is impotent and she still is a virgin.
The husband initially took the matter lightly, as he knew he was not impotent and that he had ongoing sexual relations with his wife. He...
Date of source: Thursday, December 23, 2010
Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib, Grand Imām of the Azhar, has held a closed meeting with his counselors, the main topic of which was the issue of the portrayal of the Prophet's companions and wives in dramatic works.
The meeting decided that a serious study of the matter should be made, with the Azhar...
Date of source: Thursday, December 23, 2010
It seems the Ministry of Endowments will play an important role in the next year's presidential elections.
This has become evident from the oral instructions that mosque Imāms and preachers have received from the head of the ministry's religious affairs sector, Shawqī ‘Abd al-Latīf.
The report says...
Date of source: Monday, July 26, 2010
A civil state is a secular democratic state. Enlightened thinkers believe that a religious state is a a real threat.
The author explains the difference between a civil state and a religious state, pointing out that a civil state is based on sovereignty of law, which requires separation of...
Date of source: Monday, July 26, 2010
Secular Coptic leader Kamāl Zākhir states that Pope Shenouda III should stay away from the second marriage issue because it is a civil issue.
Ikrām Lam'ī, an Evangelical, argues that Pope Shenouda’s statement that civil marriage is a kind of adultery is a call for a religious state, while Catholic...
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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.