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Date of source: Saturday, March 3, 2012
Islamists rejected the establishment of the Free Copts Party, planned by some Coptic activists, because it would be set up on a religious basis, criticizing the new party's calls to change Article II of the Egyptian Constitution which spells out that the principles of Islamic sharī'ah are the main...
Date of source: Saturday, March 3, 2012
The Senators, in a press release, said that they welcome the decision taken by the Egyptian judiciary to lift restrictions imposed on the departure of some workers in American NGOs, including those in the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI). [Radwá...
Date of source: Saturday, March 3, 2012
The Senators, in a press release, said that they welcome the decision taken by the Egyptian judiciary to lift restrictions imposed on the departure of some workers in American NGOs, including those in the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI). [Radwá...
Date of source: Friday, March 2, 2012
Meanwhile, several Copts demanded to have a 10% representation in the constituent assembly that would draft a constitution for Egypt, adding this percentage represents their population in Egypt, according to their own statistics, and warning that ignoring their demands would anger the church and...
Date of source: Friday, March 2, 2012
Meanwhile, several Copts demanded to have a 10% representation in the constituent assembly that would draft a constitution for Egypt, adding this percentage represents their population in Egypt, according to their own statistics, and warning that ignoring their demands would anger the church and...
Date of source: Friday, March 2, 2012
An official source at the papal office said contacts are underway between leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood and a prominent bishop at the Coptic Orthodox Church on coordination for a historic visit by the group’s murshid (guide) Dr. Muhammad Badī’ to the Saint Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district...
Date of source: Monday, November 25, 2013
Salafī Call Vice President, Yāssir Burhāmī, has made a fatwá (religious decree) that it is not permitted to watch sarcastic TV shoes or video clips similar to the program that was presented by Dr. Bassem Youssef entitled “al-Birnāmij”.
Burhāmī also responded to a question that was submitted...
Date of source: Friday, November 15, 2013
Dr. Sha’bān Abdul Alīm, the Assistant Secretary General of the Nūr party, stated that the Coptic quota has put the Constituent Assembly at an impasse. He assured that there must be no alliance with any group so that no social divisions take place (Usāmah Abd-al Karīm and Hussām al-Dīn Radī, al-...
Date of source: Monday, August 5, 2013
Sheikh 'Alā Saddīq, Secretary of Construction and Development Party in Suhag the political wing of Al-Jamā'ah al-Islāmīyah (Egyptian Sunni Islamist group), claimed that electronic newspapers which reported the besieging of Saint George’s (Mār Jirjis) Church, breaking crosses in Banawīt village and...
Date of source: Friday, August 2, 2013
Islamic preacher 'Amr Khālid called for coexistence, acceptance of others and respect amongst Egyptians in a recorded message on the website Youtube. Khālid, who recently announced his withdrawal from political work after founding the Misr Party, said that coexistence was the best key to Egypt's...
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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.