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Date of source: Friday, October 22, 2010
Opposition elements in London say they cautiously welcome Minister of Manpower ‘Ā‘ishah ‘Abd al-Hādī’s announcement of the government’s intentions to allow them to vote in the upcoming parliamentary elections. Leading opposition figure Usāmah Rushdī says they fear that “impossible conditions” may...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Fahmī says that he strongly disapproves of how some protestors insult Pope Shenouda III. He says that he is amazed at the said protestors’ disregard of the fact that such acts could potentially destroy national unity in Egypt. He also blames the Egyptian media for generally using foul language in...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 20, 2010
The Egyptian Syndicate of Lawyers decided to disbar the head of the National American Coptic Assembly, Maurice Sādiq, upon the request of various Islamic members of the syndicate. They accuse Sādiq of insulting Egypt, the Egyptian people, God, the Muslim Prophet Muhammad, and the Qur'ān. He is also...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Members of the Muslim Brotherhood are no longer the only group of people to be excluded from student union elections. This year in various universities, including Cairo University and Helwan University, many Copts and former union members have been excluded from elections, too. But Helwan...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 19, 2010
In the area of Imbābah and al-Warrāq, the fight is not only over votes from inside the ruling party, but also for the Church’s endorsement. The Church this year has decided to endorse a Muslim candidate over a Coptic one because he, according to Father Ibrāhīm ‘Abd al-Malik, provides the Church...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Dominating parties in Alexandria are preparing for November parliamentary elections by announcing their candidates. The Muslim Brotherhood announced its candidates last Thursday through posters carrying their banned slogan “Islam is the Answer” and a Facebook page from which they announced they...
Date of source: Monday, October 18, 2010
The Ministry of Endowments announced that the statement made by the adviser to the minister about apostasy in Islam not being punishable by death, is not the ministry’s official opinion on the matter. The statement was made by Dr. Muhammad Shāmah. However, the ministry says that it is only Shāmah’s...
Date of source: Monday, October 18, 2010
Even though religious slogans are not allowed in parliamentary campaigns, Muslim Brotherhood candidate Dr. Hamdī Zahrān insists on using “Islam is the Answer” in his campaign in Beni Suef. He talked to al-Shurūq about the elections and about the group’s strategy for the new parliament. He also...
Date of source: Sunday, October 17, 2010
The author comments on the first conference held by the Vatican on the future of Christianity in the Middle East. He says that the Vatican approach is different in form and content from the American approach. The Vatican is seeking solutions that do not contradict their being part of the people of...
Date of source: Sunday, October 17, 2010
The author relates how she discovered the oldest Coptic translation of the thirty-ninth message from Pope Athanasius while working on her doctoral thesis in archaeology. With permission from General Secretary of the Supreme Council of Archaeology in Egypt Dr. Zāhī Hawwās, the author presented the...
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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.