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Date of source: Monday, August 12, 2013
Muslim Issues
'Abd al-Ghanī Hindī, General Coordinator of the Popular Movement for the Independence of al-Azhar, announced the movement's intention to prepare a black list of Imam‘s names who call themselves '‘ulama against the coup.' These imams demanded the creation of a Free Egyptian Army,...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Other Statements
Al-Dustūr Party expressed deep disapproval of the repeated attacks against Christians in Upper Egypt and other regions over the past month, led by some elements sympathetic to the Muslim Brotherhood. It stressed that these practices are unacceptable and opens the doors only to...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 6, 2013
On Monday, August 5, the Free Egyptians Party denounced the state's silence in the face of the assaults carried out against Coptic citizens in al-Minya governorate and in a number of villages in Upper Egypt as encouraging extremists to further violate the rights of Egyptian citizens. Therefore, the...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 6, 2013
The April 6th Movement condemned attacks on churches on Monday, August 5. On Twitter, the movement demanded the authorities to deal with and instigators of fitnah in a decisive manner (Nagalāʾ Suleymān, al-Shurūq, Aug. 5). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Friday, December 6, 2013
The prosecution has ordered the arrest of the 14 defendants from al-Hiwārtah and Nazlit-‘Ābid incidents in Minya. They are accused of blocking reconciliation efforts that started two days ago with Bayt al-‘Āi’lah (Māhir ‘Abd al-Sabūr, al-Shurūq, Dec. 6, p. 5). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Sunday, August 26, 2012
Counselor Manasá Thābit, a member of the committee that registers voters for the Papal elections of the 118th Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, announced that the committee will finish examining appeals by the end of August, 2012. After this, the Church will declare, in an official statement...
Date of source: Sunday, May 27, 2012
Meanwhile, Dr. Kamīl Siddīq, the secretary of the Coptic Orthodox Church’s Millī Council in Alexandria, denied that all Coptic votes went to candidate Ahmad Shafīq, adding the majority of their votes went to Hamdīn Sabbāhī.
He also denied that the church has directed its congregation to elect a...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Joseph Malāk, a lawyer for the families of victims of the early last year’s deadly bombing attack on the Two Saints Church that left dozens killed or wounded, said he is going to sue Minister of Interior Muhammad Ibrāhīm, Alexandria Security Director Khālid Ghurābah and the chief of al-Muntazah...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 6, 2012
The governor had asked Mustafá Muhammad ‘Abd Allāh to accompany a delegation visiting churches to congratulate Copts but he violated instructions and refused to do so. [Māhir ‘Abd al-Sabūr, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, June 6, p. 2] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Monday, June 4, 2012
On the other hand, an official source said the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) is likely to issue a complementary constitutional declaration that would set the powers of the president a few days ahead of handover of power to an elected head of state.
The step is expected after the runoff...
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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.