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40. al-Tayyīb is the most influential in the most influential 500 personalities in the Islamic world
Date of source: Sunday, November 17, 2013
Shaykh of Al-Azhar, Ahmad al-Tayyīb, has been chosen as the most influential figure in the Islamic World. The list has been compiled by the Strategic Islamic Center in Jordan (Author not mentioned, al-Shurūq, Nov. 17, p. 1). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Saturday, November 16, 2013
Concerning the position of the Church on withdrawing from the Constituent Assembly, it rejects a text ensuring the civil state and insisted on inserting a text interpreting the “principles of sharī’ah” and assuring the reference of Al-Azhar, Sharif Doss stated that all the attendees, including Pope...
Date of source: Thursday, November 14, 2013
‘Ashūrā’ day, in which the Shī’ites commemorate the martyrdom of Imām Hussayn Ibn ‘Ali have become a day for conflict between Sunnīs and Shī’ites. A number of Shite figures have announced that they are setting “condolences councils” in Al-Hussayn mosque. On his part, Shaykh Nassir Mūsá, the...
Date of source: Thursday, November 7, 2013
Security forces in al-Minya successfully arrested the prime defendant in burning and looting the Bishop Mūsá Church in the events that followed the dispersal of Rab’īah and Nahdah’s sit-ins on the 14th of August. General Usāmah Mitwallī the head of the Security department in Minya has received a...
Date of source: Thursday, November 7, 2013
‘Amr Mūsá, the head of the Constituent Assembly, explained that there is a discussion about adding the interpretation of sharī’ah principles to the Constitution’s preamble based on the interpretation of the Supreme Constitutional Court and not Article 219 (Muhamad Sālim, Raniā Rabī’ and Mustafá...
Date of source: Monday, July 29, 2013
Al-Minya’s State Security Emergency Court convicted and sentenced 11 Copts to 25 years of life imprisonment who were involved in the case of Abū Qurqās, internationally covered by media, while 15 years of tight prison were given to eight Muslims. All the defendants will be under police surveillance...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Police arrested Muhammad A. ‘A, (known as Shaykh Karter) and his brother with the charge of sedition-mongering and shooting Saint George (Mār Jirjis) Church at Muhammad ‘Alī Street in Port Said. The defendants denied the charges despite they were accused by an eyewitness (Muhsin ‘Ashrī, al-Shurūq...
Date of source: Saturday, July 13, 2013
The Church made clear that it understands the nature of the Constitutional declaration being issued in a transitional phase but asks to prepare a new Constitution other than the suspended one.
A scheduled meeting between Bishop Būlā of Tantā, representative of the Church, and the President’s...
Date of source: Thursday, July 11, 2013
A number of governorates were under security measures especially areas beside churches, vital institutions and buildings.
Head of al-Qalyubia Security Department, said that security measures were intensified around dioceses and churches in Banhā, Shubrā al-Khaymah, and al-Khusūs (Muhsin ‘Ashrī,...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 10, 2013
The Constitutional declaration, which was signed by interim President of the Republic ’Adlī Mansūr, initiated controversy among Egyptian churches for not stating that non-Muslims have the right to be ruled by their own doctrines. Pope Tawadros said that he did not read the declaration yet while...
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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.