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Date of source: Monday, January 14, 2013
The three main Christian denominations in Egypt (Coptic Orthodox, Catholic, and Evangelical) will submit a new memo to the National Dialogue Committee about disputed articles in the Constitution.
[Reviewer's Note: al-Watan reported the details of the memo under the title "Churches' memo to the...
Date of source: Monday, September 3, 2012
Dr. Muhammad al-Biltājī, a Muslim Brotherhood member of the Constituent Assembly, said that the agreement is to keep Article II in the Constitution as it was in 1971 without any deletions or additions, avoid having the Azhar as a reference, and compelling the legislative branch not to issue laws...
Date of source: Monday, September 3, 2012
Priests of Alexandria issued a statement signed by 156 priests, including several expatriate priests, expressing their unanimous rejection of a diocesan bishop nomination for the Coptic Orthodox patriarch or the Diocese of Alexandria. Archpriest Roweiss Marqus, General Deputy of the patriarchate in...
Date of source: Thursday, September 20, 2012
Disputes about Article II in the Egyptian Constitution re-emerged which can delay the process of finishing the anticipated new Constitution.
Dr. Safwat al-Bayādī, head of the Coptic Evangelical Church in Egypt and member of the Constituent Assembly drafting the Constitution, said that arguments...
Date of source: Monday, September 17, 2012
Dr. Sa'd al-Dīn Ibrāhīm, Manager of Ibn Khaldūn Center, accused EGyptian salafists of broadcasting the "Innocence of Muslims" film on YouTube, although it was produced from six months- to impel public opinion and embarrass the Muslim Brotherhood.
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Date of source: Monday, September 17, 2012
The Family House -include Muslims and Christian leaders- adopted the initiative of the Grand Shaykh of the Azhar D.r Hamad al-Tayīb calling the United Nations to issue an international law criminalizing disdaining religion.
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Date of source: Saturday, September 15, 2012
Dr. 'Imād 'Abd al-Ghafūr, Vice-President for social networking affairs and leader of the salafī al-Nūr (light) Party said that burning the Bible as a response to the film dishonoring the Prophet Muhammad is unlawful. He added that Prophet Muhammad denounced insulting other religions. This came...
Date of source: Saturday, September 15, 2012
The Islamic Legitimate Body of Rights and Reformation (ILBRR) called on the government to take necessary precautions against disgracing the Prophet Muhammad.
The Legitimate Body added that expatriate Copts are Egyptian diasporas not Coptic Church diasporas except in matters of religious affairs....
Date of source: Saturday, September 15, 2012
Coptic Orthodox Church in France rejected all acts offensive to Muslims and condemned the film, "Innocence of Muslims" as disgracing the Prophet Muhammad. Father Jirjis Lūqā of the Coptic Orthodox Church in France, that all priests and people are denouncing any dishonor to the Prophet or Muslims....
Date of source: Saturday, September 15, 2012
Bishop Athanasius of Banī Mazār apologized to Muslims for offenses made against the Prophet Muhammad by some people, stressing that it is not in line with the tolerance in Christianity.
A number of Coptic activists staged a protest demonstrating against broadcasting a film discrediting the Prophet...
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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.