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Date of source: Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Forensic Medicine Authority report revealed that Mu'āz Muhammad, 20-years-old Muslim, recorded a cause of death by burns from a Molotov Cocktail during the sectarian incidents between Muslims and Christians in Dahshūr, Giza Governorate.
Mu'āz was passing by coincidence during the clashes when he...
Date of source: Monday, July 30, 2012
Hundreds of political activists took part in solidarity Iftār initiatives outside prisons across Egypt, including Wādī al-Natrūn in Alexandria and Turah in Cairo, demanding the release of prisoners from the January 25 Revolution.
Date of source: Sunday, July 29, 2012
Saudi Arabian newspaper Al-Watan praised the appointment of Hishām Qandīl as the new Prime Minister (PM) of Egypt and described it as a "positive move". Al-Watan added that appointing Egypt's PM was long overdue since President Muhammad Mursī came to power and was important for maintaining...
Date of source: Thursday, May 3, 2012
Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah, responsible for the media committee in the Orthodox Church, said to al-Shurūq al-Jadīd that he was chosen in the delegation traveling to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).
"This visit is first of its kind for a Christian cleric, " said Bishop Marqus.
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Date of source: Monday, March 26, 2012
Church and Coptic figures lashed out at the Constitution panel and the percentage of Copts in it, considering the constituent assembly as “shameful” and stressing that they will not accept discrimination against Copts. [‘Imād Khalīl, al-Misrī al-Yawm, March 26, 2012, p. 4] Read original text in...
29. AWR Daily Overview, March 21, 2012: Pope returns to his “reclusion” amidst mass farewell of love
Date of source: Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians on Tuesday (March 20) attended the funeral of Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III that started at Saint Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah amidst unprecedented security measures to control the pope-loving masses who tried to enter the cathedral...
Date of source: Monday, March 19, 2012
Egypt, the Arab world and the international community will pay last respects on Tuesday (March 20) to Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III, who died at the age of 89 on Saturday (March 17), after a celebrated life of achievements in the service of the nation. [Ashraf Sādiq, al-Ahrām, March 19, p. 1]...
Date of source: Sunday, March 18, 2012
Copts, who are brothers and partners in the nation, enjoy the rights to any state positions depending on efficiency just like any Muslim citizen except those of al-Azhar, said presidential hopeful Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awwā. [Michel ‘Abd Allāh, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, March 18, p. 4] Read original text in...
Date of source: Friday, March 16, 2012
Constitutional expert Dr. Muhammad Nūr Farahāt reiterated rejection of the draft law on Hadd al-Hirābah (punishment for brigandage) forwarded by Salafī Member of Parliament ‘Ādil al-‘Azzāzī of al-Nūr Party, saying the law will cause discrimination among the sons of one nation. ['Abīr Mursī, al-...
Date of source: Monday, March 12, 2012
A state of disgruntlement was sparked among a number of Coptic Orthodox bishops who were absent from last week’s meeting at the Saint Mark Cathedral to discuss names of possible presidential hopefuls and others to represent the church in the constitutional assembly, according to a source inside 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.