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Date of source: Friday, March 9, 2012
Bishop Yu'annis, Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III's secretary, said the visit by Dr. Muhammad Badī', the Murshid (Guide) of the Muslim Brotherhood, to the pope after the weekly sermon on Wednesday (March 7) at St. Mark Cathedral was one paid by a "venerated personality we highly respect and...
Date of source: Sunday, March 11, 2012
Dr. Sharīf Dūs, the chairman of the General Coptic Organization in Egypt (GCOE), embarked on collecting approvals from Copts nationwide to back the candidacy of Dr. 'Abd al-Mun'im Abū al-Futūh for the presidency. ['Abd al-Wahāb Sha'bān, al-Wafd, March 11, p. 16] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Thursday, March 8, 2012
Christians are partners in the nation and must enjoy their rights and do their duty toward Egypt, rejecting quotas for Christians in parliament and public positions and calling for efficiency to be the criteria regardless of religion. [‘Abd Ilāh Muhammad, al-Akhbār, March 8, p. 6] Read text in...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Differences between the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafists over the constitution have taken a new turn after al-Nūr Party and the Building & Development Party called for amending Article II of the Constitution to clearly indicate that the Islamic sharī’ah is the main source of legislation while...
Date of source: Sunday, March 4, 2012
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III has recovered after a severe pain in the spinal chord afflicted him last week.
Date of source: Sunday, March 4, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox, Evangelical and Catholic Churches as well as the Episcopal Church and the Roman Orthodox Church set a date on March 3, 2012 for a joint ecumenical meeting at the offices of the Middle Eastern Council of Churches to discuss different public and theological issues. The decision...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 29, 2012
High ranking officials of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) together with their counterparts from the Coptic Evanglelical Church have issued a document of ten articles confirming the various rights of religious minorities and above all the Coptic denominations.
This was during a meeting in the MB...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Head of the Coptic Evangelical Church Dr. Safwat al-Bayyādī revealed that he would lead a church delegation today to meet with leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood and its offshoot Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) at the MB’s headquarters to have discussions on several issues, including the position of...
Date of source: Monday, February 27, 2012
The People’s Assembly Religious Committee under Shaykh Sayyīd ‘Askar on Sunday (February 26) recommended that one of the lawmakers in the committee would propose a draft law to punish any person offending Islam. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām, Feb. 27, p. 4] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Wednesday, December 7, 2011
In an opinion article by the author 'Imād al-Dīn Husayn, he related a story about the mother of one of his Christian friends who voted for the Egyptian Bloc (list) and Muslim liberals (individuals) in Alexandria in the first round of the People's Assembly elections.
In the runoff, this lady called...
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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.