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Date of source: Thursday, December 22, 2011
Supporters of the Salafī al-Nūr (Light) Party in al-Beheira governorate handed out fliers in which they urged voters to cast their ballots in favor of the party and that anyone not voting for al-Nūr would be "a sinner in the heart, profligate and dishonest because they letting down the party that...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 21, 2011
The trial of suspects from the military involved in the virginity tests and the October 9 Maspero incidents before a court martial is underway, according to Maj. General 'Ādil al-Mursī, the president of the military judiciary organization. ['Alī Shām, Al-Ahrām, Dec. 21, p. 3] Read the original text...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Presidential hopeful Muhammad Salīm al-'Awā said he agreed that an elected president of the republic may be a Copt or a woman as long as this is the will of the people in free fair elections. [Māhir Najīb, al-Akhbār, December 13, 2011, p. 1] Read the original text in Arabic
Date of source: Sunday, December 11, 2011
Dr. Rafīq Habīb, the son of the former head of the Coptic Evangelical Church and deputy leader of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood group, said the results of the first round of the parliamentary elections were realistic, adding the distortion of the...
Date of source: Saturday, December 10, 2011
Shaykh Yūsuf al-Qaradāwī, President of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), said that he has advised the Salafī al-Nūr Party in Egypt to adopt a "new way of thinking" and that they should seek moderation. [Basant Zayn al-Dīn, al-Misrī al-Yawm, Dec. 10, p. 3] Read the original text in...
Date of source: Friday, December 9, 2011
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III sent a congratulatory cable to Prime Minister Kamāl al-Janzūrī in which he expressed good wishes for him in his mission as head of a salvation government. [Yūsuf Rāmiz, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, Dec. 9, p. 3] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Wednesday, November 30, 2011
The prosecution of Al-Marāghah town, in Sohag governorate, is investigating the incidents which erupted in al-Ghurayzāt village on November 28, 2011.
Read News Story about the incidents
[Reviewer's Note: News story was also mentioned in al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, page 2, November 30, 2011 and al-Misrī al-...
Date of source: Saturday, November 5, 2011
The Cabinet, under the chairmanship of Dr. 'Isām Sharaf, postponed the discussions of the unified law for building worship houses until after the Adha feast. Family House, National Justice Committee and the Egyptian Church asked for some amendments to be made to the final draft law.
Date of source: Monday, November 21, 2011
'Alī al-Silmī denies amendment of his documents
“The Muslim Brotherhood suggested replacing "the word "civil” with democratic, al-Silmī says
The Deputy Prime Minister for Political Development and Democratic Transformation, Dr. 'Alī al-Silmī denied that the government agreed to amend the...
Date of source: Thursday, October 20, 2011
Military Chief of Staff Sāmī 'Anān met with a delegation of Coptic bishops on Wednesday at the Defense Ministry to discuss the community's problems. 'Anān discussed with the Christian delegation, which included a number of bishops the Maspero incidents, the organization of the building of churches...
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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.