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Date of source: Wednesday, July 27, 2011
The National Council for Human Rights has launched an investigation into the events that occurred in 'Abbāssīyah, where 309 protesters were injured after what seemed like an ambush from civilians, before beginning their march. According to evidence uncovered during the investigation, knives and...
Date of source: Saturday, July 23, 2011
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Muhammad Husayn Tantāwī, Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces and Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, has stressed his desire to set up “a modern civil state where democracy is firmly established, and citizens’ rights are preserved through fair and free elections”...
Date of source: Friday, July 22, 2011
A group of Coptic activists and young people and laymen, in association with a well-known civil society organization, embarked on a campaign to press the minister of justice to grant administrative enabling Copts to obtain documentation of civil marriage contracts through a notary employee.
A legal...
Date of source: Friday, July 22, 2011
Field Marshal Muhammad Husayn Tantāwī, the chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), called for quickly taking all the necessary legal action against the former officials who "devastated politics".
Tantāwī, during a meeting with the new lineup of Prime Minister 'Isām Sharaf's...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 26, 2011
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The Egyptian Center for Development Studies and Human Rights held a conference to discuss the slow progress made in the investigations of the bombings, which left 118 people dead earlier this year. Church leaders appealed to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, to Prime Minster Dr. 'Isām...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Najīb Jabrā’īl, a Coptic lawyer and the head of the Egyptian Federation for Human Rights and Pope Shenouda III, head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, met on Wednesday morning to discuss the deteriorating situation of the Clerical Council, and the increasing number of cases it is receiving – in its...
Date of source: Monday, July 25, 2011
The legitimacy of Bishop Yu'annis has come into question following the use of guard dogs to deter Christian demonstrators last week. Several sites have been created by angry protesters on social media networks which denounce the attack, as well as those in control of marriage operation permits...
Date of source: Friday, July 15, 2011
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The family of a girl in Shubrā have been convicted of the murder of her husband Yāsir. Yāsir was targeted by Heidi's family after they married in secret and she converted to Islam for him, changing her name to Hibah.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 20, 2011
A state of wrath prevailed inside St. Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-'Abāsīyah after guard dogs, reportedly belonging to Bishop Yu'annis, Secretary of Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III, were used to intimidate protesters against Anbā Bola, the Chairman of the Clerical Council.
Young...
Date of source: Friday, July 15, 2011
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Church sources have denied that Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III did not attend the Azhar talks on the new Family House initiative because of opposition to it, but that he was in fact hosting a delegation from the Polish parliament.
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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.