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Date of source: Sunday, May 1, 2011
Two protests by salafists and Copts in front of the defense ministry headquarters demanding the release of prisoners and reopening churches, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, page 3 of May 1, 2011 reported.
On April 30, 2011, the public prosecution informed the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Mark in al-'...
Date of source: Saturday, April 30, 2011
Followers of salafī leader Hāfiz Salāmah prevented the imām of al-Nūr mosque in al-'Abāsīyah from ascending the mosque pulpit to give the Friday sermon.
Salāmah ascended the pulpit to prevent Turk from giving the sermon, asserting that the pulpit of al-Nūr mosque will not be ascended by anyone...
Date of source: Sunday, May 1, 2011
Around 30,000 salafists gathered in front the Coptic Cathedral in Cairo, calling for freeing of Kāmīliyā Shihātah and any other Copts who, according to them, have converted to Islam and were locked inside the monastery.
The military police surrounded the Coptic cathedral to prevent any possible...
Date of source: Monday, May 2, 2011
Fahmī Huwaydī wonders what the salafists want, noting that salafists distorted their image by the violent practices they perpetrate.
They have the right to have presence provided that they respect the law.
He wished that they have something good to offer the nation, not to terrorize the people....
Date of source: Sunday, May 1, 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood on 30 April announced the formation of a new party and pledged to contest nearly half of the seats in the next parliamentary elections.
The party will be named Freedom and Justice Party. No explanation was given to why the group have now decided to contest 50 per cent of the...
Date of source: Saturday, April 23, 2011
The outrage that protestors in Qena have expressed regarding 'Imād Mikhael, the appointed governor of Qena, is not because he is Christian [Sectarian], but because the previous governor was a Christian who had negative religious reflections on their spiritual lives [tribal].
For example, the...
Date of source: Friday, April 22, 2011
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A hundred figures from al-Jamā‘ah al-Islāmiyyah group, headed by ‘Abbūd al-Zumur, protested in front of the U.S. embassy in Cairo calling for the release of Egyptian cleric, Shaykh 'Umar Abd-al Rahmān.
Date of source: Saturday, April 23, 2011
Military prosecution in Asiut arrested 17 suspects in violent acts that occurred in the Abū Qurqās village of al-Minya governorate. The incident resulted in two deaths and two injuries.
A number of 9 Copts and 8 Muslims have been arrested, furthermore, continuous efforts by human rights...
Date of source: Saturday, April 23, 2011
The Egyptian Coptic Church rang its bells and celebrated its first feast after the revolution in the mass for the Resurrection feast .
At the same time, security forces secured churches from anything that might distort the Copts' celebrations.
In the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral Resurrection Mass,...
Date of source: Monday, April 25, 2011
The Military Council of the Armed Forces ratified death sentences against three leaders of al-Jamā‘ah al-Islāmiyyah group, and nine others with similar sentences.
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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.