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Date of source: Sunday, August 8, 2010
The author comments on a story published in al-Dustūr on August 3 reporting a meeting held between sufi shaykhs, a representative of the U.S. Administration, and a representative of the State Security aimed at a means of coordination between the sūfī methods in Egypt and the U.S. Administration to...
Date of source: Sunday, April 3, 2011
Salafist leaders announced clearly that they will never accept anything but the Islamic sharī'ah to rule in Egypt.
They also refused Copts or women to be president.
"Whoever target this blessed [salafī] call woe would be unto them. The current attack [on salafists] is a matter of time but the...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Bishop Aghabius of Dayr Mawās comments on the location of Kāmīliyah Shihātah, the wife of the priest Tidawous.
Date of source: Friday, July 30, 2010
Following his dispute with the governorate of Minia over the construction of a new Cathedral, Bishop Aghathon declined to attend a meeting called for by the governor and renewed his threat to stage a protest in front of 'Abāsīyah Cathedral in Cairo.
He also confirmed that his steps are supported by...
Date of source: Saturday, July 31, 2010
In this article the author criticizes controlling a number of Coptic minds and make it think in a sectarian way. For example, the claims by Copts that, Kamilīyah Shihātah, Dayr Mawās priest's wife, was kidnapped.
On the other hand the author believes that this way of thinking is so dangerous on the...
Date of source: Saturday, July 31, 2010
This article discusses a truce which took place between Bishop Agathoun and General Ahmad Diyā' al-Dīn, governer of Minia, on the issue of the Archbishopric of Maghāghah.
This truce was a result of the efforts of some religious officials in the state security service.
Date of source: Saturday, July 31, 2010
This article discusses the story of the fugitive wife of the priest of Dayr Mawās. A source from the church said that she went to stay with her cousin, her aunt's daughter, for five days.
In addition, she met her uncle's son who had converted to Islam. This story raised concerns for the church that...
Date of source: Saturday, March 26, 2011
Sharl Qiryaqis, an activist, released an electronic statement stating that youths refuse to accept the Muslim Brotherhood's invitation to talk, basing that the Brotherhood's invitation to meet Copts is an initiative on the basis of religion.
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Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awā said that Islam does not know religious state and called for criminal trials to those who cut off the Coptic citizen's ear, describing them as criminals.
He also said that the 'Atfih church was the first one to be torched in Islamic history.
He added that secularism is not...
Date of source: Saturday, July 31, 2010
This article discussed the dispute over twenty acres of land between Faiyum Archbishopric and five squatters.
Conversely, the article showed that the land is from the archbishopric's property.
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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.