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Date of source: Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb held a meeting on Tuesday (November 27) with representatives of political and Coptic powers that quit the constituent assembly drafting a new constitution for Egypt in an attempt to reverse their withdrawal decision.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 20, 2012
A spokesman for the president said a meeting that was scheduled for Tuesday (November 20) between President Muḥammad Mursī and Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawāḍrūs II was postponed over the death of the president’s sister Monday evening.
Date of source: Saturday, December 1, 2012
Egyptian churches confirmed their withdrawal from the constituent assembly as Priest Angelus, Secretary of Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawāḍrūs II, said the church still sticks to its position about quitting the constitution panel, adding the president’s declaration is causing division among Egyptians.
Date of source: Saturday, December 1, 2012
Eleven Egyptian newspapers have decided not to print their Wednesday editions to protest President Muhammad Mursī’s controversial constitutional decree. A handful of private satellite channels also reportedly plan to temporarily cease transmission on Wednesday.
Date of source: Saturday, December 1, 2012
Egypt's Constituent Assembly has passed a draft constitution that fails to protect women's rights or guarantee religious freedom, Human Rights Watch said.
Date of source: Sunday, November 18, 2012
Shaykh Yāsir Burhāmī, deputy chairman of the Salafī Daʿwa (Call), severely criticized the church’s representatives on the panel and others who threatened to quit, adding they seek their own interests and do not care about accordance.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Bishop Angelus of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom said the Coptic community in Britain has been eagerly watching the developments of the Arab Spring and protests and political turmoil that followed, adding Copts in the UK are concerned about the long-term reverberations of the...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Several voters entitled to contest the 17 candidates running for the papal chair of Saint Mark held a conference to press Bishop Pachomius and file lawsuits against his appointment as acting patriarch as the deadline to receive contests against the candidates expired on Sunday (September 30).
Date of source: Thursday, October 11, 2012
The Vatican, during a weekly sermon by Pope Benedict XVI of the Roman Catholic Church, in which he used Arabic for the first time in a bid to have larger communication with Christians and Muslims in the Middle East, expressed concerns about the emigration of the region’s Christians for their own...
Date of source: Sunday, September 30, 2012
The U.S embassy in Cairo published a statement as a warning to U.S citizens in Cairo, pointing to the existence of credible information to confirm the possibility of a terrorist attack against them.
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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.