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Date of source: Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Dr. Shaykh Ahmad al-Tayyīb, Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, and Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II, are on the list of the targets for murder after their participation in the meeting with political forces that announced the overthrow of President Muhammad Mursī.
Communications have been sent to the...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Dr. Shaykh Ahmad al-Tayyīb, Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, and Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II, are on the list of the targets for murder after their participation in the meeting with political forces that announced the overthrow of President Muhammad Mursī.
Communications have been sent to the...
Date of source: Friday, July 12, 2013
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) warned of the continuous violent acts and sectarian agitation witnessed by some governorates since June 30 demonstrations. Ishāq Ibrāhīm, responsible for the freedom of belief at EIPR, said that Copts are paying for the inciting discourse against...
Date of source: Thursday, July 4, 2013
After al-Sīsī’s statement that deposed Morsi, Azhar’s Grand Shaykh, Ahmad al-Tayyīb, and Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II both made brief statements.
In al-Yawm al-Sābi’, al-Tayyīb supported the army statement to stop bloodshed in the country. Further, Pope Tawadros said that the announced road map...
Date of source: Sunday, July 7, 2013
Saturday's attacks on checkpoints took place in al-Mahajer and al-Safaa in Rafah, as well as Sheikh Zuwaid and al-Kharouba.
The violence follows attacks in which five police offers were killed in El Arish on Friday.
Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood has fiercely criticized Coptic Pope Tawadros, spiritual...
Date of source: Monday, June 17, 2013
Shaykh Abū Islām was sentenced to 11 year labour and fined three thousand Egyptian pounds by the Nasr City Misdemeanour Court for burning the Bible, disdaining Christianity and disorder (Karīm Sabah, al-Yawm al-Sābi', Jun. 17, p. 1). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Monday, June 17, 2013
A meeting between Bishop Pachomius, the Coptic Orthodox caretaker at that time as the Pope was not yet elected, Church leaders, churches' representatives at the Assembly and jursits was held at Saint Mark Cathedral to discuss disputed articles at the draft Constitution and the possibility of...
Date of source: Saturday, June 1, 2013
The Founder of the Christian Brotherhood, Micheal Fahmī, warned Copts that their situation will remain unchanged if they did not act and continued to be passive, whoever the ruler is (Michael Fāris, al-Yawm al-Sābi', Jun. 1, p. 3). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 28, 2013
The Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb stressed that Egyptian Copts are not in danger, despite the West's distortion of events. al-Tayyīb also sent a message to President Muhammad Mursi (Mursī), stating that he must bring together all the parties and communities under the mantle of the...
Date of source: Sunday, May 26, 2013
Pope Tawadros II refused to discuss the problems of Copts in Egypt abroad in an interview, on the seventh day of his pastoral trip to Austria. He denounced the migration of Copts to Israel, stressing that Coptic migration abroad is normal because of the unstable conditions in Egypt. He also...
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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.