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Date of source: Tuesday, October 5, 2010
The competition over the parliamentary quota for women in Beni Suef is being dominated by National Democratic Party candidates, including one Copt, Amāl Safwat, and also an Al-Wafd candidate, Ridā Hasan <sup>c</sup>Alī. For the first time in Giza, the election witnesses battles between...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Following the repercussions of Bishop Bīshūy’s statements at a conference last week, a source tells the newspaper that Pope Shenouda III is planning to ban journalists from attending all future ecclesial conferences. The source added that only religious figures would be invited as journalists...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 5, 2010
During his recent meetings with Egyptian intellectuals and artists, President Mubārak discussed the importance of national unity and called it the “issue of the hour”. Mubārak pointed out that more churches have been built during his presidency than that of any other Egyptian ruler since King Fouad...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 21, 2010
The church has denied allegations made by Dr. Selim El-Awa on Al-Jazeera about weapons from Israel held inside churches. An ecclesiastical source claims the Pope's article in Al-Ahram yesterday to be a response to El-Awa. Dr. Naguib Gabraeel announced that he will take El-Awa to court along with Al...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Gamal says that the general public and Egyptian political forces share a common goal: "reform and change." How could that goal be achieved given the current sectarian polemics regarding recent conversion controversies? Why is this happening and for whose benefit, he asks? He called Bishop Bishoy's...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 1, 2010
This article deals with the issue of Muslim and Christian satellite TV channels and their effect on society and Muslim-Christian relations.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 14, 2010
The Egyptian government thinks its people are so naive that they rely solely on television's Channel 1 News for information on current events and mindlessly accept whatever the news channel claims. The government is unaware of the severity and significance of the current sectarian tension and fails...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 14, 2010
This year's Eid has seen the emergence of "group sexual harassment," ruining the celebrations for many people. Head of the Fatwá committee at Al-Azhar, Sheikh Abdel Hameed Al-Atrash, called for the whipping of sexual harassers in public squares as dictated by the Koran. The newspaper shows photos...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Review of legal documents questions Pope Shenouda’s legitimacy as head of the Church.
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A controversy has surfaced over the issue of remarriage among Coptic Christians' after a court ruling was by the Higher Administrative Court under the presidency of Chief Justice Counselor Muhammad al-Husaynī. He turned down a challenge by Pope Shenouda III of the Coptic Orthodox Church to a ruling...
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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.