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Date of source: Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Why has the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces resorted to salafī shaykhs in reconciliation drives between Copts and Muslims, following sectarian clashes against a background of social disputes?
The Council was rather expected to seek the assistance of the Azhar, which advocates moderate Islam as...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 29, 2011
During the revolution the Muslim Brotherhood, which was banned under the ex-regime, got on well with the young people, just as they listened to other political activists. The group gained more respect when they announced that hey won't be running in the presidential elections. In the meantime, they...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 29, 2011
How can the perceived threat of Islamists be blunted? They should be encouraged to integrate themselves.
At the same time they should be convinced of the need to espouse the principles of citizenship and equal rights for all – rules already enshrined in Islam.
Meanwhile parties should not be...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Many more Egyptians are reading opposition newspapers these days. Al-Ahrām is alleged to have lost senventy percent of its' readers since the revolution. Al-Wafd, Al-Shurūq and Al-Misrī Al-Yawm have proven to be very popular these days.
Furthermore, newspapers have also realized the importance of...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 15, 2011
The revolution in Egypt left the local media scene of Egypt completely changed. State-owned media used to be completely unreliable, but now they have altered their policies. The state media are also experiencing changes in leadership.
However, the process is definitely not completed yet. Experts...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 15, 2011
The recent revolution has led to many new parties being formed and established parties being reorganized, including several Islamist groups.
The Muslim Brotherhood is the group expected to dominate future Egyptian politics. They are now trying to cast off their image of being radicals.
Other...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 15, 2011
A few days after returning to classes for the second semester, students at Egypt's public universities have started massive protests against the administrators [In the headline by 'Sir' they mean the administrators of the universities] of their institutions, demanding they be sacked for being part...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 15, 2011
A criminal court in the Qena governorate sentenced a 21-year-old Copt (Jirjis Bārūmī) to fifteen years in aggravated imprisonment and a fine of five thousand pounds for raping a 12-year-old Muslim girl (Yusrā Muhammad 'Abd al-Wahāb) in Farshūt (Qena governorate).
Incident goes back to November 18,...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 4, 2011
This article in the Egyptian Mail tells the story of Ashraf Munīr, a 40-year-old man who survived the Two Saints Church attack.
He left the church a few seconds before the blast, just in time to see the bloody scene outside . In the article he describes the "hell-ish scene" he had to watch: parts...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Thousands of Egyptian Muslims and Christians joined together in Cairo to protest and condemn the attack against the Two Saints Church, Saint Mark and Pope Peter on New Year's Day. They also called for national unity and solidarity. Similar protests also took place in other Egyptian cities....
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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.