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Date of source: Saturday, March 19, 2011
Approximately a year ago, Madeleine Sādiq Kāmil, underage girl, was underage reported missing by her parents in Samalūt, Minya governorate.
Her parents said that she was a religous Christian and a chaperon in the church. Sawt al-Ummah met with Madeleine or Jihād (after converting to Islam), who...
Date of source: Saturday, March 5, 2011
A lot of voices demanded cancelling the second article in the constitution which states: "Islam is the Religion of the State. Arabic is its official language, and the principal source of legislation is Islamic sharīyah." However, salafīs' shaykhs strongly disagree.
Date of source: Saturday, January 22, 2011
Egyptians continue to react to the news that an Egyptian court has decided on the death sentence for Hammām al-Kamūnī, the man convicted for his part in the shooting of six Christians and a Muslim security officer outside a church in Naj‘ Hammādī in January, 2010.
According to Sawt al-Ummah on...
Date of source: Friday, January 14, 2011
Two weeks after the attack on the Church of the Two Saints, Saint Mark and Pope Peter, Egyptian newspapers continued their coverage of the ensuing investigation...
Date of source: Friday, January 14, 2011
Sectarian tension is once again the topic of many Egyptian editorialists over the weekend. This discussion comes primarily in light of the New Year’s Day attack on an Alexandria church and last week’s shooting of Christians on a train in Minya.
Date of source: Friday, December 10, 2010
Journalist Lotus Kīwān interviews Bishop Kyrillos of Naj‘ Hammādī about the current controversy surrounding his meeting with MP ‘Abd al-Rahīm al-Ghūl, who many Copts believe to be responsible for last year’s Naj‘ Hammādī massacre. Kyrillos argues that he has always been on good terms with al-Ghūl....
Date of source: Friday, December 10, 2010
Journalist ‘Antar talks about Shaykh Muhammad Farrāj’s confiscated book that contains information about Kāmīliyā Shihātah and other alleged converts to Islam, including Bishop Bīshūy’s sister. The book allegedly contains a handwritten story by Kāmīliyā about her conversion to Islam. It also...
Date of source: Friday, December 10, 2010
Islamic sources report two main reasons for the state security’s arrest of Shaykh Abū Yihyā and Khālid Harbī, head of the Islamic Centre for the resistance to Christianization. The first reason is to prevent them from testifying in the case of Kāmīliyā Shihātah’s conversion to Islam, whereas the...
Date of source: Friday, December 10, 2010
The article portrays the opinions of several prominent Copts on the meeting between Bishop Kyrillos of Naj‘ Hammādī and MP ‘Abd al-Rahīm al-Ghūl just hours before the recent elections. Al-Ghūl is rumored to be involved in last year’s Naj‘ Hammādī massacre.
U.S. Copts Association President Michael...
Date of source: Saturday, January 1, 2011
Headline: September 11 is an American conspiracy, says Shaykh ‘Abd al-Majīd al-Zindānī
Source: Al-Ahrām al-‘Arabī
Page: 24-25
Author: Ilhāmī al-Malījī
Keywords: Shaykh
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Headline: In 2011...Copts expecting increase in sectarian fitnah and clashes between church and...
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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.