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Date of source: Friday, October 29, 2010
Pope Shenouda III’s comment about abortion for rape victims being “an act of murder” was met by a storm of anger. He said that unless the mother’s life was in danger, abortion is completely unacceptable. Ibrāhīm Khalīl says that it has been agreed upon by various scholars that, as long as the...
Date of source: Friday, October 29, 2010
Wā’il al-Ibrāshī says that the evacuation of state security forces from universities is not the end of the battle, but a small step in the right direction. He criticizes the state security for constantly controlling and being involved in everything from syndicates and political parties to mosques...
Date of source: Friday, October 15, 2010
The Egyptian Chaldean Church was established in 1930 and includes only 150 families and two churches. Sawt al-Ummah decided to interview its leader, Monseigneur Phillip Najm, who is originally from Iraq. He says that he has been appointed by the Vatican and that the church is on very good terms...
Date of source: Friday, October 15, 2010
Date of source: Friday, October 8, 2010
Hānī Surūr’s withdrawal from the parliamentary elections leaves current National Democratic Party representative and Copt Khālid al-Asyūtī, up against previous representative and Catholic Rāmī Lakah, dividing Catholics and Copts of al-Azbakiyyah. In an interview with Sawt al-Ummah, Lakah expressed...
Date of source: Friday, October 8, 2010
Similar to the Ketermaya incident, a Copt named Al-Ghūl Farhūt was stabbed to death by three Muslims in white robe who then proceeded to cut off his hands to prevent him from escaping on his motorcycle. Sawt al-Ummah spoke to his family, who predicts that the murderers' motives were either because...
Date of source: Friday, October 1, 2010
Nagla‘ Al-Imām, who converted from Islam to Christianity, tells Sawt al-Ummah that Pope Shenouda III was seeking the approval of the Muslim-majority when he claimed that the Church does not know of any converts to Christianity. She also said that she does not approve of his allegiance with the...
Date of source: Friday, October 1, 2010
The Pope's ban on demonstrations inside churches was welcomed by secular Copts. Some requested the Grand Shaykh of the Azhar ban demonstrations outside mosques, while others called for the trial of Bishop Bīshūy, Kamilia Shehata’s husband and Bishop Abāghyūs along with everyone responsible for...
Date of source: Friday, October 1, 2010
A demonstration by an organization called "Copts for the Removal of Bishop Bīshūy" has been postponed due to threats received from the Copts for Egypt organization, shortly after the Pope's banning of all demonstrations inside churches. The organization’s co-founder and Coptic activist Boulos Ramzī...
Date of source: Saturday, June 19, 2010
Sawt al-Ummah writes about Egyptian law in relation to sexual relationships between Muslim men and Christian women.
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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.