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Date of source: Sunday, July 31, 2011
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A shooting in the village of Nazlat Rūmān in the center of Abū Qurqāṣ, Minya, has killed two Copts and left a further two in hospital, one of whom remains in critical condition. Over 3,000 people attended the funeral. Hundreds of Copts gathered outside the hospital in outrage and protested for...
Date of source: Sunday, July 10, 2011
Watanī newspaper has published a complaint by a Christian policeman of the name Midhat Hannā Jirjis, who lives in Banī Bakhīt, Beni Suef governorate and works for the Beni Suef Security Department.
In his complaint, Midhat says that he was accused of quitting his duty post one hour before his...
Date of source: Sunday, July 10, 2011
The Azhar's 11-item document, issued upon an initiative by Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb, is pursuing a principle of open door to all intellectual, literary and political orientations, according to Dr. Mahmūd 'Azab, the director of the Azhar's Dialogue Center.
"The document's key...
Date of source: Sunday, July 17, 2011
The rapid turn of events in Egypt over the past few weeks has of necessity calmed down the heated debate over the unified law for building places of worship. What with the recent al-Azhar document reflecting the venerable institution’s enlightened vision of the future; the disgruntled...
Date of source: Sunday, July 3, 2011
Ramsīs al-Najār, lawyer and the individual responsible for the file of closed churches, said that there are 58 requests to open Coptic Orthodox churches presently before the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) and only a few numbers have been opened.
Al-Najār said that there is a church in...
Date of source: Sunday, June 5, 2011
“Lots of rumors have spread nowadays; some of the most recent fallacies circulated concern the church of the Holy Virgin in ‘Ain Shams, the re-opening of which, after three years of closure, triggered a crisis,” says Yūsuf Sīdhum, author of the article.
Date of source: Sunday, June 12, 2011
Peter Ramsīs, the lawyer in the Imbābah, incidents stated that the following individuals have been acquitted in Imbābah's incidents on June 3, 2011. They are accused of illegitimate gathering, meditated murder, possessing firearms, and robbery.
Date of source: Friday, June 3, 2011
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III has stated in an official statement that he does not have a consultant or a spokesperson in Egypt. The statement was directed towards Hānī 'Azīz, the President of Egypt’s Peace Lovers Association.
Following the Pope's statement, within hours 'Azīz blamed the media...
Date of source: Sunday, May 29, 2011
Major General Manṣūr al-ʿIsāwī, Minister of Interior Affairs, said that the issuance of a unified law for building worship houses will occur soon.
He added that the church affairs will be under the pretext of local councils, not the Ministry or any other Security Apparatuses.
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Date of source: Sunday, May 29, 2011
No sooner did the authorities issue a decision to reopen a number of churches which had been closed by the former security apparatus than a crisis erupted—one in a long line of attempts to hijack the 25 January Revolution by forces opposed to democracy, freedom, and citizenship rights. Among the...
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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.