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Date of source: Monday, November 29, 2010
Yūsuf asks why it is always the Copts who are in violation of laws when attempting to build churches without permits. The answer, he says, lies in the extreme difficulty to obtain permits for building churches. Furthermore, he says that it is not a violation to attempt to turn the service center in...
Date of source: Monday, November 22, 2010
Sāmīyah ‘Ayyād interviews the al-Wafd Party Secretary General Munīr Fakhrī ‘Abd al-Nūr. ‘Abd al-Nūr blames the current sectarian tension on extremism and the Islamification of all aspects of Egyptian life, from television to school curricula; from dress code to trade. He agreed that certain hidden...
Date of source: Monday, November 22, 2010
Sāmīyah talks about the history of the al-Wafd Party, which is the very first Egyptian political party. She talks about its formation after World War I, when Egyptians wanted to declare their independence from being a British protectorate. She also discussed how its founding members were both...
Date of source: Monday, November 22, 2010
The National Democratic Party announced its list of candidates for the upcoming parliamentary elections. The list consists of 770 names, including only ten Copts. Although this is an all time high for the NDP, it is considered by many as unacceptable. Dr. ‘Imād Jād criticized the party, saying that...
Date of source: Monday, November 22, 2010
Sāmih says that something is not clear about the Qena incident in which Coptic homes were burned down because of an alleged relationship between a Coptic boy and Muslim girl. Different versions of the rumor exist--some say the two met at a graveyard; others allege that they only had a simple...
Date of source: Monday, November 22, 2010
Muslims attacked Copts in the al-Nawāhid village in Qena, causing a fire that burned over fifteen Coptic homes. The attacks were sparked by rumors of a relationship between a Coptic boy and a Muslim girl. The rumor has not yet been proven. Bishop Kyrillos blamed the village mayor, ‘Abd al-Mun‘im...
Date of source: Sunday, November 14, 2010
For the first time in history, the governor of Beni Suef, Dr. Samīr Sayf al-Yazl, visited the Mār Girgis (Saint George) Church and listened to its members’ questions and requests. He agreed to provide some poor Coptic families with apartments and also to secure employment for a number of university...
Date of source: Sunday, November 14, 2010
During his weekly meeting at the ‘Abbāsiyyah Cathedral last Wednesday, Pope Shenouda III denied rumours about him allegedly breaking his leg. He proceeded to discuss various social and personal questions asked by attendees. Responding to someone who suggested that all liturgies be translated from...
Date of source: Sunday, October 31, 2010
The New Wafd Party announced 176 names on its first list of candidates for 27 governorates. The list included 14 Copts and 18 women. The party, which is yet to announce its second list, is expected to have a total of 200 candidates.
Key Words: The New Wafd Party - Rāmī Lakah – Midhat al-Asyūtī –...
Date of source: Monday, October 11, 2010
In an interview with Watanī International, writer Amīn al-Mahdī said that the mere discussion of a unified law for places of worship proves there is a crisis and to demand it would be trying to solve the crisis “superficially.” He pointed out the exponential growth in the number of Islamic schools...
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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.