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Date of source: Sunday, March 29, 2015
Bishop Bafantīūs said in a Church sermon that the followers of ISIS that massacred 20 Egyptians in Libya wanted to sow terror in the minds of Christians and Egyptians. He added, “they also wanted to sow discord between Egypt’s Christians and Muslims through their message in the video.” For his part...
Date of source: Sunday, March 29, 2015
The National Women’s Council convened a conference on Sunday, with the support of the Ministry of the Interior, dedicated to raising women’s awareness of sexual violence. The conference, part of an initiative organized by the National Women’s Council, is called “Safe Cities Free from Violence...
Date of source: Sunday, March 29, 2015
In the first challenge to Pope Tawadros’ resolution restricting Egyptian Christians’ travel to Jerusalem for Easter celebrations, a number of pilgrims began the pilgrimage across Jordan heading toward Jerusalem. The Copts said that they did not regret making the decision to make the pilgrimage,...
Date of source: Sunday, March 29, 2015
Arab women have advanced considerably over the last two generations, all while getting the highest degrees from the best universities and the most important jobs in the country. But despite this progress, Arab women have not yet achieved complete equality with men in the Middle East.
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Date of source: Sunday, March 29, 2015
Moscow and Cairo are in agreement on a policy of aggression toward political Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood. Russia’s stance on political Islam is what drove it to classify the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. Russia’s designation of the Brotherhood as a terrorist organization...
Date of source: Saturday, February 14, 2015
The kidnapping of Egyptian workers in Libya is the latest crisis to be added to the long list of problems to befall Egyptian migrant workers in Libya. The number of Egyptian workers who have illegally crossed into Libya through open deserts exceeds a million. Most Egyptian migrant workers in Libya...
Date of source: Friday, February 13, 2015
Hāfidh Abū Saʿda, the President of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, repudiated the killing of Egyptian Copts in Libya, describing the killings as racially motivated. In response to the killings, he said “we must confront those who use religion to kill Egyptians and we must confront these...
Date of source: Friday, February 13, 2015
Egyptian Prime Minister, Ibrahīm Mahlab, reported that President Sīsī is confronting the kidnapping of Egyptian Copts in Libya with all the tools at his disposal to ensure their safe return. In a press conference, Mahlab said that there is an ongoing, organized effort to destroy Egypt, and the...
Date of source: Friday, February 13, 2015
State Department spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, said in a press conference today that the Secretary of State, John Kerry, spoke on the phone with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sāmih Shukrī. The conversation revolved around the unfolding situation in Libya where 21 Egyptian Copts have been kidnapped. She also...
Date of source: Friday, February 13, 2015
Doctor Ahmadal-Tawījrī, a Saudi lawyer and poet, criticized the Egyptian government’s designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. He criticized the government’s position, saying that the organization’s presence stretches from Indonesia to Morocco and cannot simply be labeled...
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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.