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Date of source: Sunday, January 25, 2015
A contentious debate over civil marriage between Egypt’s churches drew to a close as Orthodox, Catholic, and Evangelical churches agreed not to recognize civil marriage or allow its members to enter into marriages outside of the Church. The churches convened last week to debate a civil marriage...
Date of source: Saturday, January 10, 2015
Egyptian Union for Human Rights: Europe Must Adopt a Unified Position Opposing Terrorism
Doctor Najīb Jibrā’īl, the director of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights, said that Europe should adopt a stance opposing terrorist organizations, especially organizations like the International Organization...
Date of source: Saturday, January 10, 2015
Pope Matyāof Ethiopia thanked Pope Tawadros for his invitation to visit Egypt and reiterated his belief in the necessity of developing the relationship between the two parishes. Pope Matyā assured Pope Tawadros that all of the impact studies conducted investigating the impact of the Renaissance Dam...
Date of source: Saturday, January 10, 2015
Controversy has ensued since the announcement of proposed legislation that addresses the rights of non-Muslims in Egypt. Most significantly, amendments taking up the issue of the right of divorce, marriage, and adoption are provoking most disputes. The amendments are part of a law that has been...
Date of source: Friday, January 9, 2015
Egyptian President ‘Abd al-Fattāh as-Sīsī reportedly reviewed a proposal that would achieve reconciliation with the Muslim Brotherhood but rejected it after it was met with negative responses among many politicians in both the government and the Brotherhood. The proposal came weeks after Muslim...
Date of source: Thursday, January 8, 2015
Date of source: Thursday, January 8, 2015
The International Organization for the Muslim Brotherhood is attempting to form a govern-in-exile in Turkey in order to embarrass the Egyptian government in front of the international community and to try to achieve concessions and sympathy from the government. Egyptian politicians responded...
Date of source: Thursday, January 8, 2015
Pope Tawadros’ statements today confirmed his belief that the Egyptian Army is not to blame for the bloodshed in the Maspero incident. He claimed, instead that the Muslim Brotherhood provoked the incident when they tricked Christian youth into entering a violent confrontation with the Egyptian Army...
Date of source: Thursday, January 8, 2015
Sabāh al-Khayr Magazine published a special issue about Copts that is unprecedented in any other Egyptian magazine. The issue includes a panorama of topics surrounding the events and lives of Copts including a brief history of the Copts in Egypt as well as a history of the political life of the...
Date of source: Thursday, January 8, 2015
A coalition of Coptic leaders met with Pope Tawadros and submitted to him legislation to address the sectarian conflicts the previous coalition was dealing with. Bishop Tawadros promised to study the legislation and meet with them again to discuss it. The legislation includes 12 new articles...
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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.