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Date of source: Thursday, August 9, 2012
The State Council on Wednesday (Aug. 8) announced the appointment of Counselor Ghubryāl Jād ‘Abd al-Malāk as president of the council in succession of Counselor ‘Abd Allāh Abū al-‘Izz, who reached the age of retirement, as part of a shakeup in the judicial establishment.
Date of source: Thursday, August 9, 2012
A charity foundation’s announcement about a round of debates during the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadān in which salafī figures would give lectures critiquing Christianity sparked wide-scale angry comments on the social networking web sites that some considered it a call for “civil strife in...
Date of source: Thursday, August 9, 2012
In a conciliatory session, al-Nūr Party on Wednesday (Aug. 8) successfully ended yet another sectarian unrest that broke out a few days ago in the village of Makram, Abū Humus township, al-Beheira governorate.
A feud had erupted between two Christian and Muslim families as clashes between the two...
Date of source: Thursday, August 9, 2012
Giza Governor ‘Alī ‘Abd al-Rahman on Wednesday released compensations to all persons harmed in the deplorable incidents after an ad hoc commission estimated the losses at LE500,000 (roughly $86,000) give to 52 families – 45 families and seven owners of stores.
Date of source: Thursday, August 9, 2012
Some 10 Christian families have returned to their homes on Wednesday (Aug. 8) in the village of Dahshūr, Giza, where they had been displaced after clashes erupted between Muslims and Christians, following an agreement reached between security agencies and representatives and Muslim and Christian...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius mourned the martyrs of duty, the soldiers of the armed forces killed by terrorists recently in Sinai and prayed for God to bestow mercy and patience on their families.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Ambassador Ahmad al-Bidiwī, Assistant Foreign Minister for Diplomatic Corps and Inspection Affairs, said there will be no restrictions on bearded and hijāb-clad persons to join the foreign ministry in the contest that will soon take place.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 8, 2012
No one exactly knows what the rulings of the sharī’ah are. Are they the Qur’ān and the original Sunnah? Are they the sayings and teachings of the old scholars?
If they are the sayings of the old scholars, then what doctrine should be in use – the Hanafī, Mālikī, Shāfi’ī or Hanbalī?
Date of source: Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Dr. Safwat al-Bayādī, the head of the Coptic Evangelical denomination in Egypt, rejected Coptic Orthodox Bishop Būlā’s threats to withdraw from the constituent assembly if the constitution did not clearly state non-Muslims’ rights to resort to their own religious laws.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Sectarian clashes have always been the same, before and after January 25, and the reactions are the same and the officials’ remarks, expressions and even wording are still the same.
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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.