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Date of source: Sunday, April 17, 2011
On April 16, 2011, 18 new governors were appointed by the head of the Supreme Council of Armed Forces. In Qena, Egyptians protested against the newly appointed Coptic governor ‘Imād Shihātah Michael, who replaced the former governor Majdī Ayūb, who was also a Copt. Demonstrators, who are mainly...
Date of source: Thursday, March 31, 2011
Ahmad 'Abd al-Mu'tī Hijāzī, the author of the article, admits that the salafists' crimes in Qena is a rehearsal for the 'big show' as they are getting prepared to seize power.
Date of source: Saturday, March 12, 2011
The International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) issued a declaration, signed by Shaykh Yūsuf al-Qaradāwī, Chairman of the Union, to Egyptians.
The declaration condemned fitnah tā'ifīyah between Muslims and Christians, and asserted that Islam protect churches and respects them, as well as fights...
Date of source: Thursday, April 14, 2011
This statement was designed by Dutch Christians and Muslims together and is signed by representatives of the Council of Churches in the Netherlands , the Contact Assembly Muslims and Government, and the Coptic Orthodox Church in the Netherlands .
Date of source: Wednesday, April 13, 2011
On Wednesday April 13, the Egyptian foreign ministry announced that the Coptic Orthodox Church may play a role in the current River Nile water negotiations.
Ambassador Muná ‘Umar, Assistant Foreign Minister for African Affairs, explained that "very strong relations are binding the Egyptian and...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Islamists could play a key role in Egypt's near future. They are well organized and popular.
But the Islamists don't belong to a single, homogeneous group. They constitute of different groups, which are in the process of change, in order to cope with the new reality.
What is totally new is their...
Date of source: Monday, April 11, 2011
In the final amendments of the Muslim Brotherhood's political party Freedom and Justice, it was agreed that women and Copts may run for the presidency.
Amendments are still going to be presented to the group's Shūrá Council next week.
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Date of source: Sunday, August 22, 2010
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III has received a report he requested upon his return from the United States on the crisis of Kāmīliyā Shihātah and how Bishop Aghabius managed it.
A source from the Holy Synod stressed that Pope Shenouda has ordered that Kāmīliyā would not appear on the media while a...
Date of source: Sunday, April 10, 2011
Dr. Rev. Andrea Zakī, Vice President of Egypt's Evangelical denomination, stressed the importance for religion to be the reference of the government in its applied system of the new constitution.
He said that any political project or system in the Middle East that generally ignores religion will...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Najīb Sāwīrus, businessman and founder of the new liberal party “Free Egyptians”, denied saying that he doesn’t want any Copt to run for presidency. Instead he is calling any national efficient Copt to nominate himself in the elections.
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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.