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16. Washington Post: The sleeper Brotherhood cells woke up to extend their influence within Al-Azhar
Date of source: Wednesday, February 13, 2013
According to an American journalist from Washington Post, political analyst, 'Ammār ‘Alī Hassan explained to Associated Press that there are Muslim Brotherhood cells in the Azhar that are starting to become active. Hassan added that the selection of new members in the Council of Senior Scholars...
Date of source: Saturday, February 16, 2013
The political [Coptic] activist George Ishāq, member of the National Salvation Front, said that the Egyptian State Television banned the broadcasting of a recorded interview with him on Channel One and al-Misriya Satellite channel. He was interviewed by “al-Akhir” or “The Last” TV Show hosted by...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Copts were angered by statements of al-Shaykh Abū Islām, owner of al-Ummah Satellite Channel, against Christianity. Copts considered his statements offensive to the Christ and Virgin Mary, demanding the Public Prosecutor to arrest him.
Najīb Jubrā’īl, Coptic lawyer and head of the Egyptian Union of...
Date of source: Friday, February 8, 2013
Speaking on TV channel “The Nation”, Shaykh Abū Islām Ahmad accused 90 per cent of the protesters demanding the fall of Mursī of being crusaders and the surviving pioneers of rotary clubs” (Fādīyah ‘Abūd, al-Sabāh, Feb. 8, p.1). Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Monday, February 11, 2013
Seven sectarian incidents have occurred in the past 1.5 years since the outbreak of January 25 Revolution in al-Minya Governorate. The main reason for these incidents are rumors and exchanging accusations. Archpriest Dā’ūd, Deputy of Samallūt Diocese, said that a number of sectarian incidents...
Date of source: Saturday, February 9, 2013
Shaykh Abū Islām has confirmed that he did not intend to insult all Christian women with his comments on the channel, in which he claimed that women who had been raped in Tahrir Square were “crusaders”, saying he had said “most, not all”. An anonymous source responded to Abū Islām’s comments,...
Date of source: Sunday, February 10, 2013
Pope Tawadros blessed the launch of al-Hurīyah al-Qibtīyah (“Coptic Freedom”), a new Coptic, ecclesiastical channel, and the first of its kind during his time as Pope. It is part of the global TBN network of channels, a Christian network available in most languages. Dīnā ‘Abd al-Karīm held an...
Date of source: Sunday, February 10, 2013
A number of activists shared a video clip on Facebook in which Shaykh Ahmad Abū Islām, who presents a programme on al-Ummah Satellite Channel, attacks the National Salvation Front, describing it’s members as an atheist force which is fighting Islam and working to bring it down with cooperation from...
Date of source: Sunday, February 10, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadrus II has begun making significant changes in the Church, completing the process of pastoral and spiritual revival begun by the late Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III. Several decisions related to Coptic affairs have been made recently, including a decision to establish a...
Date of source: Sunday, February 10, 2013
Human rights and Coptic activists condemned a ruling issued by Cairo Criminal Court, sentencing Michael ‘Adil and Michael ‘As’ad to three years in prison for stealing and possession of firearms belonging to the Armed Forces. The background to this sentence is the attack on peaceful protestors...
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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.