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Date of source: Wednesday, January 30, 2013
A group of Salafī youth attempted to destroy the shrine of an Islamic patron known as "Shaykh Bahlaq"; according to the residents of the Kūm al-Saꞌādah village of Sohag Governorate, Upper Egypt, Salafīs considered the deceased Shaykh have committed ‘shirk’ (sin of idolatry in Islam). The people...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 30, 2013
On the second anniversary of the January 25 Revolution, the Union of Coptic Organizations in Europe declared its full support and its rejection of what the declaration disclosed as "fascistic security measures" against the demonstrators and their demands. The declaration further states that the...
Date of source: Monday, January 28, 2013
The three major Coptic Churches of Egypt vehemently condemned declarations that attempt to drag the Churches into the new phenomenon of violence that emerged in Egypt lately and of allegedly providing and enhancing the Black Bloc “militias”-so the accusations-, describing such declarations as “...
Date of source: Monday, January 28, 2013
The three major Coptic Churches of Egypt vehemently condemned declarations that attempt to drag the Churches into the new phenomenon of violence that emerged in Egypt lately and of allegedly providing and enhancing the Black Bloc “militias”-so the accusations-, describing such declarations as “...
28. Secretary of the late Pope to «The Morning»: Copts will not accept Infringement to their freedom
Date of source: Sunday, January 27, 2013
Late Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda’s secretary and head of the Coptic Cultural Centre Bishop Armiyā (Jeremiah) has always worked in silence; however, his work and efforts are admirably reflected in the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center at Anbā Ruwaws Church (Saint Roweiss Church).
In an interview...
Date of source: Sunday, January 27, 2013
Al-Sabāh newspaper reports that the newly appointed Coptic Catholic Patriarch Ibrāhīm Ishāq has received a congratulatory phone call from President Muhammad Mursī (Author not mentioned, al-Sabāh, Jan. 27, p. 11). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Saturday, January 26, 2013
Today’s AWR Daily Overview consists of only one article. The events of these days made the Egyptian press focus more on politics and the coverage of protests in different governorates. The one article that was selected was about how Muslims and Christians gathered together and started their March,...
Date of source: Friday, January 25, 2013
Coptic movements announced their participation in the second anniversary for the January 25 Revolution by staging a March from Shubrā to Tahrir Square.
Andrawous ‘Uwaydah, member of Maspero Youth Union, said that [the Union] will participate in the protests demanding the fall of the Muslim...
Date of source: Thursday, January 10, 2013
In a press interview held with Reuter’s news agency, the Grand Muftī of Egypt, Shaykh ‘Alī Jum’ah, stated that the recent calls to institute a committee for the “promotion of virtue and the prevention of vice” is sort of idiotic thinking that seeks to further destabilize an already tense situation...
Date of source: Thursday, January 10, 2013
Days after the bombing of a service building annexed to the Coptic Church in the city of Misrata in Libya, Bishop Pachomius of Al-Beheira and surrounding cities, headed to Libya Tuesday, January 8, after the Coptic Christmas celebrations. His Grace will visit the Church of Misrata, which is under...
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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.