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Date of source: Wednesday, February 10, 2010
CIDT’s Jayson Casper speaks to Sheikh Ahmad al-Sayih, a professor of Islamic doctrine at Al Azhar University who is originally from the governorate of Qena, about the attacks against Coptic Christians in Nag Hamadi.
Date of source: Thursday, February 11, 2010
On December 26-27, 2009 the Center for Arab West Understanding hosted a workshop in Cairo under the title, “Strengthening the Social Role of NGOs through Communication and Interaction”. At our center we have been conducting a project on peacebuilding following the incident of conflict in the...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Nearly one month after the incidents in Najc Hammādī, and with the trial of the three suspects approaching, CIDT’s Molinengo Vivien delves into the meanings and mechanisms of the process of reconciliation, emphasizing the need of punishment in achieving reconciliation between Christians and Muslims...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
On Monday 15th February, the AWR team held a meeting in our office with a member of Bishop Marcos’ delegation which had travelled to Nag Hammadi, who wished to remain unidentified. We met this source through an earlier visit with Bishop Marcos, in order to discuss our organization’s proper response...
Date of source: Friday, January 8, 2010
Hulsman wrote an article about the shooting in Upper Egypt for the Reformatorisch Dagblad. The church editor changed it substantially and added material from other sources. Hulsman has, therefore, added some comments in the text. Hulsman also gave a radio interview on January 7 to the Dutch radio 1...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 12, 2010
CIDT’s Jayson Casper discusses the role of the difficulties surrounding church building in perpetuating interreligious conflict in Egypt, referring to the example set by Fr. Yu’annis.
Date of source: Thursday, January 14, 2010
In the wake of the Najc Hammādī killings prevailing Egyptian sentiment has asserted the essential unity between Muslim and Christian, presenting the Christmas massacre as an aberration of the norm. The dominating idea is that Egypt is a country with two religions, but one culture. Muslims and...
Date of source: Thursday, January 21, 2010
The recent killings in Nag Hamadi have engendered various reactions throughout Egyptian society. Some have cursed the darkness, while others have closed up their eyes and ears altogether. Some, however, have been spurred to action, but sensitivity, distance—geographically and culturally, and...
Date of source: Sunday, February 21, 2010
The tragic events of January 6th 2010 in the small Upper Egyptian town of Naj‘ Hammādī cast a dark shadow over the Coptic Christmas celebrations and the start of the new year in Egypt, and have pushed debates around Muslim-Christian relations into both the local and international media spotlight....
Date of source: Monday, January 18, 2010
Tensions in Izbet Boushra received national and international media coverage following a clash on June 21, 2009 between Muslims and Christians over a church building. AWR visited Bishop Stephanous, responsible for the diocese in which Izbet Boushra is located, in August 2009. The Bishop then asked...
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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.