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Date of source: Monday, October 8, 2012
AWR published in May 2012 a book in Arabic about the Egyptian Constitution. This has now been edited by Cornelis Hulsman and is about to be published by Tectum Verlag. Books can now be ordered with Tectum Verlag. People ordering early can obtain the book for a reduced price.
Date of source: Saturday, October 13, 2012
Translation and comments: Cornelis Hulsman
The new Egyptian Constitution is not yet finished but Amr Darrag is now already proud. The Constitutional Assembly, which he chairs, presented this week the first version of the document about which the Egyptians, for the first time, have a say. “The...
Date of source: Monday, September 24, 2012
The demonstrations and riots surrounding the US Embassy in Cairo and other locations throughout the Islamic world have caused much questioning about Muslims and their attachment to and sensitivity over their faith. While many would agree the film ‘The Innocence of Muslims is crude and insensitive,...
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2012
CAIRO, Egypt (AWR) – The standoff between Muslim Brothers and Egypt's ruling military continues, but seems to be turning into a victory for the army over the Brothers.
The Muslim Brothers organized large demonstrations at Tahrir square on Friday. The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (Scaf)...
Date of source: Saturday, September 15, 2012
CAIRO, Egypt (AWR) -- Crowds of angry protesters continued to gather for a second straight day outside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo on Wednesday, denouncing a short, obscure online film produced in America that denounces the Prophet Muhammad and insults Islam. Similar protests in Benghazi, Libya,...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 29, 2012
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AWR) – I have recently received phone calls from Coptic friends who were jubilant about President Muhammad Mursi (Mursī) nominating the Copt Samir Marcos (Samīr Marqus) as assistant-president for democratic change. More phone calls later followed informing me about the...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 4, 2012
The Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), political wing to the Muslim Brotherhood Group (MB), withdraw from their claim to imprison Islām 'Afīfī, journalist and Editor-in-Chief of al-Dustūr newspaper, and will settle for a compensation.
In the Duqqī Misdemeanor Court case 10703 for year 2012, 'Afīfī is...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Dr. Tāriq al-Zumur, official spokesman for al-Jamā’ah al-Islāmīyah has emphasized that Coptic citizens have the full right to freely circulate their religious and cultural heritage. [Muhammad Hassan, al-Ahrām, August 15, p. 5] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Thursday, August 16, 2012
Cornelis Hulsman
It is a light of hope that despite all terrible violence that we are seeing in Syria there are still people who believe that fighting parties can be reconciled. For some time now I have been on the mailing list of the Monastery of Mar Musa. On August 3 I received a message of...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 15, 2012
There was much surprise in the U.S. at Egyptian President Muhammad Mursī’s recent shake-up of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) leadership. The Los Angeles Times suggests that this proves him ‘a better political tactician than many had believed’ [Rīm ‘Abd al-Latīf, Egypt president's...
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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.