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Date of source: Thursday, January 20, 2011
Rose al-Yūsuf reports that the crisis between the Azhar and the Egypt Peace Lovers Society has escalated.
It says this is because the society, headed by Hānī ‘Azīz, had "jumped onto" the proposal by Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib, the Grand Imām of the Azhar, for the creation of a joint Muslim-Christian...
Date of source: Thursday, January 20, 2011
The Muftī of Egypt has denounced the "chaos" of the proliferation of fatwás on satellite TV channels, Al-Ahrār reports.
Speaking at a lecture in Khartoum, Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah warned against fatwás that "emanate from whims or the influence of circumstances and customs that violate the principles and...
Date of source: Thursday, January 20, 2011
Nearly three weeks after the attack, AWR's Hānī Hamdī gives a roundup of the Thursday stories in Egyptian newspapers dealing with the explosion at the Church of the Two Saints in Alexandria, Egypt...
Date of source: Sunday, December 12, 2010
A year after Virgin Mary's apparition ‘rumors’ in al-Warāq church, a rumor of a new apparition came out.
The rumor made thousands of copts to stay in front and inside the church with the hope of seeing Virgin Mary.
In addition, it's the beginning of Koiak Coptic month where spiritual prayers...
Date of source: Sunday, December 12, 2010
The Coptic Orthodox Church denied what was published in a private paper about Pope Shenouda retreating from public life in Monastery of Saint Bīshūy in Wādī al-Natrūn, objecting the non-release of Copts arrested for al-‘Umrāniyyah incident.
Bishop Yu’annis, General Bishop and Secretary of Pope,...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Al-Wafd reports that Coptic Pope Shenouda has returned to Egypt following a visit to the United States for medical treatment.
The text said that the Pope was greeted upon his return to residence by large numbers of bishops, monks, and Coptic youth.
According to a church source, "The pope will not...
Date of source: Sunday, December 12, 2010
Muhammad 'Abd al-Nūr criticizes Muhammad al-Barād'ī's organization and the Muslim Brotherhood group.
He believes that its normal for illegal groups to have to substitute for their loss in the elections; MB and al-Barād'ī coordinated the call for civil disobedience.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Al-Misrī al-Yawm reports on page one that seven Christians injured in the Alexandria church attack early on New Year’s Day, left for further medical treatment in Munich, Germany on Monday. The treatment is being paid for by the Egyptian state.
[Similar reports appeared in al-Ahrār, Rose al-...
Date of source: Monday, January 17, 2011
Many of Monday’s opinion pieces in the Egyptian press dealt with the positive and negative aspects of considering a unified law for building worship places in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, January 17, 2011
Monday’s Egyptian newspapers once again focused heavily on the Naj‘ Hammādī incidents of 2010...
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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.