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Date of source: Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Dār al- Iftā’ has assured that the core of democracy embodies the basic principles of Islam politically in selection of rulers and attaining shūrá (consultation) and resisting injustice. This is the core principle of Islam and this is neither apostasy nor a hated matter as some claim (Author not...
Date of source: Thursday, May 29, 2014
The preliminary results of the presidential election vote count indicate that Abd al- Fattah al- Sīsī has won with a landslide. Al-Yawm al-Sābi’ states that 92.9% of the votes went to al- Sīsī, 3% to Sabāhī and 4.1% were invalid votes. The turnout was reportedly 46.8% and the number of voters were...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Bishop Basanti, Bishop of Helwan, stated that the Church does not rule the Copts (politically) but lightens their path. He stated that the Church does not push Copts to choose anyone in elections, as they have senses they can use and think for themselves. He stated that “Sabāhī is a good man, yet...
Date of source: Monday, April 21, 2014
Pope Tawadros has received Prime Minister Eng. Ibrahīm Mahlab in the papal headquarters in St. Mark’s Cathedral, Abāssiyah, Cairo. He also received a number of ministers that came to congratulate the Pope on the Day of Resurrection (Easter), including General Sidqī Subhī, general commander of the...
Date of source: Sunday, April 20, 2014
Field Marshal Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī has visited the St. Mark’s cathedral in Abāssiyah and congratulated Pope Tawadros on the Holy Day of Resurrection. Not earlier a presidential candidate with excellent changes to become Egypt’s next president paid a pope such a visit for Easter (Nassir Abd-al...
Date of source: Saturday, April 19, 2014
Salafīs have stopped Shaykh Muhammad ‘Iz al-Dīn Abd al-Sattar, First Deputy for preaching affairs, Ministry of Endowments, from entering al-Rahmān al-Rahīm mosque in MutāhrahVillage, Abū Qurqās district, Minya. Instead they allowed Shaykh Muhammad Ya’qūb to give the Friday sermon.
Date of source: Monday, May 26, 2014
For more than 20 years, I have tried to build bridges between Islam and Christianity and to dispel ignorance and misunderstanding between them. Islam is the second-largest faith community in the world and the second-largest in Britain, and so bridges between Islam and Christianity are something...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 28, 2014
By appearances, the Coptic Orthodox Church is doing everything wrong. But appearances can be deceiving; officially, they are doing everything right.
But there is a messy in-between which casts doubt on it all. As convoluted as Egypt’s post-June 30 transition has been following the popular deposing...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 28, 2014
On May 20, 2014, the Center for Arab-West Understanding (CAWU) organized a forum meeting under the title: Investigative Journalism in Egypt: Experiences and Challenges. Key speaker of the evening, Danish award winning journalist Mr. Flemming Weiss Andersen, spoke about his experiences in reporting...
Date of source: Sunday, May 25, 2014
No one in the streets of Egypt has any doubts that former field marshal Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi will come out victorious from the May 26-27 presidential elections. The question, however, is what percentage of the electorate will go to the polls and by what margin will al-Sisi secure his victory and...
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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.