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Date of source: Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Security forces in Sohag returned a Christian man to his family after a dangerous gang kidnapped him two days ago. Filing a report on his missing brother, Majdī Amīn told the police that the gang had asked for 500 thousand Egyptian pounds as ransom in exchange of returning his 32-year old brother...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 16, 2013
In a statement disclosed today by Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II said the three major Churches of Egypt are preparing a joined proposal on the amendments of some Constitutional articles. Church sources reported that during the national dialogue, initiated by President Muhammad Mursī, the three...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 16, 2013
In collaboration with local intermediaries and religious clerics, security authorities in Sohag Governorate intensify their efforts to prevent sectarian strife in the village of al- Samatā, al-Billīnā Township after a 42-year old Coptic man called al-Nimr Wahīb Najīb had assaulted and killed the 62...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 16, 2013
The Shūrá Council's legislative and Constitutional affairs committee headed by Muhammad Tūsūn on Monday rejected a proposal by a sub-committee to allocate a quota for the Copts through electoral lists in the upcoming parliament. Coptic Shūrá Council member Rāmī Lakkah on the committee requested...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 16, 2013
A British Airways employee banned from wearing a cross won her case at the European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday (Jan. 15). Nadīyah ꞌUwaydah, a Coptic Christian with British citizenship, took BA to the European court after British judges had upheld the airline's decision in 2006 to ban her from...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 16, 2013
According to the report, the sources noted that since his enthronement last November, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II was keen to held regular talks with "the large (Egyptian) minorities" that would serve the issues of the Copts. The Pope is also holding confidential contacts to Shī'ah leaders in...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 15, 2013
As preparations for Christmas celebrations continued, the Coptic Church submitted a detailed memo to the presidency in Egypt about amendments it would like to see made to the new Constitution.
These included deleting Article 219, which states that the "principles of Islamic sharī’ah include...
7. the Minister of Awqāf has embarrassed an Egyptian reporter, because she was not wearing the hijāb
Date of source: Tuesday, January 15, 2013
In an unusual and unprecedented approach by a public figure, the Minister of Awqāf (Awkaf or Endowments) Dr. Talꞌat ‘Afīfī has embarrassed an Egyptian reporter, when he refused to be interviewed by her at the conference, “Ministries beyond Barriers” because she was not wearing the hijāb.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Bishop Yuhannā Qultah, as a representative of the Catholic Church in Egypt, took part in the Constituent Assembly called upon to write a new constitution. Having studied Islamic history and philosophy, he has his own view and future perception on the crisis Egypt is currently experiencing. While...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 15, 2013
The Egyptian Union of Human Rights Organizations (EUHRO) has published a report on migration of Christians from Egypt, saying that nearly 100,000 Christians have migrated since March 2011.
The report, which was sent to President Mursī, warned that this migration of Christians out of Egypt will...
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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.