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Date of source: Friday, July 1, 2011
“Through the past years, Copts faced many problems in practicing their religious rites due to the minimal number of churches in many places” says Īhab Ramzī, the author of the article.
Date of source: Monday, July 4, 2011
CAIRO: Egypt’s Supreme Administrative Court ruled on Sunday in favor of Christian reconverts, allowing them to be identified as Christians on their national ID cards and birth certificates.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 21, 2011
The Supreme Administrative Court set the July 2 session to resume considering the case of re-converters to Christianity.
A number of Copts had converted to Islam and later converted back to Christianity and asked the interior ministry to have their personal information proving their Christian, not...
Date of source: Saturday, June 11, 2011
To be pious and religious is a wonderful thing but the problems begin when this devoutness turns into fanaticism or extremism, writes Yūḥannā Qultah Sa‘īd, Deputy Patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church and former vice president of the World Council of Churches (WCC), in an opinion article....
Date of source: Friday, May 27, 2011
By paying a little attention to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces’ constitutional declaration, and noting the time required for both the People’s Assembly and Shura Council elections which require drafting and agreeing on a new constitution, we will notice clearly that Egypt will remain...
Date of source: Sunday, May 15, 2011
“Islam doesn’t need anyone, most of the girls who convert to Islam convert just to marry a Muslim man and not because of the religion itself” says Yūssif Sakr, Dr ‘Amr Abd al Rahman’s lawyer.
Date of source: Sunday, May 8, 2011
Copts opened a side of the Kornish Street which leads to Tahrir square; this side has been closed since the beginning of the protest.
Date of source: Sunday, May 29, 2011
No sooner did the authorities issue a decision to reopen a number of churches which had been closed by the former security apparatus than a crisis erupted—one in a long line of attempts to hijack the 25 January Revolution by forces opposed to democracy, freedom, and citizenship rights. Among the...
Date of source: Sunday, May 22, 2011
In the immediate aftermath of the tragic attack against the Copts in Imbabāh a fortnight ago—the latest in a series of episodes by salafis and thugs aimed at hijacking the 25 January Revolution—the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) dispatched a fact-finding commission to Imbabāh. The...
Date of source: Friday, May 20, 2011
In al-Jumhūrīyah, page 1, May 20, 2011, reports noted that the Coptic Maspero protests may be solved after a decision to reopen four churches and the release of Coptic detainees in Maspero incidents, proven to be not involved in the incident.
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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.