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Date of source: Thursday, May 12, 2011
The death toll from sectarian clashes in Imbābah on 7 May rose to 15, said the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR), blaming the attacks on security vacuum (including the spread of illegal weapons) and a rise in Islamist extremism.
However, according to the organization, there “can be no denial...
Date of source: Friday, May 6, 2011
Najīb Gibrael, Kāmīliyā Shihātah's lawyer, says that Kāmīliyā has not decided yet if she will show up in the public prosecutor's office, asserting that he is authorized to represent her in the court of law.
Date of source: Friday, May 6, 2011
In his first sermon after the salafists' attacks on the Cathedral, Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III ignored talking on the Kāmīliyā Shihātah issue, although there were many speculations that he would settle this issue during the sermon.
Pope Shenouda asked all Copts to forgive all those who...
Date of source: Friday, May 6, 2011
The children of the Egyptian cleric Shaykh 'Umar 'Abd al-Rahman have appealed for his release from jail in the US, saying their father is too frail to stand imprisonment thousands of miles away from home.
'Abd al-Rahman's children called on the Egyptian government to request the US government to...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Dr. 'Abd Allah Husaynī, the Minister of Awqāf, says that many extremist movements appeared after January the January 25 revolution due to the misunderstanding of the meaning of freedom.
“This doesn't mean that those extremists are a majority. They are only a minority and are rejected by many people...
Date of source: Saturday, April 30, 2011
'Abd al-Mun'īm al-Shahāt, a salafī spokesperson, says that democracy is dangerous and has many defects like vote buying and powerful candidates' exploitation of the media for their own interests in their election campaigns.
Shahāt added that Islamic shūra (consultation) is better than democracy as...
Date of source: Saturday, April 30, 2011
Max Michel Hanna, a Coptic bishop who founded the St. Athanasius Church separately from the Coptic Orthodox Church, demands the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to recognize his legitimacy and his new church as an independent one.
Date of source: Sunday, May 1, 2011
The Coptic Orthodox Church has been accused of suppressing anyone who dares to convert to Islam.
Both the Muslim and the Christian religious institutions should promote the right of beliefs for every citizen without any bonds.
As long as Egyptian Muslims and Christians are living together on...
Date of source: Monday, May 2, 2011
A number of Copts are against the report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), asserting that the United States is trying to spark fitnah between Muslims and Copts in Egypt.
The report condemned Egypt’s lack of religious freedom; recommending Egypt be added...
Date of source: Monday, May 2, 2011
Fahmī Huwaydī wonders what the salafists want, noting that salafists distorted their image by the violent practices they perpetrate.
They have the right to have presence provided that they respect the law.
He wished that they have something good to offer the nation, not to terrorize the people....
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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.