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Date of source: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
An investigator in Alexandria has revealed the mystery of the five Christian citizens killed in Naj’ al-Salām in Burj al-‘Arab of Alexandria Governorate on February 25, 2013. Investigations have confirmed that there are no suspicions of this being a sectarian-motivated crime. Last year a dispute...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Representatives of the Churches of Egypt have refused their participation in the national dialogue called for by President Mursī because of a lack of commitment to agreements made during previous sessions. Based on this, they claim the dialogue is unlikely to be fruitful (John ‘Abd al-Malāk, Mu'taz...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Not present at the dialogue, and apologizing for their absence, were representatives of the Church and a number of political parties, including Misr al-Qawīyah (the Strong Egypt) Party and al-Tayār al-Misrī (the Egyptian Current) Party. Noticeably absent as well were the following public figures:...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Najīb Jubrā’īl, head of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights, said that the five Coptic detainees are: ‘Izat Hakīm, ‘Isá Ibrāhīm, ‘Adil Shākir, Shirīf Ramsīs, and ‘Imād Sidīq. He added that the detainees are being tortured by the Libyan Preventive Security Unit and have to be released immediately. ...
Date of source: Monday, February 25, 2013
The Azhar objected to Iran’s release of a film portraying the Prophet Muhammad, stressing that portraying Allah’s Prophets is unlawful. Shaykh ‘Alī ‘Abd al-Bāqī, Secretary-General of the Islamic Research Academy, said that religious scholars in Iran need to strictly cease the release of this film...
Date of source: Monday, February 25, 2013
The author of this piece speculates about what he believes to be the true causes for Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation, and ventures that he might be more influential than the ideas of Martin Luther, the 16th century Christian reformer. The author compares the health of the outgoing Pope to previous...
Date of source: Monday, February 25, 2013
Shaykh Abū Islām has attempted to distance himself from his inflammatory comments about Coptic women. However, the prosecution sent the CDs, provided by Najīb Jubrā’īl, the lawyer, that prove Abū Islām's incitement of a fitnah and disturbance of national unity, to be transcribed by the Ministry of...
Date of source: Friday, February 15, 2013
The Salafī Call, or da’wah, returned a piece of land to its Christian owner in Alexandria after Dr. Ihāb Ramzī and Dr. Sūzī Nāshid called Shaykh Shirīf al-Hawārī, board member of the Salafī Call, to intervene to solve the problem (Author not mentioned, al-Fath, Feb. 15, p. 1). Read original text in...
Date of source: Friday, February 15, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II said during his weekly sermon that Christ came to unite everyone and to reconcile the world. He added, “Do not wait for others to love you, but you should offer your love to your brothers in humanity”. He also said that conflicts in the world are due to the absence...
Date of source: Friday, February 15, 2013
The spokesman of Google in Egypt said that the company is aware of the judiciary decision to ban YouTube in Egypt. He added to the American network, CNN, that the company is looking into the matter. He also said that the video that angered the Muslim community did not violate Google's user...
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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.