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Date of source: Sunday, May 26, 2013
Rafīq Greish, media spokesperson for the Catholic Church in Egypt, who accompanied Pope Tawadros during his visit to the Vatican, said the idea for the meeting came about when Pope Tawadros met the Vatican ambassador to Egypt in Cairo, initiating plans for the first meeting between the two Popes...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Public Prosecution continues their investigation into the circumstances of the fire that broke out at Virgin Mary Church in Tamā, Sohag governorate, and destroyed the church. The fire started at dawn on Monday (May 20) and as soon as security services were notified ten fire engines were dispatched...
Date of source: Monday, May 20, 2013
A Luxor Coptic school teacher Dimīyānah 'Ubayd is accused of discrediting Islam whilst teaching a class about religions. Dimīyānah went on a hunger strike after she was detained by Luxor prosecution, however she has been moved outside Luxor for treatment amid reports of her deteriorating health...
Date of source: Monday, May 20, 2013
The area of Khusūs witnessed a reconciliation meeting between the parents of a young Muslim and parents of Copts accused of kidnapping him in a car and stabbing him 40 times believing that he is Christian who had deceived them (Salāh Husnī, al-Dustūr, May 20, p. 2). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Thursday, May 16, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II and his Church delegation arrive back in Egypt tonight after his historic eight-day visit to Italy to see Vatican Pope Francis. The trip came forty years after the visit of the late Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III to former Vatican Pope John-Paul II. It is...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Clashes occurred between Muslims (who are a majority) of Manbāl village and Christians (who are a majority) in Manshā'at Manbāl village due to a bag of water that was thrown by a Muslim youth at a young Coptic girl, which sparked violence injuring two Copts and smashing two pharmacies, two shops...
Date of source: Sunday, May 12, 2013
Clashes erupted when Khālid Muhammad Mahmūd Mūsá, 32-years-old, a farmer, fired shots from a machine gun that targeted Mājid Munīr Labīb ‘Abd al-Misīh, 36-years-old, a female tailor. ‘Abd al-Misīh died right away after being shot at the chest. An argument occurred on May 9 evening between ‘Abd al-...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Former member of Parliament and representative of al-Jamā’ah al-Islāmīyah in People’s Assembly for north Naj’ Hammādī (Qena Governorate) constituency, ‘Abd al-Nāsir ‘Abd al-Halīm, said that the Muslim Brotherhood’s Muftī had no right to issue a fatwá because he is not from “ahl al-Fatwá” or “People...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Copts started celebrating the Holy 50 days that comes after Easter, in which the church chants joyful hymns celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ (Hāzim Rif’at, al-Dustūr, May 8, p. 3). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Freedom and Justice party, political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood group, in al-Daqahlia did not pay tributes to Copts for Easter, especially, after the fatwá issued by the Muslim Brotherhood’s Muftī forbidding greeting Copts in their feasts (Rāmī al-Qanāwī, al-Dustūr, May 7, p. 2). Read original...
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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.