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Date of source: Monday, July 12, 2010
The author explains the accusations of cheating against Carmen Weinstein, the head of the Jewish Community in Egypt. He assures the reader that this woman sold property to more than one person. The author states that she has no right to sell this property. The court gave her a sentence of three...
Date of source: Friday, December 3, 2010
In an interview with al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, al-Wafd Foreign Affairs head Muná Makram ‘Ubayd accused the authorities of not letting her win in the parliamentary elections because she is a Copt. She claims that her candidacy had the most votes and that she even received congratulatory telegrams from...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 1, 2010
A delegation from the ‘Umrāniyyah Church met with NDP member Zakariyyā ‘Azmī today to congratulate him on winning the parliamentary elections. According to Coptic sources, the delegation asked ‘Azmī to interfere to help solve the ‘Umrāniyyah Church crisis and release the 180 detainees. Sources say...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Official spokesman for the Azhar Muhammad Rafā‘ah al-Tahtāwī said that the Grand Shaykh is happy with the Pope and Bishop Bīshūy’s apologies and that he hopes they can all work toward national unity and not let the recent events affect their relationship. Secular Coptic leader Kamāl Zākhir said...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 28, 2010
In regards to the controversy surrounding his recent comments questioning a verse in the Qur'ān, Bishop Bīshūy said that the pope had nothing to do with his decision to issue a statement clarifying his intentions behind the comments. He said that the booklet containing the comments contains a...
Date of source: Monday, September 27, 2010
The author is beginning to believe the rumors about there being a force deliberately fanning the fitnah tā’ifīyah to keep people too busy to notice things like the inflation and parliamentary elections. Who are these people who are so concerned by Kāmīliyā Shihātah to the extent of them protesting...
Date of source: Monday, September 27, 2010
The Azhar’s statement, issued in response to Bishop Bīshūy’s offensive comments on Islam, received mixed reactions from leading Islamic figures. While some thought it was fair, others thought it should have adopted a more positive stance. Dr. Tāriq al-Bishrī even went so far as to request that the...
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Members of the Islamic Research Academy at the Azhar are divided on how to deal with Bishop Bīshūy’s statements attacking Egyptian Muslims and the Qur'ān. One group thinks President Husnī Mubārak should interfere personally and demand Pope Shenouda III take action against Bīshūy. Another group said...
Date of source: Saturday, September 25, 2010
Sāmih says that sectarian tension has been on the rise since last July when Kāmīliyā Shihātah first went missing. It has reached a level that requires the government’s interference, he says, but it seems like the government is oblivious of what is going on with the people. Sāmih says that the...
Date of source: Friday, September 24, 2010
A protest to take place in Alexandria after next Friday's prayers is being organized by a Salafī group. The group will be protesting the alleged detention of Kāmīliyā Shihātah, as well as Bishop Bīshūy’s recent comments on Islam. On another note, during his weekly meeting at the ‘Abbāsiyyah...
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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.