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Date of source: Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Also speaking on the occasion was Muhammad ‘Alī Bishr, a member of the Irshād (Guidance) Office of the Muslim Brotherhood group, who said that Egypt has lost an unprecedented patriotic figure, praying that Pope Shenouda’s successor would pursue his path. [Ahmad Sa’dāwī, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, April 25...
Date of source: Friday, April 27, 2012
Forty-eight hours after a court ruling found Egyptian veteran actor ‘Ādil Imām guilty of disdaining religion and upheld and earlier sentence to put him in jail for three months, the al-‘Ajūzah Court of Misdemeanor on Thursday (April 26) turned down another case filed by lawyer ‘Asrān Mansūr against...
Date of source: Monday, April 9, 2012
The flights of Copts in such a large number had started on Thursday (April 5) with 61 Copts, followed by other flights.
Official sources at Cairo International Airport said the airlift is considered the first of its kind to carry Egyptians to Israel since the peace treaty between the two countries...
Date of source: Friday, April 6, 2012
A number of 61 Copts from the Egyptian church traveled aboard an Air Sinai flight to Tel Aviv to visit the holy sights in Jerusalem.
Father Rafīq Greish of the Coptic Catholic Church said that several religious trips had been organized to Palestine for pilgrimage. He added that Copts will stay in...
Date of source: Friday, March 23, 2012
In an opinion article in al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, Jamāl Qutb writes about the differences between the Azhar and the church administration. He said the Azhar administration is incapacitated and the church administration is overstepping its limits. The overstepping of the church is understandable but the...
Date of source: Friday, March 23, 2012
Additionally, the Holy Synod decided in its first meeting after Pope Shenouda’s funeral to open the door for nominations for the patriarchate on April 27, 2012.
Bishop Bīshūy, Secretary of the Holy Synod and Metropolitan of Damietta and Kafr al-Shaykh, said that according to a law of 1971,...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Islamic Research Academy is reviewing its decision to withdraw from the constituent assembly, based on the request of the Azhar’s Grand Shaykh.
Muhammad Mursī, the leader of the Freedom and Justice Party, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood group, and MB legislator Muhammad al-Biltājī had...
Date of source: Sunday, April 1, 2012
The Supreme State Security Prosecution ordered the arrest of Islamic preacher Wajdī Ghunaym on charges disdaining Christianity after the hard-line preacher slandered and insulted the deceased pope.
The prosecution also ordered barring Ghunaym from traveling outside Egypt.
Counselor Mahdī Shu’ayb,...
Date of source: Sunday, April 1, 2012
The Supreme State Security Prosecution ordered the arrest of Islamic preacher Wajdī Ghunaym on charges disdaining Christianity after the hard-line preacher slandered and insulted the deceased pope.
The prosecution also ordered barring Ghunaym from traveling outside Egypt.
Counselor Mahdī Shu’ayb,...
Date of source: Saturday, March 31, 2012
The Alexandria Millī Council sent a statement on Friday (March 30) to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) in which it condemned the mechanisms used to form a constitution-drafting assembly.
The Council stressed equality among all Egyptians in rights and duties regardless of religious...
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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.