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Date of source: Sunday, September 9, 2012
Minister of Information Salāh 'Abd al-Maqsūd stated that there is no limitation for the Freedom of Press after 25 January Revolution but under the condition of sticking to the society's norms distant from defamation and incitement against people.
This came during the Minister's meeting with 39...
Date of source: Sunday, September 9, 2012
Coptic Orthodox Synod of Alexandria is meeting with Bishop Pachomius, Coptic Orthodox acting Patriarch, to stress their rejection for bishops candidacy in the Coptic Orthodox papal elections, adding that the next pope should be from monks.
A church source said that the Coptic Orthodox appeal...
Date of source: Friday, September 7, 2012
Amīr Ramzī, Secretary-General of the Egyptian Association, announced the formation of a sufī-Copts alliance against Islamists in the upcoming parliament elections.
Shaykh Muhammad 'Alā' Abū al-'Azāyīm of the sūfī al-'Azmīyah orders, said that the Association goal is not to scatter Copts and sūfīs...
Date of source: Friday, September 7, 2012
Joseph Malāk, Attorney of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria, said that there are three different opinions about nominating bishops at the coming Coptic Orthodox papal elections.
The first opinion, adopted by a large number of priests in Alexandria, rejects nominating archbishops of...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Al-Jamā'ah al-Islāmīyah showed dissatisfaction and concern at the formation of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) as it did not include "people who represent ten thousands of Egyptians who lost their rights in prisons" referring to members of the Jamā'ah who were imprisoned at the time of...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Dr. Mīnā Badī' 'Abd al-Malāk, Professor of Engineer at Alexandria University, and one of the voters in the upcoming Coptic Orthodox papal elections, submitted a report to the Coptic Orthodox committee that register voters that has 25 violations in the voters tables.
'Abd al-Malāk said that the...
Date of source: Saturday, August 25, 2012
A number of Coptic intellectuals and secularists charge the Coptic Orthodox Church leaders with the responsibility of the consequences of what they describe as a “grave breach” of the church laws after allowing archbishops and bishops to run for the papal position.
Date of source: Saturday, August 25, 2012
Father Philopater Jamīl, priest of the Virgin Mary Church in Faysal, Cairo, attacks the head of al-Hayāh [Life] Party Michael Munīr and accuses him of treason as he did not participate in August 24 demonstrations, which was called for by former Member of Parliament Muhammad Abū Hāmid.
Date of source: Friday, August 31, 2012
A number of revolutionary powers, leftist and Coptic (namely, the Popular Alliance Party, Socialist Party of Egypt and Maspero Youth Union) are staging a symbolic protest in Tal'at Harb Square, Downtown of Cairo today (Friday, August 31, 2012). The protest is led by leftist activist Kamāl Khalīl....
Date of source: Friday, August 31, 2012
President Muhammad Mursī opened the 16th summit of non-aligned nations in Iran.
Mursī opened his speech by praising the four caliphs of sunnī Islam.
(Reviewer's Note: Sunnī Muslims believe that Abū Bakr al-Sidīq is Prophet Muhammad's successor while Shī'ah Muslims believe that 'Alī Ibn Abī Tālib is...
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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.