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Date of source: Saturday, October 19, 2013
A report that was published by Radio Sawā’s website discussed the fear of Americans to learn the Arabic language, anxious that their teachers may be terrorists. Others claimed that there is misunderstanding between Arabs and Americans and that is why there is a general hesitation to learn the...
Date of source: Saturday, September 28, 2013
A popular delegation that included representatives of political factions, legal organizations, and Azhar scholars has visited Diljā accompanied by the governor of al-Minya, Salāh Ziyādah. He assured that the police control the security situation in the village with the assistance of the army. He...
Date of source: Monday, September 16, 2013
A number of political activists have announced forming a popular delegation to visit Daljā village in al-Minya next Thursday (September 19) and trying to investigate the violence against Copts in the village. Tariq al-‘Awadī, member of the high board of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party, stated...
Date of source: Sunday, September 15, 2013
Copts in Suhag fear attacks on schools
A big number of Copts in Suhag governorate have demanded a postponement of the beginning of the school year. They fear for the lives of their children since the security situation in the governorate has deteriorated, and due to attacks against churches and...
Date of source: Sunday, September 15, 2013
Coptic parents in Asyut are alarmed. They fear for the lives of their children. The school year starts while the situation is still under tense and with political controversies current. Out of fear of attacks or kidnapping, parents demanded a postponement of the start of the school year by at least...
Date of source: Thursday, September 5, 2013
Mīnā Thābit, president of the emerging People's Initiative Party, has demanded Pope Tawadros to enforce a package of reforms for the Church. Foremost, he demands a review of some theological opinions issued by his predecessor Pope Shenouda III and to overcome the obstacles for Christian pilgrims in...
Date of source: Thursday, August 22, 2013
The International Society for Human Rights in Germany has published a strongly-worded statement in which it accuses the Muslim Brotherhood of burning churches and harassing nuns. The statement defined the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization.
The report on the Brotherhood said, “What the...
Date of source: Monday, October 7, 2013
Coptic Businessman, Naguib Sawiris, criticized the Muslim Brotherhood and the deposed president, Muhammad Morsi (Mursī). He stated that he has given himself divine powers and treated him as a second-class citizen. He denied having pacts with the Muslim Brotherhood. He stated that Ambassador Rifā’ah...
Date of source: Friday, October 4, 2013
A number of Salafī figures have criticized the issuance of a law that criminalizes refusing to salute the flag and one that prohibits parties on a religious basis (Mustafá Hāsim and Muhammad al-Fikī, al-Shurūq, Oct. 4, p. 4). Read the original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Friday, October 4, 2013
The vice president of the Salafī Call, Yāssir Burhāmī, continued to criticize the Constituent Assembly and stated that to refer to the Egyptian identity in the Constitution is a way of getting around the Muslim creed of the ummah (the Islamic nation) (Ahmad Badrāwī, al-Shurūq, Oct. 4, p. 4). This...
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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.