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Date of source: Friday, June 1, 2012
The three Coptic Orthodox, Evangelical and Catholic churches denied they had any contacts from Muslim Brotherhood leaders for dialogue on guarantees the group should offer to civil powers as part of its plans to back its candidate Mursī in the runoff. [‘Abd al-Wahāb Sha’bān and Nashwá al-Shirbīnī, ...
Date of source: Sunday, May 13, 2012
A wrangling erupted on Saturday (May 12) between veteran journalist Farīdah al-Shūbāshī and ‘Abd al-Zāhir Mufīd, the secretary of political education at the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), during a seminar hosted by the ministry of social affairs on drama handling of issues of...
Date of source: Friday, January 4, 2013
Upon leading the funeral service of Ashraf Sāmī ‘Adlī, the young Egyptian who was killed during the bomb attack on Saint Mary and Saint Georges Coptic Orthodox Church in Misratah, Libya, Bishop Pachomius of al-Beheira and surrounding areas as well as Northern Africa, said that the attack on Misrata...
Date of source: Friday, January 4, 2013
In a statement on the “Sawt Al-Salaf” or the “Voice of Salaf” video footage, Dr. Yāsir Burhāmī issued a religious edict (fatwá) saying that ”Muslims who oppose the Sharī’ah-based Constitution are hypocrites, even if they fast and pray according to Islamic rules and consider themselves Muslims”. ...
Date of source: Friday, January 4, 2013
Pope Tawadros II met a delegation of the Egyptian Armed Forces headed by Colonel General ‘Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī, Commander-In-Chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces and Minister of Defense and Military Production, in the papal headquarters. The delegation presented its greetings on the occasion of...
Date of source: Friday, January 4, 2013
The Ministry of Awkaf or Awqāf (Religious Endowments) stressed that the mutual exchange of congratulations on the occasion of Christian and Muslim festivities is an expression of indigenous feelings of love and affection rooted in the Egyptian people throughout history, and at the same time it...
Date of source: Friday, January 4, 2013
The year 2012 witnessed a number of fatwás released by the Salafī preacher, ‘Abd al-Mun’im al-Shahāt. Insisting on the authenticity of his fatwá, he claims that according to Islamic Sunnah, the birth date of Jesus Christ is not in winter season, thus, harshly attacking Muslims who extend their...
Date of source: Friday, January 4, 2013
A further case of blackmailing Copts was published in Al-Sabāh: Tharwat Malik Barsūm, owner of a tourist resort in al-Minya governorate, Upper Egypt, filed a complaint against persons (identity undisclosed) blackmailing and asking him to pay a ransom of 500 thousand Egyptian Pounds or his resort...
Date of source: Friday, January 4, 2013
Nādir noted that Coptic Orthodox Bishop Raphael, general secretary of the Holy Synod, will lead the Christmas Mass in Alexandria. Among the high-ranking officials who are expected to extend their congratulations on the occasion is the governor of Alexandria Muhammad ’Atá 'Abbās and the State...
Date of source: Sunday, March 25, 2012
Dr. Muhammad Badī’, Muslim Brotherhood Guide or Murshid, for his part, said that after his visit to the deceased Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III, he assigned the righteousness department in the group to reconsider the righteousness of Christians, however, the department refused. [Author not...
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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.