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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...
Date of source: Sunday, March 25, 2012
On the other hand, the Azhar organized a discussion about the importance of world peace and dialogue, stressing the importance of confronting human rights violations committed by the Israeli occupation forces against Palestinians.
The discussion was attended by a number of Azhar scholars, clerics...
Date of source: Sunday, March 25, 2012
The three Egyptian Christian denominations denied that they received a letter form the People’s Assembly to participate in the constitution panel. [‘Abd al-Wahāb, Al-Wafd, March 25, 2012, p. 1] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Sunday, March 25, 2012
Bishop Pachomius, caretaker patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church and Bishop of Beheira, expressed support for a civil state, noting the Holy Synod will make an official statement about the constituent assembly drafting a new Egyptian Constitution.[Tāmir ‘Abd al-Rā’ūf, al-Ahrām, March 25, 2012, p...
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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.