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Date of source: Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Copts in al-Thaghr in Alexandria, up to 900,000 in number, are still undecided about supporting 'Amr Mūsá or 'Abd al-Mun'im Abū al-Futūh in the presidential elections but the final decision will be by next week in a bid to unify their voting trends. [Fikrī 'Abd al-Salām, al-Ahrām, May 8, p. 6] Read...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 8, 2012
The administrative judiciary court on Tuesday (May 8) is sitting on a case obliging the minister of interior and public prosecutor to arrest and investigate the persons who set up the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (CPVPV) page on the social networking media Facebook...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Dr. Mirvat al-Tillāwī, president of the National Council for Women (NCW), warned against the recent setback in the position and rights of Egyptian women in a way that threatens their roles in the development of the society during the critical stage Egypt is going through.
"There is no prominent...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Brotherhood Murshid (Guide) Muhammad Badī', by unbinding Dr. Muhammad Mursī, the presidential candidate from the group's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), from his pledge, opened a wide spectrum for contemplation about the nature of the pledge Mursī has committed himself to.
Kārim Radwān, a member...
Date of source: Monday, May 7, 2012
The committee on the registration of voters participating in the election of a new pope in succession of Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III resumes its activities on Monday (May 7) after a three-day hiatus over the incidents in the central Cairo district of al-'Abbāssīyah.
"The committee has...
Date of source: Monday, May 7, 2012
Coptic intellectual Jamāl As'ad said the withdrawal of the church from the constituent assembly was a "bad, unjustifiable attitude," adding the church did so because it was only emboldened by the Azhar's withdrawal.
"There are no disputes on the part of the Copts regarding Article 2 of the...
Date of source: Monday, May 7, 2012
A conference for Coptic activists issued a 10-point guiding paper envisaging criteria for the election of a new president and emphasizing the civil nature of the state, where there will be no discrimination among the citizens.
The paper affirmed that a president of the republic must be a strong...
Date of source: Monday, May 7, 2012
Dūs said he believes in Abū al-Futūh’s political platform and that the presidential candidate is offering nothing to be afraid of, adding Abū al-Futūh represents the moderate Azharite Islam.
A person attending the conference asked Dūs about the “price Abū al-Futūh had to pay for Salafists to get...
Date of source: Sunday, May 6, 2012
In an opinion piece, Dr. Rev. Safwat al-Bayādi, wrote that it is better to take time drafting the Egyptian Constitution before rushing into the presidential elections to avoid committing the same mistakes again. [Safwat al-Bayādī, al-Ahrām, May 6, p. 10] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Sunday, May 6, 2012
In an opinion piece, Dr. Rev. Safwat al-Bayādi, wrote that it is better to take time drafting the Egyptian Constitution before rushing into the presidential elections to avoid committing the same mistakes again. [Safwat al-Bayādī, al-Ahrām, May 6, p. 10] Read original text in Arabic
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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.