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Date of source: Monday, October 22, 2012
In an attempt to appease the tense atmosphere in the village of Banī Hassan al-Ashrāf, al-Menya governorate, a 'urfī (informal) conciliatory session was held in coordination with security agencies to settle sectarian unrest between two Coptic and Muslim families. [Teresa Kamāl and 'Alā' Sarhān,...
Date of source: Saturday, October 20, 2012
Coptic thinker Rafīq Habīb said the war being waged by the secularist powers and elite on the Muslim Brotherhood and its Freedom and Justice Party, Islamist parties and the constituent assembly drafting a new constitution for Egypt are all battles against the Islamic identity, the same thing that...
Date of source: Friday, October 19, 2012
Archpriest Seraphim al-Suryānī, a candidate for the patriarchal chair of Saint Mark, said he does not think of changing the statute on the election of a pope if he wins the post. [‘Imād Khalīl, al-Misrī al-Yawm, Oct. 19, p. 3] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Sunday, October 21, 2012
A dialogue forum held by the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS) in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria laid an emphatic stress on the need to activate citizenship as a non-negotiable principle for Egyptians to obtain their rights without any forms of discrimination,...
Date of source: Thursday, October 18, 2012
A campaign to introduce the five candidates vying over the chair of Saint Mark in succession of Pope Shenouda III, who passed away on March 17, 2012, started through 45-minute TV interviews with each of them, relayed over the three Christian channels – Mar Markous, Aghapy TV and CTV. [Ashraf Sādiq...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 16, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox Church prohibited the five candidates for papal chair of Saint Mark in succession of Pope Shenouda III, who passed away on March 17, 2012, from appearing on satellite channels before the election of the 118th pope. [Mustafá Rahūmah, al-Watan, Oct. 16, p. 3] Read original text...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 17, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox Church announced that the papal election will be held earlier from November 24 to October 29 while the alter lot will take place on November 4 instead of December 2. [‘Imād Khalīl and Shaymā’ al-Faransāwī, al-Misrī al-Yawm, Oct. 17, p. 3] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Sunday, October 14, 2012
A high-level source in the Vatican said Cairo has sent a request nominating Public Prosecutor ‘Abd al-Majīd Mahmūd for the post of ambassador to it more than 15 days ago, before a court acquitted defendants involved in case of assaults on protesters on February 2, 2011, known in the media as the...
Date of source: Saturday, October 13, 2012
The 1938 Copts League, which advocates divorce and remarriage for Christians, submitted a request to the constituent assembly drafting a new constitution for Egypt not to violate the Islamic sharī’ah that guaranteed for Christians the right to have recourse to it. [Shādyah Yūsuf, al-Ahrām, Oct. 13...
Date of source: Monday, October 15, 2012
The Nasr City Court of Misdemeanor on Sunday (October 14) decided to adjourn to the October 21 session the case of Ahmad Muhammad Mahmūd ‘Abd Allāh, alias Abū Islām, who facing charges of disdaining Christianity and tearing and burning a copy of the Bible during clashes and protests against a film...
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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.