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Date of source: Saturday, March 12, 2011
The International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) issued a declaration, signed by Shaykh Yūsuf al-Qaradāwī, Chairman of the Union, to Egyptians.
The declaration condemned fitnah tā'ifīyah between Muslims and Christians, and asserted that Islam protect churches and respects them, as well as fights...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 12, 2011
The Military Court handed down on April 11 a three-year term in jail against Michael Nabīl, a Coptic blogger, for spreading false news and information about the army and its institutions.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Islamists could play a key role in Egypt's near future. They are well organized and popular.
But the Islamists don't belong to a single, homogeneous group. They constitute of different groups, which are in the process of change, in order to cope with the new reality.
What is totally new is their...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Why has the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces resorted to salafī shaykhs in reconciliation drives between Copts and Muslims, following sectarian clashes against a background of social disputes?
The Council was rather expected to seek the assistance of the Azhar, which advocates moderate Islam as...
Date of source: Monday, April 11, 2011
A conference was held in Cairo on 10 April 2011 by the Coalition of Women's Organizations, a non-governmental group.
The purpose was to stress the importance of the role of women in democracy building.
At the conference Bothaina Kamel, a well-known TV host, stressed that a woman is capable of being...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 24, 2010
In a press conference after the national unity meeting in al-Minya, Governor Ahmad Diyā’ al-Dīn stated that his meeting with Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III was personal and that they did not discuss Maghāghah Bishopric crisis.
He said that the meeting has foiled plans by Metropolitan Aghathon of...
Date of source: Sunday, August 22, 2010
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III has received a report he requested upon his return from the United States on the crisis of Kāmīliyā Shihātah and how Bishop Aghabius managed it.
A source from the Holy Synod stressed that Pope Shenouda has ordered that Kāmīliyā would not appear on the media while a...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Six Christians killed their sister’s Muslim husband, 22, after she converted to Islam in revenge. Investigations revealed that the accused took the deceased to a deserted house and stabbed him to death. They then threw his corpse into a canal. The prosecution accused the six Christian suspects of...
Date of source: Saturday, March 12, 2011
Thousands of Egyptians protested in Tahrīr Square on March 11, 2011 calling for national unity following the demolition of a church in 'Ātfīh by Muslims extremists.
Protestors accused the National Democratic Party (NDP) and the State Security Agency of causing the demolition of the church.
Date of source: Sunday, August 15, 2010
A major problem in Egypt is that the average Egyptian has an unfailing sense that official authorities have no better business but to lie in wait for any successful project or effort that the average Egyptian has achieved, ready to pounce and stamp it out at the first viable opportunity. It takes...
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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.