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Date of source: Monday, March 21, 2011
Egyptian Christians say they voted on Saturday to reject proposed constitutional amendments in a referendum because they fear hasty elections to follow may open the door for Islamist groups to rise to power.
Copts would like to see a civil state created where religion is not a basis for legislation...
Date of source: Monday, March 21, 2011
Egypt's Prime Minister 'Isām Sharaf greeted Coptic Pope Shenouda III during his visit to the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral on March 20, 2011.
Sharaf congratulated Pope Shenouda on his safe return from the US where he received medical treatment.
On Saturday, Sharaf had paid his first visit to the Azhar'...
Date of source: Monday, March 21, 2011
According to the Egyptian Government they are working on building a modern civil and democratic state where all Egyptians, including Copts, will enjoy the rights of citizenship. However, people fear that if such a state is not created, the military will go on ruling Egypt, or a religious state will...
Date of source: Thursday, March 17, 2011
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has decided that ID cards will suffice for referendum and elections, instead of the pink voting card.
A document belonging to the ousted regime, saved from the State Security headquarters, states the ousted regime's reasons for not using the ID card. One of...
Date of source: Thursday, March 17, 2011
Egypt's Grand Muftī Sheikh 'Alī Jum'ah yesterday rejected revoking the second article of the Constitution pertaining to the official religion of the country, saying he would resign if the article were scrapped.
The article states that Islam is the religion of the state, Arabic is its official...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 16, 2011
The revolution has inspired many young Egyptian people who dream of social justice. They could achieve this by forming a political party or by leading a peaceful demonstrations.
The revolution has sparked their sincerity and their loyalty to the country. Young Egyptians want to be one of the...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 15, 2011
The recent revolution has led to many new parties being formed and established parties being reorganized, including several Islamist groups.
The Muslim Brotherhood is the group expected to dominate future Egyptian politics. They are now trying to cast off their image of being radicals.
Other...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 15, 2011
A few days after returning to classes for the second semester, students at Egypt's public universities have started massive protests against the administrators [In the headline by 'Sir' they mean the administrators of the universities] of their institutions, demanding they be sacked for being part...
Date of source: Monday, March 14, 2011
The portrait of Husnī Mubarāk has been removed from most State institutions after three employes replaced it in the Cabinet headquarters three weeks ago with the word 'Āllāh' in a frame.
This was followed by other governmental agencies. An official in Qalyubia Governorate, north of Cairo, said...
Date of source: Monday, March 14, 2011
Egypt's army said it started yesterday (March 13, 2011) rebuilding a church that was set ablaze last week in the village of Sūl.
The rebuilding began as thousands of Coptic protesters continued their sit-in outside the Egyptian Radio and Television Union for the ninth day in a row. The Supreme...
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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.