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Date of source: Sunday, May 27, 2012
“The Muslim Brotherhood has always been against the revolution while the Salafists have always been rejecting revolts against rulers…black flags were raised in the sit-in of al-‘Abbāssīyah a couple of weeks ago to indicate that al-Qā’idah entered Egypt, which has not taken place so far. However, al...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The central committee on national awareness for Copts, affiliated to the Orthodox Church in Alexandria, apologized for not convening a conference titled “No for Directing (voters),” which was supposed to be held on Monday (May 21), due to pressures, the committee said in a statement.
The committee...
Date of source: Sunday, February 19, 2012
Archpriest Buqtur Nāshid of the Mar Girgis Church in al-Nahdah said despite the relief amidst Coptic families in the village of Sharbāt after the decisions by a parliament’s fact-finding commission, these decisions need to be implemented on the ground.
The commission’s acknowledgement about the...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Bank officials denounced claims that accuse Egyptian Christians of withdrawing their deposit funds from Egyptian banks in an alleged attempt to destabilize the state. Former governor of Egypt’s Central Bank and director of Misr-Iran Bank Ismā’īl Hasan said that such claims against Christians are...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 to Sunday, April 15, 2018
Col. Yāsir Jum'ah, a communications police officer at the Cairo Security Department, has grown a beard and was summoned and rebuked by his seniors, according to the Facebook surfers.
Date of source: Thursday, January 3, 2013
On the occasion of Christmas festivities, President Muhammad Mursī held several telephone calls with leaders of the Christian congregations in Egypt, namely: Dr. Rev. Safwat al-Bayādī, head of the Coptic Evangelical Church, Bishop YuhannāQultah, Deputy Patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church, The...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, al-Wafd, and al-Yawm al-Sābi’ newspaper report on January 2 that Salafīs have returned Aghābī ’Isām Jirjis, the Coptic 14-year old minor back to her family, after her disappearance nine days ago, after several negotiations efforts by investigation police with leading figures of...
Date of source: Friday, September 16, 2011
The Egyptian Saint George's Orthodox Church in Misrātah, Libya, was hit by three rockets during battles between revolutionists and militants of the deposed President Mu‘ammar al-Qadhdhāfī.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Ahmad Lutfī, a 27-year-old man who had been accused of bombing the Church of the Two Saints, Saint Mark and Pope Peter in Alexandria, [Read background information,] was released from al-'Aqrab prison after being acquitted.
Lutfī’s sister relates that he was subjected to torture by the State...
Date of source: Thursday, April 7, 2011
Salafist preacher, Wajdī Ghunaym, gave a speech in a mosque in Qalyubia April 5, 2011 in which he attacked the Azhar and the ministry of Awqaf for building relations with Copts and refusing to segregate between Muslims and Copts. Ghunaym told the worshipers not to greet Copts. He added, that Copts...
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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.