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Date of source: Friday, November 23, 2012
With the passing of Dr. Bahā’ Bakrī, the world has lost a friend. Among those mourning are the universities of Cairo and Sinai, the Moral Rearmament Association, the Egyptian Green Party, and Arab West Report.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 6, 2012
The election of Bishop Tawadros to the Coptic Orthodox papacy was greeted with much enthusiasm. It also thrust into the limelight a figure little-known to the church, or world, at large. Who is Bishop Tawadros, and what style of ministry will he bring to the papal chair?
Date of source: Sunday, November 4, 2012
Mid-Sunday morning, after three days of fasting, the Coptic Orthodox Church selected Bishop Tawadros of the Diocese of Beheira to be its 118th patriarch, succeeding Pope Shenouda II, who passed away in March of 2012. Tawadros’ name was drawn from a wax-sealed glass ball by a blindfolded child,...
Date of source: Thursday, May 10, 2012
The Church of the Virgin Mary in Imbaba was burned deliberately by Salafi Muslims, in an effort to spread division in society and culminate ultimately in an Islamic state. This is the testimony of Fr. Mityas Eliyas, priest of the church, in an interview with Arab West Report.
Date of source: Monday, September 24, 2012
The demonstrations and riots surrounding the US Embassy in Cairo and other locations throughout the Islamic world have caused much questioning about Muslims and their attachment to and sensitivity over their faith. While many would agree the film ‘The Innocence of Muslims is crude and insensitive,...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 12, 2012
To mark September 11, Muslims in Egypt stormed the US Embassy.
Date of source: Thursday, August 23, 2012
This article was first published in full on the Egypt Source blog on August 20, 2012. Selections are below.As President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood slowly appropriate power, they consistently issue an unspoken theme: Trust us. They do not say so, of course; that no one should be...
Date of source: Monday, August 27, 2012
A number of websites and blogs have carried news of ‘crucifixions’ which are alleged to have taken place in Egypt on August 8, 2012. The event was appended onto a well established incident on the same day in which liberal members of the media were assaulted at the studios of Media Production City...
Date of source: Thursday, August 23, 2012
As President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood slowly appropriate power, they consistently issue an unspoken theme: Trust us. They do not say so, of course; that no one should be trusted is a platitude in politics. Rather, at each step from the revolution through the transition to the...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Throughout Egypt the justice system is known to be very slow. Though it has a long and respectable history, as the population exploded and litigation increased, many turn to non-traditional methods to avoid spending a year or more in court.
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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.