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Date of source: Sunday, November 18, 2012
The crisis of the withdrawal of Egyptian churches’ representatives from the constitution-writing panel has dominated discussions inside as controversy continued over the reasons behind the decision taken by churches, represented by five members.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 24, 2013
The Constitution
The representatives of Al-Azhar and the Churches in the Constituent Assembly have met on September 23 to try to reach an agreement on articles on which they have disagreed. Father Safwāt al-Bayādī stated that there was no agreement on the third article. While the Azhar...
Date of source: Friday, July 20, 2012
Coptic movements and figures slammed a so-called fatwá by Dr. Yāsir Burhāmī, the deputy chairman of the Salafī Da’wah (Call) Movement, rendering as harām (religiously forbidden in Islam) any taxi drivers getting priests to their churches and said “this is worse than driving some people to pubs”....
Date of source: Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Egypt’s Human Rights Council listened to ‘Ātif Nādī Habīb, one of the Christians who was detained in Libya, along with 36 other former detainees. Habīb said they were accused of proselytisation and subjected to torture after they were seen with their bibles (Walā’ Ni'matallah, Hibah Amīn and...
Date of source: Saturday, January 7, 2012
Egypt’s Christians are celebrating Saturday the Coptic Christmas as the Saint Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah reserved the front row for the representatives of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), ministers, presidential candidates and leaders of political parties...
Date of source: Thursday, August 30, 2012
Al-Watan publishes the "Basic Principles" chapter in the Constitution after finishing the preliminary draft that will be presented before the general committee of the Constituent Assembly.
13. I handed CDs over to investigative team that show infiltrators in Maspero's incidents, says 'Awā
Date of source: Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Dr. Muhammad Salīm al-'Awā, presidential hopeful and Islamic thinker, said that the political and economical status in Egypt is terrible. He noted that there is a state of political chaos and it is increasing every day.
Al-'Awā said, in 'Mumkin program' on CBC Channel, that the Supreme Council of...
Date of source: Friday, May 13, 2011
Dozens of salafists gathered in front off the Qūs Police Station in Qena governorate on Thursday, May 12, 2011, to protest against handover of a Christian girl to her family in the village of al-Sibā'īyah, Idfū, Aswan governorate, after she reportedly converted to Islam.
Christine Wahīb 'Abd al-...
Date of source: Friday, April 22, 2011
On Friday, April 22, 2011, tens of thousands of people protested in front of Qena governorate headquarters against newly-appointed governor ‘Imād Mikhael.
A female protester addressed the crowd, shouting “Youth of Qena and people of Qena, we are all one and there is no difference between a Muslim...
Date of source: Thursday, April 21, 2011
Hundreds of Qena's protestors, are demanding to oust newly appointed governor Major General 'Imād Shihātah Mikhael. They however obeyed to a Shaykhs' call to open the highway.
Shaykh Muhammad Hasān, salafī preacher, and Shaykh Safwat al-Hijāzī, had asked protestors to open the highway which they...
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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.