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Date of source: Saturday, January 1, 2011
AWR Chief Editor Cornelis Hulsman says that the government, Muslims, and Christians need to work together to address the growing sectarian tension in Egypt in order to prevent future attacks, such as the the New Year's Day bombing of a Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria, which left 21 dead and...
Date of source: Friday, September 24, 2010
Salafī activists from Cairo and Alexandria plan what they described as a “huge stand” in protest of the alleged detention of Kāmīliyā Shihātah by the church. They demand Kāmīliyā be handed over to the attorney general and for monasteries to be searched for weapons. One of the activists says that...
Date of source: Monday, September 20, 2010
Dr. Selim El-Awa made serious allegations against the church, which could result in sectarian conflict. In response, Father Abdel Maseeh Baseet said that churches are packed with state security officers, making it impossible for weapons to pass unnoticed. Martyrdom in Christian terms is verbal not...
Date of source: Sunday, September 19, 2010
In response to Selim El-Awa's allegations, Bishop Basanty said that all monasteries are open to the public. He also said that Bishop Bishoy's claims of Muslims initially being visitors in Egypt are historically accurate and were meant in a peaceful manner. He said that Kamilia Shehata and Wafaa...
Date of source: Friday, September 17, 2010
Selim said that relations between Copts and Muslims have been declining since 2003 and the Wafā’ Constantine issue (who he claims is a Muslim despite whatever Bishop Bīshūy says). He said that the only logical reason for Copts to store weapons, which he claims are shipped in from Israel, is to use...
Date of source: Thursday, September 16, 2010
Ameera says that she finds it strange that two different groups of people praying at two different mosques would decide to perform demonstrations about a woman, whose conversion to Islam hasn't even been proven, at the exact same time. She also finds it strange that after the woman released a video...
Date of source: Monday, September 13, 2010
The debate over Kamilia's alleged conversion to Islam has caused sectarian tension in Egypt. This incident resembles the disappearance of Wafā Costantine, except that Wafā never appeared in public to declare whether or not she converted.
Key Words: Kamilia Shehata - Wafā Costantine - Shaykh Al-...
Date of source: Saturday, November 14, 2009
On November 14th a group of employees and interns working at CIDT visited the Monastery of Saint Macarius and the Monastery of Saint Bīshūy in Wādī al-Natrūn. Visiting the monasteries of Wādī al-Natrūn is an introduction in Coptic life and traditions. It provides us interns with a lot of...
Date of source: Saturday, December 20, 2008
Sāmih Fawzī discusses Egypt’s emigration problem, the need for greater transparency and Coptic expatriates. He also calls on Christians to be active players in Egyptian society andbelieves that in the modern age socio-economic factors are more of a uniting force than religion.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 3, 2008
The author discusses the case of Wafā’ Qustantīn, and wonders why her case has been given such a great deal of attention.
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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.