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Date of source: Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Hundreds of salifīs and religious associations demonstrated in front of the Council of State, Tuesday evening, demanding the release of Kāmīliyā Shihātah, the wife of a priest from a church in Minya, as well as Wafā’ Costantine and a number of other [claimed] abducted Muslim women.
71. Salifīs attack Sharaf's vehicle in an objection for not releasing Kāmīliyā Shihātah and 7 others
Date of source: Wednesday, March 9, 2011
A large number of salifīs attacked Dr. 'Isām Sharaf's vehicle, the new Prime Minister, after leaving the ministers' cabinet Tuesday afternoon.
Date of source: Thursday, March 10, 2011
AWR's managing director Hānī Labīb analyzes a paper that was distributed by salafīs downtown Cairo, protesting the alleged imprisonment of Kāmīliyā Shihātah, the wife of a priest who alegedly wanted to convert to Islam for divorce reasons.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 9, 2011
AWR's Directing Manager, Hānī Labīb went to the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU) building [Maspero] and was a witness on demonstrations there.
Date of source: Monday, February 7, 2011
Editor: New managing director Hani Labib describes the background of almost two weeks of rioting in Egypt.
In February 2009, President Husni Mubarak approved Police Day, which comes on January 25 each year, as an official holiday for employees of the state and the Public Sector. Police Day marks...
Date of source: Saturday, January 1, 2011
Jayson Casper considers the attack in Alexandria and the resulting sectarian demonstrations which arose in its wake. He explores some of the contextual issues and finds hope in an interfaith effort promoted by a dialogue group in the city. Even so, efforts to find meaning in the tragedy must go...
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: Monday, December 20, 2010
More than 70 Christians gathered in front of the Ahnāsyā police station demanding that police find the 20-year-old woman named Īmān Ishaq Ramzī, who has been missing since last Friday.
The protesters made a police report accusing a youth of kidnapping her from in front of the Wish al-Bāb village...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Copts always feel that state security does not intervene to resolve their problems unless they resort to demonstrations and media pressure. General Fu’ād 'Allām, former state security deputy, points out that the relationship between Copts and the state is run through the state security. That is...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Sectarian tension has escalated to a frightening extent and the state does not deal seriously with the issue and does not enforce the role of law.
Bells rang in Dīr Abū Nawwās celebrating the return of Kāmīliyā Shihātah, the priest’s wife who was returned to her husband by force, as though 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.