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Date of source: Friday, April 11, 2014
While the Coptic Pope has supported al-Sīsī’s presidential bid, Coptic intellectuals think it may take more than the Pope’s blessings for the Copts to vote for him.
Date of source: Monday, July 29, 2013
The seclusion of Copts ended with the election of Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II. Thereafter the question is: Why and how?
Date of source: Thursday, February 28, 2013
Differing opinions between Coptic movements and activists over the upcoming parliamentary elections have recently come to light. The official position of the Church is not to interfere in the electoral decisions of Copts, whereas activists and the Coptic Movement are united in calling for a boycott...
Date of source: Monday, January 14, 2013
The three main Christian denominations in Egypt (Coptic Orthodox, Catholic, and Evangelical) will submit a new memo to the National Dialogue Committee about disputed articles in the Constitution.
[Reviewer's Note: al-Watan reported the details of the memo under the title "Churches' memo to the...
Date of source: Monday, November 26, 2012
Dr. Nājiḥ Ibrāhīm, a co-founder and theoretician of the al-Jamāʿa al-Islāmīya (Islamic Group), called on President Muḥammad Mursī to lead the nation with a mentality of a statesman, not that of the Muslim Brotherhood group, and give more room for power sharing regardless of ideological differences...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Counselor Mahmūd Mikī, Vice-President, met with representatives of Coptic movements to listen to Coptic problems in an attempt to develop a real national harmony.
The Vice-President promised to study these problems in his meeting with three Coptic movements, namely: Maspero Youth Union, Copts...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Egyptian churches urged President Muhammad Mursī to respect court rulings, criticizing his recent decision to reinstate the dissolved parliament while Coptic activists slammed it as “aggression on the rule of law and victory of the interests of the president’s group at the expense of the homeland’...
Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2012
The salafī al-Nūr Party severely slammed Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb for rejecting to provide explanations for the word “principles” in the constitution, urging him to issue a statement indicating why he insists on keeping Article II unchanged. [Hamdī Dabash, ‘Usāmah al-Mahdī,...
Date of source: Friday, June 29, 2012
Several Coptic activists, emerging from a meeting at the Egyptian Union for Human Rights Organization, agreed to name two Copts for vice president post or membership of a presidential council – Tourism Minister Munīr Fakhrī ‘Abd al-Nūr or Deputy Governor of Cairo for the Northern Area Samīr Marqus...
Date of source: Monday, June 25, 2012
The three Egyptian churches congratulated Muhammad Mursī over his victory in the runoff round against former regime general Ahmad Shafīq. [‘Imād Khalīl, al-Misrī al-Yawm, June 25, p. 6] Read original text in Arabic
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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.