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Date of source: 2 Jan 2012
http://www.arabwestreport.info/ar/السنة-2012/الأسبوع-1/4تأجيل-قضية-كنيسة-القديسين-إلي-5-فبراير-المقبل-وضم-خصوم-جدد
Date of source: 2 Jan 2012
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Date of source: 2 Jan 2012
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Date of source: 2 Jan 2012
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Date of source: 2 Jan 2012
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Date of source: 2 Jan 2012
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Date of source: 14 Jan 2011
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Date of source: 2 Jan 2012
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Date of source: 2 Jan 2012
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Date of source: 29 Apr 2016
The study of a PhD researcher at the Institute of Coptic Studies and Research at the Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University, confirmed that the Church of the Holy Sepulchre remained for about 300 years until 614 AD when the Persians destroyed it along with the rest of the churches of Palestine. The...
Date of source: 28 Apr 2016
Al-Ahram described him as a high-ranking Jurist, having studied law and jurisprudence in Egypt's oldest courts, the State Council.
He also spoke about the Milli Council, the religious uniform, inheritance and adoption, and the Church building and restoration law.
The Counselor said that there are...
Date of source: 28 Apr 2016
The Guide to Professional Conduct by the private TV channel presents its principles, policies and management methods, defining the ethics of the profession. The guide is designed to help all employees meet the high standards of personal and professional integrity required for media professions....
Date of source: 28 Apr 2016
The attack on the doctor of the Coptic Hospital came about three months after a number of police officers beat a doctor at Al –Matarīyyah Teaching Hospital. The police officers then took him to Al-Matarīyyah Police Station because of the doctor's refusal to issue a fabricated medical report.
The...
Date of source: 28 Apr 2016
The background of this day dates back to the 19th century in America, Canada and Australia. Years before the proclamation of this day, Chicago in the 19th century was engaged in labor disputes to reduce working hours in Hamilton, especially in the movement known as the eight-hour movement.
In Egypt...
Date of source: 28 Apr 2016
The Coptic Christian observation of Maundy Thursday (The Holy Thursday), the Holy day also known as "Thursday of Mysteries", marks the anniversary of the "Last Supper" of Christ with his disciples. According to the Christian belief, Maundy Thursday marks the day that Christ had washed the feet of...
Date of source: 28 Apr 2016
"Our visit to the cathedral to congratulate Pope Tawadros and the Coptic brothers on the Day of Resurrection is part of an exchange of congratulations between the sons of the same homeland, which affirms that the Egyptian people are one fabric, one cannot deny the unity and cohesion of their sons...
Date of source: 27 Apr 2016
EOHR demanded in a statement that the Attorney General open an immediate and urgent investigation into these attacks, stressing that Article 198 of the Constitution was violated. Article 198 of the constitution states that "the profession of Lawyers is a free profession that helps the judiciary in...
Date of source: 28 Apr 2016
Al-Sīsī sent the Secretaries of the Republic to congratulate and attend the celebrations of the Christian communities celebrating the Resurrection. Namely, the visiting secretaries are Muḥammad Nijm, Secretary of the Presidency of the Republic to the Catholic Copts, and Mr. Karīm Al-Dīwanī...
Date of source: 28 Apr 2016
The Arab Women Organization (AWO) announced the launching of an in-depth study on the situation of refugee women and displaced women in the Arab region. This study covers all Arab countries related to the crisis at a global conference on refugee and displaced women in the Arab region to be held by...
Date of source: 28 Apr 2016
She also commended the appointment of a representative for people with disabilities in the Committee that drafted the Constitution. Subsequently this segment became represented in the Parliament as they won nine parliamentary seats, mostly women.
She stressed that persons with disabilities are...
Date of source: 28 Apr 2016
The report stated that Nijm, was one of the first to join the protesters before the Presidential Palace on December5, 2012 - when he was violently beaten and tortured by the supporters of the then-president Mursī. Afterwards, Nijm declared the Muslim Brotherhood “illegitimate”.
On April 25th, the...
Date of source: 29 Apr 2016
The report said that the Minister of Transport Dr. Jalāl Saʿīd said during the meetings of the executive office of the Arab transport ministers that there is a proposal to build a tunnel instead of the land bridge between Egypt and Saudi Arabia, stressing that the bridge was the best solution....
Date of source: 28 Apr 2016
MP Muḥammad Anwar al-Sādāt, head of the Human Rights Committee in the House of Representatives, said that Egypt is living on foreign funding, aid, loans and foreign financing.
"The Egyptian economy is not productive, and the area has been hit by terrorist incidents, while many of the projects are...
Date of source: 29 Apr 2016
In an investigative report, Al-Wafd newspaper highlighted the significant profits that Hijab business has garnered, arguing that this kind of business began to strongly prevail in the market after clothing competitions and beauty pageants had been organized for veiled women. These contests are...
Date of source: 29 Apr 2016
The Egyptian Center for Women's Rights has prepared a new draft personal status law, and will hold a number of sessions for discussion. The Center says that it took two full years to prepare the new draft law.
Over the course of the two years, the Center studied 15 personal status laws from Arab...
Date of source: 27 Apr 2016
Major General Aḥmad Abū al- Futūḥ, Director of Sohag Security, received a notification from the Director of Criminal Investigations Office, of a security campaign conducted by the Directorate's Investigation Officers together with the National Security officers. This campaign was meant to...
Date of source: 27 Apr 2016
The Egyptian Foreign Minister Sāmih Shukrī said that he is not a proponent of the theory that there is a conspiracy against Egypt. He stressed that he is a believer in conflicts of interest and that each party seeks to achieve its interests within the framework of a global international order. ...
Date of source: 30 Apr 2016
Dr. Ahmad ʿUkāshah, president of the Egyptian Psychiatric Association, said that the scenes of violence in the media leaves a negative impact on the mental health of citizens. Dr. ʿUkāshah explained that we shall not give freedom and democracy to the ignorant as it is similar to giving a weapon to...
Date of source: 27 Apr 2016
In the late 1860s, Bartholodi approached Isma'il Pasha, Khedive of Egypt, with a plan to build "Progress" or "Egypt Carrying the Light to Asia", a huge lighthouse in the form of an ancient Egyptian female fellah or peasant, robed and holding a torch alof. The statue would be erected at the northern...
Date of source: 29 Apr 2016
Prominent Writer and Novelist Muḥammad Salmāwī said that Egypt hasn’t seen a president that pays a great deal of attention to the intellectuals as much as President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī. Salmāwī added that the latter has always been keen on meeting with Egypt’s intellectuals and that al-Sīsī...
Date of source: 29 Apr 2016
Good Friday is a part of Easter celebrations, a reminder of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ. Believers observe the remembrance of the darkening of the sky as mentioned in the Bible, and hold sad and mournful religious gatherings. The joyful celebratory manifestations of the Copts are...
Date of source: 29 Apr 2016
He said that on this glorious day, the resurrection of Jesus Christ reminds us of the resurrection of Egypt from the tombs of the conspiracies, in which the forces of darkness and the people of evil try undermine its leadership, and sow discord among its citizens.
He added that Egypt rose above the...
Date of source: 29 Apr 2016
On Friday, Christian churches in Egypt witnessed the commemoration of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ or the “Good Friday” and “Great Friday” observances which involve long prayers and other rites that differ from the rest of the services of the Church on regular days.
The Observance of the “Good...
Date of source: 29 Apr 2016
He considered that the participation in the recent demonstrations of April 25 and the volume of the protestors does not reflect the real relative weight of opponents of the regime. This is because, according to Professor Hāzim Ḥusnī, there are two ways to measure the extent of general discontent in...
Date of source: 25 Apr 2016
On Tuesday, the Regional Center for Strategic Studies in Cairo will hold a panel discussion on the position of the Western media on Egypt.
The Center said in a statement that the critical tone increased after the June 30 revolution and the ouster of the former president Muḥammad Mursī, effectively...
Date of source: 26 Apr 2016
He said that there is a stark difference between the two eras, as Mecca witnessed the birth of the prophecy, the revelation and then Islam. Islam was marked by a spirit of openness. Islam during that era was linked to science, forethought and the theories that made Muslims proud.
The author of the...
Date of source: 25 Apr 2016
Al-Ahram organized a seminar on the sidelines of the discussion sparked by the draft bill on the unified law for the regulation of press and media. The seminar featured prominent Egyptian journalist, media figures and political analysts who also contributed to the formula of the draft bill.
Al-...
Date of source: 26 Apr 2016
Security forces in Beheira arrested six suspects in cases of inciting demonstrations and violence. On Tuesday, a security statement said that a security crackdown under the command of Brigadier General Khalid 'Abd al-Hamīd, head of the Beheira Security Directorate, arrested a number of Brotherhood...
Date of source: 24 Apr 2016
During his first meeting with the Parliamentary Editors' Council, ‘Abd al- ‘Aal said on Sunday that he is ready to provide all forms of support to the editors in order to play their role to the fullest.
He welcomed any criticism directed at him, even personal criticism, but he expressed his...
Date of source: 25 Apr 2016
Rashwān said in a statement to the Middle East News Agency “MENA” that the bill will be submitted to the government in preparation for sending it to the House of Representatives for approval.
He said he received confirmation from Prime Minister Sharīf ʾIsmāʿīl to present the draft law during the...
Date of source: 23 Apr 2016
Makram said in a press statement that she felt this during her last tour during which she visited the United States, Toronto, Montreal and Los Angeles. This tour concluded yesterday.
The Minister said that she was keen to explain what is happening in Egypt to Egyptians abroad and correct their...
Date of source: 29 Apr 2016
Dr. Aḥmad aṭ-Ṭayib, the sheikh of Al-Azhar, will visit Paris next month as part of a series of scheduled international tours to correct the image of Islam on the 24-25 of May.
The Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar is also scheduled to make his first African tour, including Nigeria, Mali and Senegal. He will...
Date of source: 23 Apr 2016
"I am happy with this visit and I see the national cohesion among the people of Egypt through two institutions that have great appreciation and respect inside and outside Egypt, Al-Azhar and the Coptic Church," the King said during a visit to the cathedral on Wednesday.
He stressed that the Kingdom...
Date of source: 23 Apr 2016
In the Democracy Index published by the Economist magazine for the year 2015, most of the major Muslim countries performed as miserable and their rankings were declining. He said that a list of 167 countries where North Korea was ranked at the bottom as the most dictatorial and Sweden topped the...
Date of source: 24 Apr 2016
The military court in al-Mansūrah on Sunday adjourned the trial of 31 Muslim Brotherhood students to the next May 4 session because a number of defendants have not been transferred to court. Furthermore, a student has been detained for treatment.
Prosecutors have charged the students with forming a...
Date of source: 24 Apr 2016
He said that calls for reform of religious discourse should be taken as a serious approach to the fight against the cause of extremism and terrorism in our societies. Furthermore, calls for reform in religious discourse are strongly linked to the need for religious education and the need to reform...
Date of source: 24 Apr 2016
The Coordination said that Ghāda Wālī, the Minister of Social Solidarity issued on March 22nd, a decree to close all the houses of teaching memorization of the Qur’ān, institutes for the preparation of preachers, and even Islamic cultural centers throughout Egypt.
The decree published by the...
Date of source: 27 Apr 2016
Fahmī said during a speech at a symposium organized by the National Council for Human Rights that freedom of belief is an absolute according to the Egyptian constitution.
Bishop Armiyā said that an opinion is a product of the mind that produces ideas and thus subject to freedom of opinion and...
Date of source: 24 Apr 2016
Dr. Muḥammad Mūkhtār Jumʿah, Minister of Awqaf, denied recent reports that the Salafist Jihadist group affiliated with the terrorist group “Bayt al-Maqdis” took over 3,000 mosques in Egypt. These mosques allegedly included mosques in Mansoura, Marsa Matruh and Kafr El-Sheikh, as well as Faysal and...
Date of source: 24 Apr 2016
Egypt's Christians celebrated today "Palm Sunday”, the second day of Holy Week within the 55 days of the Holy Fast. Palm Sunday marks the day on which Jesus Christ entered Jerusalem and was greeted by the people with palms and olives.
The security services of the Ministry of the Interior and the...
Date of source: 25 Apr 2016
In her interview with Radio Misr, since her appointment as the President of the Egyptian Radio and Television Union Safā’ Ḥijāzī said that Freedom of expression is guaranteed to all but must be accompanied by responsibility.
She stressed that her priorities for the coming period are based on three...
Date of source: 26 Apr 2016
The Egyptian General Book Authority, headed by Dr. Haytham Al- Haj ʿAlī, recently published a book entitled "The National Bet …A Press History of the Rule of the Muslim Brotherhood" by Wafāʾ Ṣanadi. The author wrote articles and chapters of this book in conjunction with the fast pace of events in...
Date of source: 24 Apr 2016
Najdī said in statements to Al- Bawāba Al-Qibtiyyah on Sunday that he is seeking to send a specific message in his choice of the name of the Virgin Mary: that unity in Egypt is still solid and that there is no difference between a Muslim and a Copt in Egypt.
The founder of the mosque stressed that...
Date of source: 23 Apr 2016
Egyptian Christians celebrate today the “Palm Sunday”, the second day of Holy Week within the 55 days of the Holy Fast. Palm Sunday is the the day on which Jesus Christ entered Jerusalem and the people greeted him with palms and olives.
The streets of Minya were adorned with palm fronds amid tight...
Date of source: 24 Apr 2016
In many Christian denominations, worship services on Palm Sunday include a procession of the faithful carrying palms, representing the palm branches the crowd scattered in front of Jesus as he rode into Jerusalem.
The palm makers leave their work on that day to manufacture the palm tree and sell it...
Date of source: 26 Apr 2016
He pointed out that Facebook cannot be shut down or blocked in Egypt, as it is now considered as one of the most important means of expressing opinion.
"The committee will discuss the enactment of a new legislation, especially the promotion of confidence and the spread of technological applications...
Date of source: 25 Apr 2016
The book will be discussed by Ayman ʿAbd al-Rahīm Dār al-Tanwīr( Tanweer Publishing House) on Saturday, April 30,2016.
The book “Building moderate Muslim networks", is a study originally directed at the American decision-maker; to complete the cognitive dimension of American policies in the face of...
Date of source: 25 Apr 2016
He said that when a person is forced to choose between being killed or to lose his wife, daughters, and children to captivity, threatened with the looting of his house or to be forced to either pay Jizyah or convert to Islam, this leaves them no choice but to embrace the religion of the conqueror....
Date of source: 25 Apr 2016
Commenting on the Protest under the title “Egypt is not for sale”, the Minister of Awqaf said that “whoever calls for nationalism, construction, reconstruction, security, mercy and peace, calls for the true teachings of Islam and religions”.
In an interview with TV presenter Aḥmad Mūsā broadcast by...
Date of source: 26 Apr 2016
Awqaf announced five months ago the names of the imams and envoys abroad, after setting the conditions for the selection. These conditions include that the selected imam should not exceed three irregularities since the appointment in the ministry, and not to be involved in acts of violence against...
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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.