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Date of source: 4 Aug 2014
A reconciliatory session was held between the members of the biggest families and leading figures of the Muslim and Coptic community in Samālot, Minya. The session brought to an end to what could have erupted into widespread sectarian violence in the district of ‘Izbit Ya’aqūb over the building of...
Date of source: 4 Aug 2014
The letter n is being used by activists on social media websites to initiate a campaign in support of Christians in Iraq who are facing displacement from their homes. Several organizations, people, and celebrities have changed their profile pictures to this logo – including the Church of England...
Reviewed by Yosra el-Gendi [Yusrá al-Jundī]
Translator Yosra el-Gendi [Yusrá al-Jundī]
Date of source: 3 Aug 2014
Coptic activists are organizing a protest scheduled for next Wednesday night inside the St. Mark’s Cathedral in the ‘Abāsiyyah district. The protest is in opposition of Fr. Bishoy’s recent decree (non-binding religious ruling) banning women and girls over the age of 11 from wearing blouses,...
Date of source: 3 Aug 2014
Tensions eased between the al-dābūdiyyah and Banī Hilāl tribes of Aswan, following a reconciliatory session held in the presence of Dr. ‘Abās Shūmān, Azhar representative on behalf of Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib; Mustafá Yusrī, Governor of Aswan; Muhamad ‘Abd al-‘Āl, Aswan security head; and Dr. Mansūr...
Date of source: 3 Aug 2014
Coptic activists are organizing a protest scheduled for next Wednesday night inside the St. Mark’s Cathedral in the ‘Abāsiyyah district. The protest is in opposition of Fr. Bishoy’s recent decree (non-binding religious ruling) banning women and girls over the age of 11 from wearing blouses,...
Date of source: 3 Aug 2014
Islām al-Masrī, ‘AinShamsUniversity graduate and private Lycée al-Huriyyah school alum, made the unexpected shift from prestigious middle-class family to the terrorist group, ISIS. Al-Masrī announced his sympathy for, then membership to, ISIS via social media after disappearing for a year and a...
Reviewed by Yosra el-Gendi [Yusrá al-Jundī]
Translator Yosra el-Gendi [Yusrá al-Jundī]
Date of source: 3 Aug 2014
Sources from ISIS confirmed that the organization does not have any members in Egypt in the literal, organizational, sense, but it has several supporters and admirers. On the other hand, the Ministry of Interior stated that ISIS’s statements that threaten impeding terrorist operations in Egypt are...
Reviewed by Yosra el-Gendi [Yusrá al-Jundī]
Translator Yosra el-Gendi [Yusrá al-Jundī]
Date of source: 3 Aug 2014
Sheikh ‘Alā’ Abū al-‘Azā’im, sheikh of the al-‘Azimiyyah tariqah, has won the presidential elections for the Sūfī al-Tahrīr political party. Al-‘Azā’im was running against Dr. Muhamad abū Hāshim and won to become the first Sūfī sheikh to be head of a political party. Al-‘Azā’im announced that his...
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Translator Yosra el-Gendi [Yusrá al-Jundī]
Date of source: 3 Aug 2014
Dr. Magid Izzat, a professor of Middle Eastern political history at the University of Bochum in Germany, obtained his PhD in modern history from CairoUniversity and lived in the Iraqi city of Mosul for several years in the eighties. In an interview with Watanī newspaper, Izzat recounts his time in...
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Translator Yosra el-Gendi [Yusrá al-Jundī]
Date of source: 3 Aug 2014
In an interview conducted with Watanī newspaper, Dr. Ahmad Khalīl, member of the advisory council for the Masr Baladī Front, Dr. Khalīl announced that he is preparing to run in the upcoming parliamentary elections. Dr. Khalīl affirmed that the next parliament would be representative of the Egyptian...
Date of source: 3 Aug 2014
أنقر هنا لقراءة النص كاملاً
Date of source: 3 Aug 2014
أنقر هنا لقراءة النص كاملاً
Date of source: 3 Aug 2014
أنقر هنا لقراءة النص كاملاً
Date of source: 3 Aug 2014
أنقر هنا لقراءة النص كاملاً
Date of source: 3 Aug 2014
أنقر هنا لقراءة النص كاملاً
Date of source: 2 Aug 2014
أنقر هنا لقراءة النص كاملاً
Date of source: 2 Aug 2014
According to al-AzharUniversity’s regulations, once the current university president’s tenure comes to an end, the longest-serving vice-president temporarily assumes the role as president, pending the appointment of a new permanent president. As such, given the end of current president Dr. Usāmah...
Reviewed by Yosra el-Gendi [Yusrá al-Jundī]
Translator Yosra el-Gendi [Yusrá al-Jundī]
Date of source: 2 Aug 2014
أنقر هنا لقراءة النص كاملاً
Date of source: 2 Aug 2014
أنقر هنا لقراءة النص كاملاً
Date of source: 2 Aug 2014
أنقر هنا لقراءة النص كاملاً
Date of source: 2 Aug 2014
أنقر هنا لقراءة النص كاملاً
Date of source: 2 Aug 2014
أنقر هنا لقراءة النص كاملاً
Date of source: 2 Aug 2014
أنقر هنا لقراءة النص كاملاً
Date of source: 2 Aug 2014
أنقر هنا لقراءة النص كاملاً
Date of source: 2 Aug 2014
Dr. Muhamad Mukhtār Jum’ah, Minister of Endowments, declared that there is no doubt that that which is circulating on social media websites regarding Zionists’ boasting over the murder of 13 Palestinian children only shows their evident racism and is a blatant sign of their inhumanity. On the other...
Date of source: 2 Aug 2014
The statement read, “there are several ties between ISIS and the Muslim Brotherhood that come in the form of the Brotherhood’s similar war on the state, engagement in widespread destruction, and murder by proxy all for the interest of its funders who are clear enemies of the state.” The statement...
Date of source: 2 Aug 2014
Dr. Muhamad Mukhtār Jum’ah, Minister of Endowments, declared that there is no doubt that that which is circulating on social media websites regarding Zionists’ boasting over the murder of 13 Palestinian children only shows their evident racism and is a blatant sign of their inhumanity. On the other...
Date of source: 2 Aug 2014
Several British banks have frozen over 300 leading members of the Muslim Brotherhood’s bank accounts over the past few days. This comes just as results of the investigation led by a special British committee into the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood in London are to be released. The results are...
Date of source: 2 Aug 2014
Sources within al- Da’wah al- Salafiah reveal that the Ministry of Endowments told leading members with the body that it will not issue them any preaching permits before they completely resign from the political and partisan sphere. All sheikhs were told to choose between advocating, preaching,...
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Translator Yosra el-Gendi [Yusrá al-Jundī]
Date of source: 2 Aug 2014
Fr. Bishoy is known to be one of the most controversial figures to emerge out of the Coptic church in the modern era, especially given the fact that he issued a similar statement in 2012 asking Coptic women to dress more conservatively like their Muslim counterparts. His statements were met with...
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Translator Yosra el-Gendi [Yusrá al-Jundī]
Date of source: 2 Aug 2014
Girgis Bishrī, a member of the general office of the International Union for Coptic and Citizenship Matters, stated that the conference will be attended by several religious and public figures, as well as leading members of the International Union for Azhar and Sūfī Youth, including Dr. al-Habīb Al...
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Translator Yosra el-Gendi [Yusrá al-Jundī]
Date of source: 2 Aug 2014
Dr. Gom’ah suggested limiting every person’s pilgrimage to once every five years, pending improved economic conditions in the country. Dr. Jum’ah alluded to the millions of sick, hungry, homeless, and poor Egyptians all over the country residing alongside thousands of Egyptians who choose to travel...
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Translator Yosra el-Gendi [Yusrá al-Jundī]
Date of source: 1 Aug 2014
أنقر هنا لقراءة النص كاملاً
Date of source: 1 Aug 2014
أنقر هنا لقراءة النص كاملاً
Date of source: 1 Aug 2014
أنقر هنا لقراءة النص كاملاً
Date of source: 1 Aug 2014
أنقر هنا لقراءة النص كاملاً
Date of source: 1 Aug 2014
أنقر هنا لقراءة النص كاملاً
Date of source: 1 Aug 2014
أنقر هنا لقراءة النص كاملاً
Date of source: 1 Aug 2014
Clashes occurred yesterday between two families, one Muslim and one Coptic, in the village of Malawi in the Minya governate. Six people were injured in total and, upon finding out about the violence, security forces were immediately deployed to control the escalation of events. Perpetrators from...
Date of source: 1 Aug 2014
There is an ongoing crisis for Christians in Mosul, the second largest Iraqi city, forcing them to leave their homes and cities. The fundamentalist Islamist organization, ISIS, issued a statement broadcast in mosques and through varied media outlets and presented Christians in the area three...
Date of source: 1 Aug 2014
Six people were injured in total and, upon finding out about the violence, security forces were immediately deployed to control the escalation of events. Perpetrators from both sides of the conflict were referred to the prosecution’s office to further the investigation in the matter. On a similar...
Date of source: 1 Aug 2014
Sources have revealed to al-Tahrīr newspaper that a meeting is to be held within the next 48 hours between prominent sheikhs in the Salafī organization and leaders within the Ministry of Endowments, in the presence of Minister of Endowments, Dr. Muhamad Mukhtār Gom’ah. This comes after a previous...
Date of source: 1 Aug 2014
Famous journalist and TV personality, Ibrahīm ‘Issá, declared in his program Madraset al-Moshaghbīn that there is nothing in the Islamic doctrine called ‘torment of the grave.’ ‘Issá continued to say that God did not mention this notion in the Qur’ān and that it is only propagated nowadays to warn...
Date of source: 1 Aug 2014
Father Bishoy, Bishop of Damietta and Kafr el-Sheikh, issued official regulations for all churches to ban women, and girls over the age of 11, from attending communion (a holy church ritual) wearing make-up, trousers, or blouses. Rather, Fr. Bishoy asked women and girls over 11-years old to dress...
Date of source: 1 Aug 2014
The Orthodox Coptic Patriarchy in Alexandria announced that is will be holding a prayer service tonight with a specified section dedicated towards praying for the Christians in Syria, Palestine, and Iraq. Several members of the Coptic community have also proposed setting up a donations campaign for...
Date of source: 31 Jul 2014
أنقر هنا لقراءة النص كاملاً
Date of source: 31 Jul 2014
أنقر هنا لقراءة النص كاملاً
Date of source: 31 Jul 2014
أنقر هنا لقراءة النص كاملاً
Date of source: 31 Jul 2014
Ibrāhīm ‘Īssá clashed with the Azhar over the issue of ‘Adhāb al-qabr. The Islamic Research Academy (Magma’ al-Buhūth al-Islāmiyya) said it would not stand by and let Islam and Muslims be insulted. Doctor Muhammad al-Dīn ‘Afīfī, Secretary-General for the Academy, said all recordings of such claims...
Date of source: 31 Jul 2014
Grand Imām of the Azhar Doctor Ahmad al-Tayyib has commissioned the gathering of recordings and episodes disseminated recently regarding the denial or claim of lack of proof of ‘adhāb al-qabr (torment inflicted by God on unbelievers in their tombs from death until the Day of Judgment), to be...
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Translator Yosra el-Gendi [Yusrá al-Jundī]
Date of source: 31 Jul 2014
Ibrāhīm ‘Īssá clashed with the Azhar over the issue of ‘Adhāb al-qabr. The Islamic Research Academy (Magma’ al-Buhūth al-Islāmiyya) said it would not stand by and let Islam and Muslims be insulted. Doctor Muhammad al-Dīn ‘Afīfī, Secretary-General for the Academy, said all recordings of such claims...
Reviewed by Yosra el-Gendi [Yusrá al-Jundī]
Translator Yosra el-Gendi [Yusrá al-Jundī]
Date of source: 30 Jul 2014
أنقر هنا لقراءة النص كاملاً
Date of source: 30 Jul 2014
أنقر هنا لقراءة النص كاملاً
Date of source: 30 Jul 2014
أنقر هنا لقراءة النص كاملاً
Date of source: 30 Jul 2014
أنقر هنا لقراءة النص كاملاً
Date of source: 30 Jul 2014
أنقر هنا لقراءة النص كاملاً
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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.