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Date of source: Sunday, August 5, 2012
Objections by the constituent assembly's drafting committee over certain articles postponed debates on the article pertaining to the freedom of belief, namely the confinement of practicing religious rituals to only the three divine religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. [Muhammad Gharīb, al-...
Date of source: Sunday, August 5, 2012
Meanwhile, 'Ādil 'Afīfī, the leader of the salafī al-Asālah (Authenticity) Party, said that the presence of a Coptic vice president in the presidential team "divides the society on sectarian basis," adding salafists refuse this.
He added that if Article II of the constitution did not contain the...
Date of source: Sunday, August 5, 2012
General Bishop Theodosius of Giza said the incidents in Dahshūr were not a fitnah tā'fīyah but rather thuggish acts under the guise of religion, denouncing the "new drive" of mass expulsion of Copts.
"The two persons who fanned the flames of the incidents were friends in the first place. Part of...
Date of source: Sunday, August 5, 2012
The conciliatory session, in which the president's advisor, a delegation from the Shūrá Council, the deputy shaykh of the Azhar and the governor of Giza took part, successfully calmed the tension in Dahshūr after clashes erupted there between two Muslim and Christian families.
Mu'āz Muhammad Hasab...
Date of source: Sunday, August 5, 2012
Al-Jamā'ah al-Islāmīyah said that the regrettable incidents in Dahshūr did not amount to a sectarian fitnah but were rather extension of an individual problem between two persons that had no religious dimension.
The Jamā'ah, in a statement, said that it is not acceptable at all from a Muslim...
Date of source: Sunday, August 5, 2012
Muftī of the Republic Dr. 'Alī Jum'ah said that the protection of Christian minority is a religious duty that must be shouldered by the Muslim majority, urging quick, fair and deterring trials against the perpetrators involved in the Dahshūr incidents.
Commenting on rumors about the construction of...
Date of source: Sunday, August 5, 2012
General Bishop Theodosius of Giza said the incidents in Dahshūr were not a fitnah tā'fīyah but rather thuggish acts under the guise of religion, denouncing the "new drive" of mass expulsion of Copts.
"The two persons who fanned the flames of the incidents were friends in the first place. Part of...
Date of source: Sunday, August 5, 2012
Dr. 'Abd al-Tawāb Qutb, the deputy shaykh of the Azhar, said he expected a breakthrough in the Dahshūr crisis soon thanks to efforts exerted during the past few days to prevent the explosive situation from proliferating. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Akhbār, Aug. 5, p. 4] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Sunday, August 5, 2012
Al-Jamā'ah al-Islāmīyah said that the regrettable incidents in Dahshūr did not amount to a sectarian fitnah but were rather extension of an individual problem between two persons that had no religious dimension.
The Jamā'ah, in a statement, said that it is not acceptable at all from a Muslim...
Date of source: Sunday, August 5, 2012
The Shūrá Council commission led by Muhammad al-Fiqī, Chairman of the Council's Financial and Economic Affairs Committee, had visited Dahshūr in a bid to settle the disputes between Muslims and Copts there.
A rally comprising Muslim and Christian local residents, interior ministry officials and...
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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.