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Date of source: Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Salafīs demonstrated in front of the State Council on March 29, while a lawsuit, accusing the Church of kidnapping Kāmīliyā Shihātah after she converted to Islam, was reviewed by the Administrative Court.
The Coptic Church denies that Kāmīliyā Shihātah has ever converted to Islam or has been...
Date of source: Thursday, February 24, 2011
Rockstar and peace activist Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens) has created a new song "My People" dedicated to the people of Egypt.
In Riz Khans program on Al Jazeera he talked about the role of music in the present wave of change.
The song will be freely available from his website www.yusufislam....
Date of source: Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Ahmad Hānī claims that the aim of the terrorist attack on the Two Saints Church in Alexandria was meant to increase tensions between Muslims and Christians.
Date of source: Saturday, July 24, 2010
Yāsir Sayyid Khalaf, 23, was killed at the hands of six Christians as a revenge for persuading their sister to embrace Islam and marry him.
The deceased’s mother asserts that Hāydī converted to Islam before she marry Yāsir or even got acquainted with him.
Keywords: Conversion to Islam
Date of source: Sunday, October 31, 2010
The video sharing website YouTube broadcasted a video of one of the two “Ismailia Girls” from Qantarah Gharb, Muná ‘Abd Allāh Shenouda, announcing her conversion to Islam and denying rumours of her being kidnapped. There is still no information on the other girl. Coptic activist Najīb Jabrā‘īl...
Date of source: Monday, October 11, 2010
Najīb Jabrā’īl Mīkhā’īl said that the first thing he would say if he were to meet President Muhammad Husnī Mubārak is that “the citizenship principle is only being carried out on paper.”
Date of source: Sunday, September 19, 2010
In response to Selim El-Awa's allegations, Bishop Basanty said that all monasteries are open to the public. He also said that Bishop Bishoy's claims of Muslims initially being visitors in Egypt are historically accurate and were meant in a peaceful manner. He said that Kamilia Shehata and Wafaa...
Date of source: Monday, September 13, 2010
The debate over Kamilia's alleged conversion to Islam has caused sectarian tension in Egypt. This incident resembles the disappearance of Wafā Costantine, except that Wafā never appeared in public to declare whether or not she converted.
Key Words: Kamilia Shehata - Wafā Costantine - Shaykh Al-...
Date of source: Monday, September 13, 2010
The writer thought that the video showing Kamilia Shehata denying her conversion to Islam would put an end to the public debate over the matter, but this did not happen. Within a few hours after the release of the video, 1,500 comments were posted. These comments were full of hatred and bias from...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Ismailia police concentrated its presence in East Kantara out of fear of sectarian violence after a Coptic woman, Nisma Gamal Anwar, went missing briefly following her conversion to Islam. Police interrogated Zaki Al-Akkad, the father of one of Nisma's friends, about Nisma's whereabouts as he is...
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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.