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Date of source: Saturday, October 13, 2018
It seems that the distortion of historical statues scattered in the squares and entrances of Egyptian cities is a series that will not end soon. Every month, it is announced that one of the statues is distorted in the Egyptian governorates. Officials of the al-‘Umrāniyyah in Giza gained controversy...
Date of source: Monday, December 13, 2010
Muhammad al-Ghītī writes that following the sectarian accident in al-'Umrānīyyah, accusatory statements were circulated over the internet.
Al-Ghītī criticized Pope Shenouda's statement, made during his weekly sermon after the incident, saying that Copts blood won't be wasted which distressed its...
Date of source: Monday, December 13, 2010
Copts expressed their resentment for appointing Jamāl 'As'ad in the parliament, claiming that he will use his political immunity to attack Copts and church.
Kamāl Zāghir Mūsa, coordinator of "Secular Copts" stream, relate the reason of increasing the appointed Copts to 7, might be, to absorb...
Date of source: Monday, December 13, 2010
Samīr al-Shahāt writes that whoever think that Egypt is divided into two elements of nation: one muslim and other christian, is wrong.
He adds that regardless of the violent incidents occurred in al-‘Umrāniyyah, Naj‘ Hammādī, and al-Kushh Egypt is a safe nation.
Al-Shahāt believes that an Egyptian...
Date of source: Friday, December 10, 2010
At his weekly meeting in the ‘Abbāsiyyah Cathedral, Pope Shenouda III announced that the church will do everything within its power to defend the rights of those who were killed, injured and detained during the ‘Umrāniyyah riots in November 24, 2010.
Activist Najīb Jabrā’īl called upon Coptic...
Date of source: Thursday, December 30, 2010
Jayson Casper analyzes the Coptic Orthodox Church's response to the recent ‘Umrāniyyah church riots, a dispute with security forces over the legality of a church construction project that left two dead and dozens arrested.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Pope Shenouda met with President Mubārak last Wednesday. But Archpriest Sergius Sergius, the Patriarachy Deputy, claims that no one from the church knows what happened during meeting, as the Pope went alone.
Meanwhile, Najīb Jabrā’īl Mīkhā’īl, a Coptic lawyer and activist, says that nine points...
Date of source: Sunday, December 26, 2010
This article highlights an interview between Radio Vatican and Father Rafīq Greish, a spokesman for the Coptic Catholic Church, who speaks about the state of Egyptian Christians during the past months.
Greish discusses the ‘Umrāniyyah riots against the construction stoppage of an unlicensed church...
Date of source: Sunday, December 26, 2010
Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Pope Shenouda and Egyptian President Husnī Mubārak met last Wednesday to discuss the release of 42 Coptic men who are still being held in connection with last month’s church riots in ‘Umrāniyyah.
“Well-informed sources” told Watani that the Pope criticized the security...
Date of source: Sunday, December 26, 2010
Prosecutor General ‘Abd al-Majīd Mahmūd has released nineteen Copts allegedly involved in the November riot over the stoppage of construction at a church in ‘Umraniyyah, Giza.
A statement by Mahmūd says that the detainees were released because of “humanitarian and social circumstances,” stating...
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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.