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Date of source: Sunday, December 25, 2011
On the other hand, an official in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs denied figures about the number of Coptic migrants because of religious persecution after the revolution. Media reports had noted that the Ministry had the number of 45,000 Copts migrated because of religious discrimination in Egypt...
Date of source: Sunday, December 25, 2011
Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awā, Islamic thinker and presidential hopeful, for his part, said that the Egyptian media is corrupted. He added that there are attempts to divide Egyptians and warned of discriminating between Muslims, Christians, seculars and liberals. He added that Copts are partners in the...
Date of source: Saturday, December 24, 2011
In an opinion article in Rose al-Yūsuf magazine, author Dr. ‘Abd Allāh al-Najjār said that the jizyah has no place for the contemporary fiqh applications to organize the relations between Muslims and Christians on the land of Egypt. [Dr. 'Abd Allah al-Najjār, Rose al-Yūsuf, Dec. 24, p. 64 - 66] ...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Pope Tawadros is mounting a challenge to a new ruling passed by an administrative court requiring the Coptic Church to permit Christians to divorce and marry a second time. His challenge rests on the argument that the court did not interpret the law correctly. Separately, he also asserted in his...
Date of source: Monday, April 27, 2015
Copts in Egypt still feel anxious following the overthrow of President Muhammad Mursī, since they continue to be targeted in violent incidents. A spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt said that the state of affairs between Muslims and Christians in Egypt is generally good. However, he...
Date of source: Monday, April 27, 2015
Speaking at a Press Conference, Ambassador Mīrfat al-Tālawī, president of the National Council for Women said that creating a national strategy fighting violence against women comes with achieving the rights guaranteed to woman in the Egyptian Constitution, including the right to enjoy a life free...
Date of source: Saturday, April 25, 2015
Date of source: Friday, April 24, 2015
Pope Tawadros: My Participation in the 100th Anniversary Ceremony of the Armenian Genocide is Religious not Political
During his visit to Armenia to mark the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide, Pope Tawadros commended the sacrifice the Armenians made for the sake of their nation saying...
Date of source: Sunday, April 12, 2015
The Egyptian court has sentenced to death General Leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, MUhammad Badīʿ, and 13 others who have been charged with violence. Several other leading members of the organisation have been given life sentences.
Date of source: Sunday, April 12, 2015
Dr. Yāsir Burhāmī, Vice President of the Salafist Call, has spoken out about a number of matters dealt with by the Egyptian courts, specifically divorce and khulʿ(practice of Islamic law whereby a woman seeks a divorce from her husband but must give him compensation). He declared that divorce in...
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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.