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Date of source: Saturday, January 1, 2011
Jayson Casper considers the attack in Alexandria and the resulting sectarian demonstrations which arose in its wake. He explores some of the contextual issues and finds hope in an interfaith effort promoted by a dialogue group in the city. Even so, efforts to find meaning in the tragedy must go...
Date of source: Saturday, January 1, 2011
Date of source: Friday, November 19, 2010
Anna Lindh Foundation Executive Director Andrew Clart said that Egypt is an important country because of its religious diversity and called upon Europeans to understand that Islam is a religion of peace. Andrew told al-Misrī al-Yawm that one of the foundation’s main activities is to counter the...
Date of source: Monday, October 25, 2010
Over the last several weeks, controversial remarks by Bishop Bīshūy of Damietta and Islamic thinker Dr. Salīm al-‘Awwā have filled the pages of the Egyptian newspapers. AWR Chief Editor Cornelis Hulsman provides a recap of the events....
Date of source: Monday, October 4, 2010
Editor-In-Chief of Al-Dustūr Newspaper, Ibrāhīm <sup>c</sup>īsá, insists on playing the role of a martyr in the name of the opposition. Ibrāhīm <sup>c</sup>īsá has every right to political opposition but not at the expense of the nation’s stability and national unity....
Date of source: Monday, October 4, 2010
While refusing to comment on the Bishop Bīshūy controversy, businessman Najīb Sawīris harshly criticized Dr. Muhammad Selīm Al-<sup>c</sup>Awā whose articles for Al-Masrī Al-Yawm Newspaper were discontinued. Sawīris denied having anything to do with the decisión, which he claims is...
Date of source: Sunday, April 11, 2010
A Coptic group launches a barrage of criticism against Bishop Bīshūy, secretary general of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church, after his declarations in an interview in al-Misrī al-Yawm. The group accused Bishop Bīshūy of complying with the political authorities and of using the Biblical...
Date of source: Saturday, April 24, 2010
12-13 people were detained under alleged charges of Evangelization. Al-Misrī al-Yawm was the only newspaper to report today on the release of the detained.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Five Muslims are sentenced to life imprisonment for killing two Coptic men and the suspects in the case of killing a Coptic man in Dayrūt are declared innocent.
Date of source: Friday, January 22, 2010
A candle-lit demonstration was organized in Saint Mark’s Cathedral, the Coptic Orthodox papal residency in Cairo, to protest against the attacks in Naj‘ Hammādī.
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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.