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Date of source: Saturday, August 11, 2012
Most Christian families that left Dahshūr village because of the recent the ‘shirt sedition’ have returned. Everyone seemed happy at this, Muslims and Christians. Family gatherings were held in Muslim and Christian households. [‘Atif Badr, al-Misrī al Yawm, August 11, p. 15]
Date of source: Sunday, April 13, 2014
Ruways Morcos, General Deputy of the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral and official spokesperson for the Church in Alexandria, said that the travel ban to Jerusalem for Orthodox Copts was a decision of the Holy Synod is the highest authority in the church.
Date of source: Sunday, April 29, 2012
A member in the 18-man committee supervising the papal elections revealed that Bishop Pachomius alone would decide on the names of the seven candidates for the pope position, if a large number of bishops and monks applied, in accordance with the 1957 statute that stipulates candidates must not be...
Date of source: Sunday, April 29, 2012
On the other hand, the Dutch diplomacy and clerics in the Netherlands embarked on activities to disown a new anti-Islam book by ultra-rightist politician Geert Wilders, expected to be published soon in New York.
Wilders, the Dutch lawmaker who devoted his life to “stopping the Islamization of...
Date of source: Monday, January 7, 2013
Pope Tawadros received congratualtory phone calls from both President Mursī and the Muslim Brotherhood’s Supreme Guide, Muhammad Badīꞌ, to greet him for Christmas.
According to al-Misrī al-Yawm, many Muslims manifested their solidarity with their Christian countrymen by attending Christmas all over...
Date of source: Thursday, March 22, 2012
The behaviors of some Egyptians – Muslims and Copts – need genuine reconsideration as the Egyptians need to be convinced that establishing the pillars of a civil state is a key exit of what the nation is going through, writes ‘Abd al-Latīf al-Manāwī in an opinion article in al-Misrī al-Yawm.
The...
Date of source: Thursday, March 22, 2012
Meanwhile, General Dāhī Khalfān, the Dubai Police Chief, severely criticized Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood group in the aftermath of a crisis that erupted over statements by Egyptian preacher Yūsuf al-Qaradāwī, the secretary-general of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), which the...
Date of source: Saturday, April 28, 2012
In a nice discussion with one of the Salafī brothers, he, trying to feign respect for Copts’ rights, said, “We’re ordered to show tolerance and be good for them,” said Rif’at al-Sa’īd, a veteran Egyptian leftist and leader of the al-Tajammu’ (Grouping) Party, in an opinion article in al-Misrī al-...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Matruh media center conducted a forum on March 18 about “the rights and responsibilities of citizens”. Representatives of the Church have held up the governorate of Matruh as an example of how to renounce and prevent violence and fitnah between religious communities. Bishop Bijīmī al-Anbā Būlā...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 19, 2013
The Coptic Church will hold its first conference discussing divorce and second marriages at Wādī al-Natrūn in May. The conference will continue for four days, and will be attended by Pope Tawadros and over 100 bishops, priests, and legal advisers, and will be headed by Bishop Būlā of Tantā, head of...
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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.