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Date of source: Friday, November 29, 2013
The Nūr party has threatened to pull out of the Constituent Assembly after his requests were rejected. Sharīf Taha, the spokesman of the party, stated that there were agreements concerning Article 219 of the Constitution, but the requests of the party were not achieved. Salāh Abdul Ma’būd, the...
Date of source: Friday, November 15, 2013
In the National Cohesion Conference, the Coptic Evangelical Society has warned against the reproduction of the Constitution of the Muslim Brotherhood. Priest Andréa Zakī, the Vice President of the Coptic Evangelical Church, has expressed his wish that the Constitution of the Muslim Brotherhood not...
Date of source: Monday, November 11, 2013
Dr. Ihāb Ramzī, former Member of Parliament, stated that the Copts will give a ‘no’ vote in the coming constitutional referendum if the quota is not institutionalized. He threatened that Copts shall boycott the coming parliamentary elections if this demand is not addressed (Abdul Wahāb Sha’bān, al-...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Coptic Catholic Father Rafīq Greish, media adviser for the Coptic Catholic Church, revealed that the heads of the three churches – Orthodox, Evangelical and Catholic – are discussing the presentation of a proposal to the commission of experts amending the constitution, commissioned by interim...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 23, 2013
The President’s formation of a 10-member expert committee of jurists responsible for amending the constitution has found controversy among Copts. Some remarked that the Coptic representation has been neglected in the committee whereas others claimed that it is an apolitical technical committee...
Date of source: Monday, July 22, 2013
Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī, deputy head of the Coptic Evangelical Church, descried the committee as a “good step” within the framework of a road-map.
Father Rafīq Greish, media spokesperson of the Coptic Catholic Church, underlined the importance of the participation of women (‘Abd al-Wahāb Sha’bān, al-...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Counselor Walīd Mas’ūd, head Burj al-‘Arab Prosecution Office, has ordered that the individual suspected of having killed five people in Alexandria be remanded under custody pending investigation. The suspect claims he was taking vengeance for their mistreatment of him (Shīrīn Tāhir, al-Wafd, Feb....
Date of source: Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Spokesman of President Mursī, Dr. Yāsir ꞌAlī, yesterday commented on statements delivered by President Mursī on Egyptian Christians describing them as “minorities”. Accusing media of delivering false reports, ꞌAlī argued that media have taken President Mursī’s statements out of context and that the...
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Christianity in the Arab World was flourishing in relative terms prior to the First World War and consequent break-up of the Ottoman Empire.
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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.