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Date of source: Sunday, August 5, 2012
General Bishop Theodosius of Giza said the incidents in Dahshūr were not a fitnah tā'fīyah but rather thuggish acts under the guise of religion, denouncing the "new drive" of mass expulsion of Copts.
"The two persons who fanned the flames of the incidents were friends in the first place. Part of...
Date of source: Sunday, August 5, 2012
Dr. 'Abd al-Tawāb Qutb, the deputy shaykh of the Azhar, said he expected a breakthrough in the Dahshūr crisis soon thanks to efforts exerted during the past few days to prevent the explosive situation from proliferating. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Akhbār, Aug. 5, p. 4] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Sunday, August 5, 2012
Al-Jamā'ah al-Islāmīyah said that the regrettable incidents in Dahshūr did not amount to a sectarian fitnah but were rather extension of an individual problem between two persons that had no religious dimension.
The Jamā'ah, in a statement, said that it is not acceptable at all from a Muslim...
Date of source: Sunday, August 5, 2012
The Shūrá Council commission led by Muhammad al-Fiqī, Chairman of the Council's Financial and Economic Affairs Committee, had visited Dahshūr in a bid to settle the disputes between Muslims and Copts there.
A rally comprising Muslim and Christian local residents, interior ministry officials and...
Date of source: Sunday, August 5, 2012
The conciliatory session, in which the president's advisor, a delegation from the Shūrá Council, the deputy shaykh of the Azhar and the governor of Giza took part, successfully calmed the tension in Dahshūr after clashes erupted there between two Muslim and Christian families.
Mu'āz Muhammad Hasab...
Date of source: Sunday, August 5, 2012
Security agencies in Giza on Saturday (Aug. 4), in coordination with local popular and executive leaders, had several meetings and conciliatory sessions between Muslims and Christians in Dahshūr to bring Christian families back to their homes in the village.
A commission composed of 10 Muslims and...
Date of source: Sunday, August 5, 2012
Mursī gave instructions to Giza Governor 'Alī 'Abd al-Rahman to speed up containment of the crisis that erupted there, including the formation of a commission within 24 hours to survey the losses and include them into the dossier of current investigations.
The commission is to estimate the proper...
Date of source: Sunday, August 5, 2012
President Muhammad Mursī ordered the authorities concerned to secure the return of Coptic families who left their homes during last week's deplorable incidents of unrest in the impoverished Giza district of Dahshūr and firmly enforce the law in order to preserve peaceful coexistence.
Presidential...
Date of source: Saturday, August 4, 2012
Muftī of the Republic Dr. ‘Alī Jum’ah, speaking during a Friday prayer sermon, said the incidents of Dahshūr were not just a passing quarrel but were far more dangerous than this.
“Trucks were brought to carry the furniture and electrical appliances inside Christians’ houses. That was an organized...
Date of source: Saturday, August 4, 2012
Christian advocacy groups called for protests outside the presidential palace to urge President Muhammad Mursī to put an end to the suffering of Christians in restive Dahshūr while other Christians gathered outside the Giza Security Department to protest the forced displacement of Christians in the...
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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.