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Date of source: Saturday, October 5, 2019
Human rights activist and member of the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms, Mīnā Thābit, uncovered that the Egyptian national security apparatus demanded a church to remove a marble plaque, commemorating the lives of those lost in front of the Maspero Television building in 2011. The...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Dr. ʿIṣām Sharaf, former Egyptian Prime Minister, praised the ideas being proposed to renew religious discourse, affirming that this issue [also] necessitates renewing “cultural discourse.”
Date of source: Monday, November 19, 2012
Thousands of Christians and Muslims attended the ceremony to enthrone Bishop Tawāḍrus II as the 118th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church in succession of Pope Shinūdā III, who passed away in March. [Ashraf Sādiq, al-Ahrām, Nov. 19, p. 1] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Friday, March 9, 2012
In recent weeks the Muslim Brotherhood has been engaged in public squabbles with the military council over formation of the government. According to most interpretations of the constitutional declaration which guides the transition in Egypt, the presidency – here the military council – has the...
Date of source: Friday, December 30, 2011
One year ago this evening Egypt was rocked by an explosion in Alexandria, killing twenty-one and injuring over 170, at the Two Saints’ Church in the Sīdī Bishr region. One year before that, at Coptic Christmas on January 7, six Christians were killed along with a Muslim security guard at a church...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 29, 2011
As an American Christian in Egypt I find that I instinctively view events here through the following lens: Liberals are the good guys, Islamists are the bad guys, and the army is somewhere in between, perhaps neutral, perhaps not. Complicated times beg for simplistic narratives, and this one...
Date of source: Friday, October 7, 2011
The fact-finding committee, headed by Minister of Justice Muhammad al-Jundī, has finished preparations for its report on the names of the unlicensed NGOs which have received foreign funds, breaching the sovereignty of the state and national security.
Date of source: Friday, October 28, 2011
The governors' council discussed with Dr. 'Isām Sharaf, Prime Minister, the preparations for the upcoming elections.
The PM also called for a fast counting of unlicensed churches to be included in preparing the draft law that will regulate building houses of worship.
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Date of source: Sunday, October 23, 2011
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III told Prime Minister 'Isām Sharaf that the Copts were marching peacefully and did not carry any weapons, urging the Egyptian premier to speed up the enactment of a unified law regulating the construction of houses of worship so as to avoid repetition of the Maspero...
Date of source: Thursday, October 13, 2011
Clashes erupted between the military and the Copts during the latters' protests off the state TV building in Maspero, on October 9, 2011, leaving nearly 24 Copts dead and 212 others injured. Some reports mentioned the death of three army soldiers and 100 others injured.
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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.