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Date of source: Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Rifʿat al-Saʿīd was born in al-Mansūrah, al-Daqahlīyah governorate on 11 October, 1932. al-Saʿīd is considered as one of the most prominent leftist figures in Egypt. In 2005, al-Saʿīd criticized the amendment proposed by President Ḥusnī Mubārak to article 67 of the Egyptian constitution. The...
Date of source: Sunday, December 25, 2011
Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awā, Islamic thinker and presidential hopeful, for his part, said that the Egyptian media is corrupted. He added that there are attempts to divide Egyptians and warned of discriminating between Muslims, Christians, seculars and liberals. He added that Copts are partners in the...
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Conversion in Egypt is a complicated and thorny issue.
Date of source: Friday, April 11, 2014
While the Coptic Pope has supported al-Sīsī’s presidential bid, Coptic intellectuals think it may take more than the Pope’s blessings for the Copts to vote for him.
Date of source: Monday, August 19, 2013
The number of victims of the current violence in Egypt is increasing. Most deaths fell during the efforts to end the demonstrations. According to the Ministry of Health there are 638 deaths, among them at least 43 from the police forces. The Muslim Brotherhood claims much larger numbers of...
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This report by Arab-West Report explains the context of the massive destruction of churches and Christian institutions in Egypt in August 2013.
Date of source: Saturday, February 23, 2013
This interview was organized by Diana Serôdio and took place on February 23th 2013. It aimed at grasping George Masīḥa's perspective - as former Parliament and Constituent Assembly member - on the process through which the new Constitution came into being so it would be taken into account for a...
Date of source: Monday, May 21, 2012
Sharīf Ramzī, the founder of the Copts without Restrictions movement, called on all citizens of Egypt to vote in the presidential elections and shoulder their share of responsibility in monitoring the voting process. [Shādyah Yūsūf, al-Ahrām, May 21, p. 6] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Saturday, May 19, 2012
Dozens of Coptic women gathered outside the St. Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah on Friday (May 18) to protest statements by Bishop Bīshūy, Secretary of the Coptic Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod, in which he called on Christian women to observe modest clothing and “follow 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.