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Date of source: Friday, May 18, 2012
The Holy Synod under acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius announced that the deadline for receiving applications for running in the elections to succeed Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III, who passed away in March, will expire on Saturday (May 19). [Ashraf Sādiq, al-Ahrām, May 18, p. 7] Read text in...
Date of source: Friday, May 18, 2012
Meanwhile, Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah, the chairman of the registration committee in the papal elections, said nearly 700 voters archons from the different parishes were registered, adding the issue of registering expatriate Copts has not been settled yet. [‘Imād Khalīl, al-Misrī al-Yawm,...
Date of source: Friday, May 18, 2012
“We will mobilize the whole Egyptian people to protest if Article 2 of the Constitution failed to spell out the Islamic sharī’ah as the main source of legislation,” said Shaykh Yāsir Burhāmī, the vice chairman of the board of the al-Da’wah al-Salafīyah (Salafī Call) group. [Muhammad Abū al-‘Aynayn...
Date of source: Friday, May 18, 2012
“We will mobilize the whole Egyptian people to protest if Article 2 of the Constitution failed to spell out the Islamic sharī’ah as the main source of legislation,” said Shaykh Yāsir Burhāmī, the vice chairman of the board of the al-Da’wah al-Salafīyah (Salafī Call) group. [Muhammad Abū al-‘Aynayn...
Date of source: Sunday, May 27, 2012
“The Muslim Brotherhood has always been against the revolution while the Salafists have always been rejecting revolts against rulers…black flags were raised in the sit-in of al-‘Abbāssīyah a couple of weeks ago to indicate that al-Qā’idah entered Egypt, which has not taken place so far. However, al...
Date of source: Sunday, May 27, 2012
Bishop Bisāntī of Helwan and al-Ma’sarah, commenting on the initial results of the first round of Egypt’s post-revolution presidential elections in which Mursī and Shafīq made it to the runoff round, said Christians will accept what God Has chosen and the president approved by the Egyptian people....
Date of source: Sunday, May 27, 2012
Egypt is holding its breath watching the results of the presidential elections so anxiously for the next president and to see who wins: the civil camp or the religious camp.
Islamist candidates are parroting slogans advocating freedoms and rights and respect for plurality. Election statements may...
Date of source: Sunday, May 27, 2012
In another development, several Coptic movements protested outside the Supreme Court headquarters on Saturday (May 26) to demand the re-trial of 12 Copts sentenced to life terms for involvement in the sectarian incidents of Abū Qurqās in the Upper Egyptian governorate of al-Minya. [Author Not...
Date of source: Sunday, May 27, 2012
The deadline to receive papers of candidates for the papal chair of Saint Mark in succession of Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III, who died in March, expired on Saturday (May 26).
The final list of candidates included 18 names – eight bishops and 10 monks – while Bishop Mūsá of Youth stepped down...
Date of source: Sunday, May 27, 2012
Bishop Bisāntī of Helwan and al-Ma’sarah, commenting on the initial results of the first round of Egypt’s post-revolution presidential elections in which Mursī and Shafīq made it to the runoff round, said Christians will accept what God Has chosen and the president approved by the Egyptian people....
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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.