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Date of source: Friday, April 12, 2013
The Islamic Party, the political wing of the Jihad organization, has said that the Pope's weekly sermon will not make it hide from or be intimidated by America. It also called on the Pope to cancel his weekly sermon. In its manifesto the party said that those who wish to return to the Mubarak era...
Date of source: Thursday, April 11, 2013
The engineer ‘Asim ‘Abd al-Mājid, member of the Shūrá Council, began a fierce attack against what TV channels have called “Fitnah”. He blames TV channels for presenting a distorted and falsely informed picture of the crises spreading through Egypt. He points out that there is too great a focus on...
Date of source: Monday, April 8, 2013
The American newspaper Los Angeles Times has questioned Egyptian President Mursi's ability to calm sectarian tensions in light of the sectarian clashes outside Saint Mark Cathedral, in which between four and eight people were killed, and widespread political unrest in the country. Although...
Date of source: Monday, April 8, 2013
Following the funeral service at the Cathedral, hundreds of young Copts marched to the interior ministry in al-'Abbāsīyyah. Upon arrival they made several demands regarding security for Copts. They asked that the Egyptian Army be deployed to defend Copts, that they be allowed to hire private...
Date of source: Sunday, April 7, 2013
A Muslim and Christian family had deadly clashes in al-Khusūs area of al-Khānkah in al-Qalyubia Governorate on April 7. The initial quarrel was between a Muslim and Christian but then evolved to a gun fight and cold weapons, leaving eight dead and 20 injured. Security forces went to the scene and...
Date of source: Thursday, April 4, 2013
Israeli radio reports controversy surrounding the resurgence of Egyptian Copts traveling to Jerusalem to visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Church of the Nativity, despite the Coptic Orthodox Church's prohibition of Copts to travel to Jerusalem whilst under Israeli occupation. The radio...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II has refused to continue to lodge at the Papal Headquarters of his predecessor, the late Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III, to the surprise of the Church leadership. Pope Tawadros decided to move to the Coptic Cultural Centre without reason. According to a source,...
Date of source: Sunday, March 31, 2013
Reports about the violations of a number of bishops have been given to Pope Tawadros in suspicions of involvement in monetary and administrative corruption while under the Papacy of the late Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III. Pope Tawadros has responded by deciding to form a committee to enumerate...
Date of source: Monday, April 1, 2013
Hānī Rasmī Ma’bad filed a report at Old Egypt Police Station against Father Sarabamoun Farīd of Saint Barbara Church in Old Egypt, accusing him of being responsible for his father and sister’s suicide.
The procès-verbal no. 1651 for year 2013 relates that Father Sarabamoun authorized two church...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Najīb Jubrā’īl, head of the Egyptian Union of Human Rights Organization, has opened a journalistic conference called "Copts under Seige" by confirming the freezing of EU aid worth 5 billion Euros for violation of the rights of women and Copts. He added that Copts are suffering from unprecedented...
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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.