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Date of source: Saturday, March 2, 2013
On Friday, Mar. 1, there were skirmishes outside St. George Church in Kom Ombo in the Governorate of Aswan. Following Friday prayers, a number of people threw rocks at the security forces that had been present since Thursday evening in order to protect the church. The confrontations surfaced as a...
Date of source: Thursday, February 28, 2013
Four Copts and one Muslim were murdered in Burj al-‘Arab area in what appears to be a crime motivated by personal rather than religious reasons. The five victims were farm workers, who had apparently insulted, abused, and expelled from the farm a newly hired farm worker, Taha Mūsá. Mūsá has since...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
The engineer and member of the Shūrá Council “the Islamic group”, ‘Asim ‘Abd al-Mājid, has criticized the position of the Salafī al-Nūr Party towards the National Salvation Front. He asked how it is that the party represents the strongest front in the Constituent Assembly and then demand the...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Father Abrām, member of the Coptic Orthodox Holy Synod and Bishop of Saint George Church in the village of Sirisnā, Tāmīyah Township of al-Faiyum Governorate confirmed that he was not injured as suggested on the official Orthodox channel “CTV” (John ‘Abd al-Malāk, al-Misrīyūn, Feb. 27, p. 3). Read...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
In a report submitted to the Public Prosecutor Tal’at Ibrāhīm, a number of leaders from the Orthodox Church and some Coptic secular figures were accused of forming a terrorist organization known by the name “Black Bloc”. There are allegations that the Church has individual “Black Bloc” scouts in...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Representatives of the Churches of Egypt have refused their participation in the national dialogue called for by President Mursī because of a lack of commitment to agreements made during previous sessions. Based on this, they claim the dialogue is unlikely to be fruitful (John ‘Abd al-Malāk, Mu'taz...
Date of source: Thursday, March 7, 2013
That came during a “Family House” training session to “rationalize religious discourse”. The training included a number of Azharians and Christian preachers (Fathī Majdī, al-Misrīyūn, Mar. 7, p. 3). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Al-Misrīyūn reported on Ahmad Muhammad al-Mahdī's (previously known as Mikhael Labīb Mikhael) “alleged” story that the former State Security Agency arrested his sons, Muhammad and Islām. Moreover, the Church “allegedly” offered him one million Egyptian Pounds to leave Islam and when he refused, the...
Date of source: Saturday, February 23, 2013
An official church source said that Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II had intensive calls with the President to urge him to change the date of the elections. (John ‘Abd al-Malāk and Sarah Hāmid, al-Misrīyūn, February 23, p. 4). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 20, 2013
A number of Coptic coalitions and movements, on top of them the Maspero Youth Coalition, called for a million-man protest denouncing fitnah tā’ifīyah after the attack on Saint George Church in Sirsnā Village of al-Faiyum.Mamdūh Ramzī, political activist and member of the Shūrá Council, called for a...
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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.