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Date of source: Saturday, October 23, 2010
The article questions the accuracy of an American study that claims Egypt is the most religious nation in the world. To highlight the Egyptian's affected piety, it says that in Nasr City most people dress religiously, but are impolite and unethical. In Būlāq, most people try to look religious to...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 19, 2010
The Hamāyūnī decree stating the conditions for building churches is believed to be a time bomb placed by the Ottomans and the main reason behind current sectarian tension. Various political thinkers, including Rafīq Habīb, agree that a unified law for places of worship is a must.
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Date of source: Saturday, October 16, 2010
After Sufi Shaykh ‘Alā‘ Abu al-‘Azāyim announced that he would be running for parliament “defending 15 million Egyptian Sufis,” the article questions whether this is a sign of the Sufis’ intentions of getting involved in Egyptian politics. Various political figures and party leaders tell their...
Date of source: Thursday, October 14, 2010
Sa‘d talks about the conference he attended last Sunday with many leading media figures that discussed the current sectarian tension. All of the different guests proposed varying solutions and all called for the formation of a Higher Council for Citizenship. It was concluded that the citizenship...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Sālim says that history shows the prominent role of Coptic Christians in Egypt’s political, social, and cultural life. The 1919 revolution against the British occupation is a good example, as it was Copts who first devised the “Religion is for God and homeland is for all” slogan that acted as a...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Al-Shabbah claims that there are three main reasons behind every fitnah al-tā’ifīyah: the absence of law, corruption of the media, and weakness of the state. However, he claims that these are far from being the only reasons. Al-Shabbah says that the Egyptian government is turning a blind eye to the...
Date of source: Sunday, October 10, 2010
Nine Copts are competing for the parliamentary elections in different districts in Alexandria. One of them is Najih Zākhir who is running for a district currently represented by a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Zākhir is believed to have a strong fan base and is favored by the ruling party for...
Date of source: Thursday, September 23, 2010
There is no way to deny the recent sectarian tension and deliberate igniting of the current national unity-threatening spirit, which contradicts the basic values of a civil state. Personal issues, such as the Kamilia crisis, have been blown up into national crises and escalated immensely.
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Date of source: Thursday, September 23, 2010
Various Coptic and Islamic leaders told Nahdet Masr that they disapprove of the El-Awa-Bishoy case being escalated to the courts, and that matters such as these should be dealt with cautiously for the sake of national unity. Dr. Soaad Saleh said that Dr. El-Awa has been misquoted in the media....
Date of source: Tuesday, September 21, 2010
One hundred and twenty researchers participate today in a conference on Coptic Studies organized by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Ministry of Culture, and the Society for Coptic Archaeology. The Conference’s main themes deal with life in ancient Egypt during the Coptic period. The Conference will...
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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.