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Date of source: Thursday, October 6, 2011
The Giza Investigations Department managed to control a fitnah that was almost sparked when a girl was harassed in the governorate of Giza.
Sāmīr Zakī [possibly a Copt] harassed a girl in Giza, which brought dozens of Muslims gathering and beating him. Dozens of Copts also rushed to the help of the...
Date of source: Thursday, October 6, 2011
Hundreds of Copts protested in Aswan, Alexandria, al-Minya and Asyut as well as hundreds off the Egyptian radio & television building in Maspero to object the burning of Saint George Church in Aswan.
Protesters cut Kūrnīsh al-Nīl Street after staging a rally from Shubrá to Maspero.
Prime...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 4, 2011
The Supreme Administrative Court in the Council of State headed by Counselor Majdī al-'Ajātī, ruled in favor of re-converters to Christianity and gave them the right to prove their religion on the national ID card and birth certificate.
The Court will still have to consider another 12 similar...
Date of source: Thursday, September 29, 2011
The Copts without Restrictions movement announced its participation in the "Friday of Reclaiming the Revolution protest, because freedom, justice and equality will not be achieved under the ruling military or the emergency law".
The movement also demanded security for places of worship and fighting...
Date of source: Friday, September 30, 2011
The Copts for Egypt movement called on political parties and movements to boycott elections because rushing into elections during this state of lawlessness the country is going through will only bring bad results.
[Reviewer's Note: New story was also covered in al-Ahālī, October 5, 2011 and has no...
Date of source: Friday, September 30, 2011
Shaykh Usāmah al-Qūsī, leader of al-Salafīyah al-Ash'arīyah group, criticized salafists who seek a role in politics and called them "terrorists" who pursue al-Qā'idah ideologies.
He added that salafists' success in politics will depend on misusing religion and people's emotions in politics, noting...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb called on the Western religious institutions led by the Vatican to stop "spreading the culture of hatred and incitation against Islam and end groundless attacks on it."
"We need to search for enlightened models that would contribute to disseminating the...
Date of source: Sunday, October 2, 2011
The streets of the Mediterranean city of Alexandria are witnessing differences among the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the Salafī Da'wah (Call) and the salafī al-Nūr (Light) Party over the polio immunization campaign announced by the Egyptian health ministry to run until...
Date of source: Sunday, October 2, 2011
Ministry of Justice's fact-finding commission revealed that the Coptic organization 'Caritas' registred under 1150 had received approximately LE 1 billion foreign funds in different currencies from countries, foreign organizations and donors, furthermore, did not respect the country's sovereignty ...
Date of source: Sunday, October 2, 2011
A number of Coptic organizations and movements called on the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) and the Cabinet to form a fact-finding commission to investigate the attack on Saint George Church in the village of Marīnāb, Idfū town, Aswan governorate.
A number of Muslims had burned 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.