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Date of source: Friday, December 27, 2013
Pope Tawadros stated that he prefers the presidential elections before the parliamentary elections. He added that “we trust the capacity of the police and the armed forces to secure Churches during Coptic Christmas” (Mustafá Rahūmah, al-Watan, Dec. 27, p. 3). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 25, 2013
A security source stated that the National Security Department has raised security levels as reports given to the Minister of Interior General Muhammad Ibrahīm revealed the plan to escalate terrorist attacks and target churches during Christmas (Khālid Muhammad, al-Watan, Dec. 25, p. 3). Read...
Date of source: Friday, December 13, 2013
Salafīs have circulated posters and flyers asking Muslims not to take part in celebrations of the new year or Christmas nor to congratulate Christians on these occasions. They stated that he who does so has a weak creed calling it an imitation of Europeans (Sālih Ramadān, al-Watan, Dec. 13, p. 16...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Shaykh Wagdī Ghunāym has called the shaykhs of the Salafī Call and Nūr Party “traitors and infidels” due to their support of the new constitution. He added that the Constitution is one for “crusaders, secularist, banjo- addicts and belly dancers”. He stated that the Salafī Call and the Nūr Party...
Date of source: Sunday, December 22, 2013
Bishop Bola stated that he has no accounts on Facebook or Twitter. He added, “What some Muslim Brotherhood pages are sharing about me posting posts hostile to Islam is untrue" (Author not mentioned, al-Watan, Dec. 22, p. 3). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Friday, December 20, 2013
Churches have announced starting to campaign for the new draft constitution. Bishop Bola, the representative of the Orthodox Church in the Constituent Assembly, stated that he shall start a tour to the Gulf countries next week to campaign for the draft constitution and to inform the Egyptians...
Date of source: Friday, December 20, 2013
Churches have announced starting to campaign for the new draft constitution. Bishop Bola, the representative of the Orthodox Church in the Constituent Assembly, stated that he shall start a tour to the Gulf countries next week to campaign for the draft constitution and to inform the Egyptians...
Date of source: Sunday, December 1, 2013
The Observatory of Citizenship in the new World Organization for Development and Human Rights has confirmed that the sectarian violence that took place between Copts and Muslims in Badrmān village in al-Minya led to the death of one with 6 others injured and 12 houses burned. The organization...
Date of source: Sunday, December 1, 2013
A Christian peasant has also been killed in renewed clashes between Nazlit Ābid and Hiwārtah while he was on his way to his field (Islam Fahmi, al-Watan, Dec. 1, p. 7). Read original text in Arabic.
[Translator’s note: A story of the same content appeared in al-Tahrīr, Dec. 1). Read original text...
Date of source: Sunday, December 1, 2013
Bishop Makarios stated that the cause of the sectarian violence in Nazlit ‘Ābid is due to the disagreement over ownership of a piece a land. He stated at a number of Muslim Brotherhood supporters joined the Muslim person and started shooting at Christians (Mustafá Rahūmah and Islām Fahmī, al-Watan...
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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.