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Date of source: Sunday, June 10, 2012
As we stand on the threshold of the final round of the presidential race. The tug-of-war between the two finalists- the liberal Ahmed Shafik and the Islamist Mohamed Mursi – to win votes is at its fiercest. Voters realize, however, that the contenders may be obscuring their true colours behind the...
Date of source: Sunday, February 26, 2012
Last week the media reported, that finally a solution was found for the sectarian crisis in the Sharbāt village of the Township of al-'Āmirīyah, Alexandria governorate. [Reviewer's Note: After violent actions of hundreds of Muslims against the family of a Copt, who was accused of having a romantic...
Date of source: Sunday, March 11, 2012
Dr. Sharīf Dūs, the chairman of the General Coptic Organization in Egypt (GCOE), embarked on collecting approvals from Copts nationwide to back the candidacy of Dr. 'Abd al-Mun'im Abū al-Futūh for the presidency. ['Abd al-Wahāb Sha'bān, al-Wafd, March 11, p. 16] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Sunday, March 4, 2012
Dr. Nājih Ibrāhīm, a key founder of the Jamā’ah Islāmīyah in Egypt and the first chairman of its shūrá (consultative) council, offered an apology to Copts for “what has befallen them as a result of the Jamā’ah’s mistakes during the 1970s and 1980s”. [Robeir al-Fāris, Watanī, March 4, p. 5] Read...
Date of source: Sunday, February 26, 2012
Participants in a conference organized recently by the Fellowship of Middle East Evangelical Churches (FMEEC) in the Lebanese capital Beirut called for all governments and organizations concerned to work hard to detect facts about what is going in the Middle East countries and enlighten the world...
Date of source: Sunday, February 19, 2012
Rānyā Khalīl Ibrāhīm, the heroine of yet another sectarian trouble sparked recently in Mīt Bashār village, Minyā al-Qamh town, al-Sharqia governorate, said that she was not kidnapped and that she left her father’s home with her own free will. [‘Ādil al-Shā’ir, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, Feb. 19, p. 6]...
Date of source: Sunday, February 12, 2012
The government is now considering the law on non-governmental organizations (NGOs) no. 84 of the year 2002 in a bid to preclude any penetration through its gaps in the future, according to a senior Egyptian official. [Sharīf Khafājī, al-Akhbār, Feb. 12, p. 3] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Sunday, February 5, 2012
Dr. Mustafá al-Fiqī, former manager of the presidential office, and Hilmī al-Nimnim, writer and president of Dār al-Hilāl, will discuss "Egyptian church: balances between religion and state" book on February 06, 2012 at 12pm.
The book is written by Hānī Labīb and it tackles contravrsial issues on...
8. AWR Daily Overview, February 5, 2012: Church appeals to Christians to pray for stemming bloodshed
Date of source: Sunday, February 5, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox Church appealed to Christians to pray for peace and an end to bloodshed of Egyptians Bishop Raphael, General Bishop responsible for churches in central Cairo, urged prayers for Egypt’s stability and protection for the youths of Egypt. [‘Imād Khalīl, al-Misrī al-Yawm, Feb. 5, p....
Date of source: Sunday, February 5, 2012
Rev. Jawhar ‘Azmī, a member of the Executive Committee for the Dialogue Council at the Coptic Evangelical Synod of the Nile, said there are no reasons for the state of panic in Coptic circles.
“Enlightened liberal parties and the Azhar are assurances that the future of Egypt will be fine,” said ‘...
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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.