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Date of source: Friday, July 27, 2012
The salafī al-Nūr Party re-started discussions over Article II of the Egyptian Constitution and once again called for removing the word principles from the text to read 'the Islamic sharī'ah is the main source of legislation'.
Al-Nūr adopted this stance in response to the Azha's reversal on a...
Date of source: Friday, July 27, 2012
The salafī al-Nūr Party re-started discussions over Article II of the Egyptian Constitution and once again called for removing the word principles from the text to read 'the Islamic sharī'ah is the main source of legislation'.
Al-Nūr adopted this stance in response to the Azha's reversal on a...
Date of source: Friday, July 20, 2012
A salafī-leaning newspaper, al-Rahmā, harshly criticized public figures in the Egyptian society and said those persons are conspiring against the January 25 Revolution.
The paper named talk show host Sayīd ‘Alī, former parliament member Muhammad Abū Hāmid, outspoken critic of Islamists Tawfīq ‘...
Date of source: Friday, April 20, 2012
Dr. Muhammad Jalā’ Idrīs, in opinion article in al-Rahmah, wrote that Copts' visit to Jerusalem is skeptic because of the timing and under the political circumstances Egypt is going through, and, moreover, pilgrimage is not in the Christian beliefs and there is no religious obligations on them to...
Date of source: Friday, February 3, 2012
Al-Rahmah newspaper, owned by Salafī preacher Muhammad Hassān, published the full text of the amendments to the law regulating the Azhar affairs, lashing out at passing the law only four days before the first session of the new parliament was convened.
The paper said that Grand Shaykh of the...
Date of source: Friday, January 20, 2012
Is the church trying to impose its influence on the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) and play a role that is against the steps on the road to democracy in Egypt and the formation of the first parliament after the revolution? wonders Mulhim al-'Isawī in an opinion article in al-Rahmāh...
Date of source: Thursday, September 6, 2012
Counselor Najīb Jabrā’īl Mīkhā’īl, Coptic lawyer and Head of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights Organizations (EUHRO), said that he wants the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) money to be monitored by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) because they are performing public...
Date of source: Thursday, September 6, 2012
The article strongly criticizes Archpriest Philopater Jamīl (suspended priest and Author of al-Katībah al-Tībiyyah) and say that Archpriest Philopater was supervising the publishing of al-Katībah al-Tībiyyah, issued by Virgin Mary and Pope Kyrillos Church in 'Izbit al-Nakhl.
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Date of source: Friday, February 3, 2012
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III expressed heartfelt condolences for Egyptians over the deplorable incidents that followed the Egyptian league football game between Cairo's al-Ahlī and Port Said's al-Misrī in the coastal city. [Husnī Mīlād, al-Akhbār, February 3, p. 7] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Thursday, January 19, 2012
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter called for supporting Islamists in Egypt because this would serve the interests of democracy, freedom and stability in the Middle East region. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām, Jan. 20, p. 7] Read original text in Arabic
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.