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Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 15, 2012
The number of monks applied for the position rose to seven after Monks Bīshūy and Archpriest Maximus presented their papers and recommendations to the candidacy committee. [Mustafá Rahūmah, al-Watan, May 15, p. 4] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 15, 2012
Acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius refused canceling any of the 2008 amendments introduced by late Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III on the rules of divorce and marriage, which confined to divorce only to reasons of adultery and conversion to other faiths. [Mustafá Rahūmah, al-Watan, May 15, p. 3] ...
Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 12, 2012
Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah prayed in interview with al-Watan newspaper that Copts are to be spared an “extremist president,” pledging that he would go to the iconic al-Tahrīr Square to protest if the new constitution did not meet the demands of the church.
Copts in Egypt are 18 million and...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 9, 2013
The Pope will have intensified security during his visit to Switzerland out of fear that the International Organization of the Muslim Brotherhood may attack him. This was stated by Bishop Jeremiah through a tweet (Mustafá Rahūmah, al-Watan, Dec. 9, p. 2). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 12, 2013
Informed sources reported that members of the Senior Scholar Authority, including Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb and his advisor Councilor Hasan al-Shāf’ī, are preparing a list of nominees to select the candidate to replacing the Grand Muftī Dr. ‘Alī Jum’ah. Having his term of office...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 7, 2013
Amid an ongoing situation of political ambiguity in Egypt al-Watan interviewed Coptic Orthodox Bishop Mūsá of Youth. He was nominated to be the Coptic Orthodox Pope 118, succeeding the deceased Pope Shenouda III, but his loyalty and love to the Church and Egyptian Christians made him reject the...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 7, 2013
Amid an ongoing situation of political ambiguity in Egypt al-Watan interviewed Coptic Orthodox Bishop Mūsá of Youth. He was nominated to be the Coptic Orthodox Pope 118, succeeding the deceased Pope Shenouda III, but his loyalty and love to the Church and Egyptian Christians made him reject the...
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 5, 2013
The director of al-Khankah Hospital for Mental and Neurological Health Mamdūh Hannā Wahbah, who declared his conversion to Islam, said that there are private circumstances, both social and religious, that urged him to leave Christianity and convert to Islam. He added that he voluntarily went to the...
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 5, 2013
In an attempt to reinstate the bishops that were suspended by late Pope Shenouda, Pope Tawadros II set up a sub-committee from the Holy Synod led by Bishop Pachomius of al-Beheira Diocese, to consider the possibility of reinstalling the following bishops: Bishop Takla of Dishnā, Bishop Amonius of...
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 5, 2013
Church sources disclosed that Pope Tawadros II called for the continuation and development of the citizenship committee within the Coptic Orthodox dioceses all over Egypt. The citizenship committee, which was established by the Holy Synod, is headed by the Bishop Bulā of the Tantā Diocese. It was...
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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.