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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...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 6, 2013
Coptic Christians will celebrate Christmas on Monday, and many will do so outside their native Egypt. Since the revolution there, their future in the country has looked uncertain, and many are resettling in the United States.
Their population in the U.S. may have grown by nearly 30 percent,...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 31, 2013
A Christian lawyer, Nādir Rāmiz al-‘Assāl, has donated a piece of land to build a mosque in Salām Village in Asyut, the village of Pope Shenouda, when he knew that the Muslims needed a new mosque on the outskirts of the village (Suād Ahmad, al-Watan, Dec. 31, p. 3). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 31, 2013
In addition to the above, security sources stated that there will be a total of 80,000 police personnel to secure Egypt for the New Year’s celebrations. The Ministry of Interior is using 10 cars to detect explosives and six armored vehicles to protect facilities (Ahmad ‘Abd al-‘Azīm, et al., al-...
Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 28, 2013
A number of imāms of the Ministry of Endowments requested that the citizens take to the streets on Christmas and form groups to protect the churches in their festivals and celebrations. They also denounced terrorist groups and organizations (Husayn al-‘Umdah, et al., al-Watan, Dec. 28, p. 3). Read...
Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 28, 2013
A number of imāms of the Ministry of Endowments requested that the citizens take to the streets on Christmas and form groups to protect the churches in their festivals and celebrations. They also denounced terrorist groups and organizations (Husayn al-‘Umdah, et al., al-Watan, Dec. 28, p. 3). Read...
Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 28, 2013
The churches responded to that accusation by the Muslim Brotherhood by stating that the Muslim Brotherhood statement is an attempt to start sectarian strife (Hibah Amīn, al-Watan, Dec. 28, p. 2). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 28, 2013
The Muslim Brotherhood congratulated the Church in English and attacked them in Arabic. Unlike the English statement of their Alliance in Support of Legitimacy that congratulated the Copts in English, the Arabic version of the statement criticized the Church for wanting to replace the Islamic...
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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.