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Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 22, 2012
Some bishops are now trying to convince Pachomius, who exerted tremendous efforts during a short period of time he ran the church affairs after the death of Pope Shenouda, to run for the papal chair as called by a group of Coptic laymen and clerics, according to a church source who did not want his...
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 15, 2012
There has been a rumor that 22 of the top metropolitans and bishops were backing presidential candidate ‘Abd al-Mun’im Abū al-Futūh, sparking anger that could in turn have a negative effect on all priests in churches and Coptic electorate.
Spurred by these rumors, the Holy Synod had to issue a...
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 15, 2012
There has been a rumor that 22 of the top metropolitans and bishops were backing presidential candidate ‘Abd al-Mun’im Abū al-Futūh, sparking anger that could in turn have a negative effect on all priests in churches and Coptic electorate.
Spurred by these rumors, the Holy Synod had to issue a...
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 15, 2012
The Saint Mark Church of Orthodox Copts in France held an Easter Mass on Saturday evening, attended by a host of diplomats and officials led by Egypt’s ambassador in Paris Nāsir Kāmil and Brig. Muhammad Ra’fat al-Dash, Egypt’s military attaché in the French capital.
Dash conveyed congratulations by...
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 15, 2012
“We would like, in the name of our Holy Synod, to thank our brothers in all their different positions of responsibility for sharing us in our grief over the departure of Pope Shenouda III, with special thanks to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) and Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad...
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 31, 2012
Moving to church affairs, some coalitions, assemblies and leagues of supporters of Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Shenouda III sent cables to the Coptic Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod backing Bishop Mūsá of Youths as new patriarch of Alexandria and the see of Saint Mark. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām...
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 31, 2012
Some Coptic organizations and activists, in a statement they called the March 30 Declaration, vehemently rejected the 100-member panel and “attempts by certain groups to draft the new Egyptian Constitution alone,” urging the Egyptian Church to immediately announce its position on the panel and...
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 31, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox Church, in the statement, called on SCAF Chairman Field Marshal Muhammad Husayn Tantāwī to approve a constitution panel that is representative of all Egyptians without discrimination among the citizens of Egypt on religious or ethnic basis. [Rajab Ramadān, Muhammad Abū al-‘...
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 31, 2012
The Alexandria Millī Council sent a statement on Friday (March 30) to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) in which it condemned the mechanisms used to form a constitution-drafting assembly.
The Council stressed equality among all Egyptians in rights and duties regardless of religious...
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 31, 2012
The Azhar apologized for not participating in the constituent assembly and expressed reservations over its “poor” representation in the panel after it decided to withdraw Wāsil from it.
The decision was taken during a meeting of the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy under Grand Shaykh Dr. Ahmad al-...
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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.