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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: الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 11, 2012
Meanwhile, presidential candidate Khālid ‘Alī said that his electoral platform rests on the principle of enhancing social justice, fighting poverty, maintaining the free-of-charge education principle and making good use of all material and human resources available.
‘Alī said he will appoint three...
Date of source: الخميس, آيار (مايو) 10, 2012
Meanwhile, Bishop Pachomius said there is no one speaking on behalf of the church or claiming he represented Copts, adding no instructions were made to favor any of the candidates to the papal chair.
Priest Angelus, the secretary of Bishop Pachomius, denied reports claiming the acting patriarch’s...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 8, 2012
Brotherhood Murshid (Guide) Muhammad Badī', by unbinding Dr. Muhammad Mursī, the presidential candidate from the group's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), from his pledge, opened a wide spectrum for contemplation about the nature of the pledge Mursī has committed himself to.
Kārim Radwān, a member...
Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 6, 2012
[Reviewer’s Note: Hadd al-Hirābah is a form of corporal punishment in Islamic sharī’ah, applicable to persons who wreak havoc, terrorize people or are involved in robbery. The punishment is exacted by amputating the right arm and the left leg or the left arm and the right leg. The punishment also...
Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 5, 2012
Meanwhile, the committee registering names of voters in the election of a new pope in succession of Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III will resume its activities on Monday (May 7) after it stopped for several days over the recent incidents in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah.
Bishop Marqus, the...
Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 5, 2012
The Coptic Catholic Church expressed rejection against the spilling of Egyptian blood by Egyptian hands and all acts of violence by any side.
Bishop Kyrillos of the Coptic Catholic Church offered condolences over the victims of the ‘Abbāssīyah clashes and called for “calm and peaceful dialogue to...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 2, 2012
Church sources said 13 metropolitans and bishops and four monks obtained recommendations for running in the elections to choose a new patriarch of the papal chair in succession of Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Jumhūrīyah, May 3, p. 3] Read text in Arabic
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Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 29, 2012
Meanwhile, MP Muhammad al-‘Umdah, Vice-Chairman of the People’s Assembly Legislative Committee, submitted a proposal to Dr. Sa’d al-Katātnī, the parliament speaker, to name the Defense & National Security Committee hall after Pope Shenouda and put his picture there in recognition of his role to...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 9, 2013
Bishop Bola, the representative of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the Constituent Assembly, stated that the issue of the amendment of the wording of the Preamble must not stop us from celebrating the completion of this Constitution. He added:
I respect the Salafī representatives despite the fact...
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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.