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Date of source: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 19, 2001
Registration of candidates’ names for the Orthodox Coptic Maglis el-Milli [Congregational Council] elections began last Thursday. The absence of the pope’s interference is not completely true. The Coptic opposition has had more than one legal confrontation with Pope Shenouda III in this regard. Dr...
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 18, 2001
The author highlights the main points discussed by Gamal Asaad in his book "I Confess - The Backstage of the Church, the Parties, and the Muslim Brotherhood." He disagrees with Asaad on his interpretation of Pope Shenouda’s character. He respects the pope and his national role in rejecting...
Date of source: الخميس, شباط (فبراير) 15, 2001
Egyptian security sources denied that new clashes, between Muslims and Copts, had taken place in Al-Kosheh and warned against any attempts to stir up sectarian strife there.
Bishop Wissa said that a burning substance had been thrown at three of the Copts’ houses in Al-Kosheh and one of the doors...
Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 17, 2001
Judge Mohammed Afifi, who gave the ruling in Al-Kosheh action, said that the sentences relating to the twenty Christian people, who died in the incidents, were ratified. Bishop Wissa said that the church leaders had confidence in the judicial system and that they would not enjoy their rights...
Date of source: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 12, 2001
Pope Shenouda III will head the sessions of the Middle East Council of Churches to be held in Cairo from March 15. The meetings will be attended by a number of heads of Eastern churches, including the Armenian Orthodox Catholicos and the Greek Orthodox Pope. Sessions will discuss means to bring...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 6, 2001
For the first time, the elections of the Maglis el-Milli [Congregational Council] will run without any one from the opposition nominating himself. The relationships between the different popes and the Congregational Council witnessed times of confusion because each party wanted to direct the other...
Date of source: الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 2, 2001
The author comments on the story of the former monk and analyzes the different reactions towards it. He responded to the question whether is it possible for a person who chose the life of monasticism to return back to the world and whether his return was considered a violation of his dedication.
Date of source: الخميس, شباط (فبراير) 8, 2001
Fa’iq Zakka Bolous was, we are told, Abuna Gawargy Al-Makari. His introduction of himself is not characteristically monastic: He tells us that he " was one of the best, most intelligent and most conscientious" novices. It is not too much to say that he constantly reveals himself to be someone who...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 31, 2001
Fa’iq Bolous, the former monk, who left monasticism after spending eleven years in one of Wadi Al-Natroun’s monasteries, continues his confession. He said that Father Matta Al-Maskeen is the reason for the suffering of the monks in Wadi Al-Natroun and that Pope Shenouda said that the monastery of...
Date of source: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 12, 2001
Michael Meunier, president of US Copts Association, was upset about the statements Al-Ahram, January 31, attributed to bishop Yo’annis, secretary of H.H. Pope Shenouda, in which he supposedly criticized the World Council of Churches which was seen as a response to a statement of the World Council...
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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.