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Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 6, 2007
Within Coptic circles, controversy has increased regarding the regulations for the election of a patriarch; specifically, whether a patriarch should be a monk or married and the eligibility of voters who participate in these patriarchal elections.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 31, 2007
A Coptic laymen’s group called for radical changes in the system and rules of the Coptic Orthodox patriarch elections. The suggestions were severely rejected by the church and a wide range of Copts. Kamāl Zākhir Mūsá, purportedly the leader of the laymen’s group, wrote an article explaining his...
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 30, 2007
Although leaders of the Coptic Orthodox Church have repeatedly declared that Pope Shenouda III is in a healthy condition, some news has revealed that he might be too sick to run the church. Thereby, the church’s five leading figures have established a committee to fulfill the pope’s tasks.
Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 27, 2007
‘Amr Bayyūmī reports on a secret report prepared by a former employee at the Christian satellite channel ‘Sat 7’ accusing it of adopting Zionist tendencies and planting seeds of sectarian sedition in Egypt.
Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 20, 2007
A group of Coptic Orthodox laymen held a conference in which participants proposed new rules for choosing the patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church. The list of rules is meant to replace those that were issued in 1957. They suggested that the future patriarch be a married layman. The church and...
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 23, 2007
The article is based on an interview with Bishop Mūsá the bishop of youth in the Coptic Orthodox Church. The bishop talked about problems of Copts in Egypt and the church’s relation with Coptic activists in the West.
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 23, 2007
Bishop Mūsá enjoys great popularity among youth and young bishops but faces opposition from senior bishops.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 18, 2007
Pope Shenouda returns to Egypt to put an end to rumors about his deteriorated health condition while Counselor Labīb Ḥalīm Labīb submits a request to President Mubārak to change the regulations on electing the Coptic patriarch.
Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 20, 2007
Leaders of the Orthodox, Catholic, and Evangelical churches in Egypt renewed their support of the Christians’ unified personal status draft law and call on the government to adopt it.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 24, 2007
The author of the articles cites situations and examples of what he called daily persecutions that the Copts in Egypt are faced with.
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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.