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Date of source: الأربعاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 4, 2013
In general, the three Churches welcome the composition of the Constituent Assembly. This expresses their hope for a better outcome in the interest of the nation. Father Anthony Aziz, representative for the Catholic Church, expressed his satisfaction with the composition. He pointed out that the...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 3, 2013
Representatives of the Egyptian Churches have collectively welcomed the balanced and impartial composition of the “Assembly of the Fifty” for drafting a constitution. Dr. Rev. Safwāt al-Bayādī stated that they want a constitution that is based on consensus. Sūzī Nāshid, the representative of the...
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 2, 2013
Coptic Catholic Father, Rafiq Greich, media adviser for the Coptic Catholic Church, confirmed that his church welcomes the elimination from the new constitution of Article 219, regarding the principles of sharī'ah (Islamic law) and said that Article 3 is adequate as it is now. The amendments must...
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 1, 2013
Pope Tawadros broke his silence talking about recent events in Egypt with the foreign TV channel, Russia Today. He said that there are many causes that have accumulated over time for what is happening in Egypt, but that the most important cause is the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) administration’s...
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 31, 2013
Pope Tawadros, in an interview with Russia Today, said that the assaults on churches and Christian property were attempts to start a civil strife between Muslims and Christians. He added that they will refuse any foreign intervention, even if it is under the pretext of protecting the Coptic...
39. AWR Daily Overview, August 30, 2013: Pope Tawadros to African Union Delegation: June 30 not coup
Date of source: الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 30, 2013
In his address to a delegation from the African Union, Pope Tawadros said that June 30 was a people’s revolution supported by the army and the police and that it was not a military coup. The meeting was presided over by the Mali’s former President Alpha Umar Kunari, Head Commissioner of the African...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 28, 2013
Despite the destruction of the churches and their contents at the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood and their allies following the dispersal of Rāba’ah and Nahdah sits-in, the Copts of Asyut hung banners on the church’s walls calling for tolerance and peace. The banners read, “We forgive,” “God...
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 14, 2013
The Ministry of Endowments confirmed that it prohibits the organization of any activities in commemoration of ‘Ashūrā’ and that it does not accept drifting away from moderate Islam, such as in the events of the Shī’ites (Abd al-Rahmān Abdal-Halīm et al, al-Akbār, Nov. 14, p. 4) . Read original...
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 18, 2013
Church sources have assured that the Heavenly Cathedral in Sharm el-Sheikh has been attacked. Bishop Jeremiah confirmed that the cathedral was attacked by gunfire on Sunday, but no casualties resulted. A security source, however, has denied that the church has been attacked assuring that the...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 16, 2013
Dr. Sharīf Doss, head of the Coptic Pubic Agency, stated that the Church has held a meeting with a number of businessmen, legal experts, and Coptic public figures in the Coptic Cathedral in Abbāsīyyah that was attended by Pope Tawadros II. This was to discuss the position of the Church on the...
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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.