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Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 12, 2013
For the first time in the history of the Catholic Church, the Vatican Pope Benedict XVI announced on February 11 that he will resign as pope on February 28, 2013. Below is the full text of Pope Benedict XVI’s declaration, as presented on the Vatican website:
Date of source: الأربعاء, شباط (فبراير) 27, 2013
The national dialogue, headed by President Muhammad Mursī, continued yesterday, Tuesday, February 26, 2013 in order to discuss the integrity and transparency of the upcoming parliamentary elections. Present at the dialogue were a number of political parties, including the Freedom and Justice Party...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 16, 2013
Al-Misrīyun reports today that well-informed Church sources revealed that intensive contacts are running between the leaders of the Coptic Orthodox Church and Shī'ah leaders in Egypt to unify their future "political" positions.
The sources, further, said that last year, and soon after Coptic...
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 17, 2013
Saint George Church in the village of Sirisnā, Tāmīyah Township of al-Faiyum Governorate was attacked by rocks and Molotov cocktails, which destroyed part of the ceiling and led to the burning of the church dome. A team from Tāmīyah Township Prosecution went to inspect the site to assess the...
Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 23, 2013
Al-Misrī al-Yawm English website “Egypt Independent” wrote:
Coptic clerics and activists are speaking out against the president’s decision to hold parliamentary elections over the Easter holidays.
The move is clearly aimed at excluding Copts from the voting process, and is disrespectful toward an...
Date of source: الأربعاء, شباط (فبراير) 13, 2013
In an unprecedented step in the history of the Catholic Church, the Vatican Pope Benedict XVI has announced that he will resign from his position on February 28, 2013. This announcement has led to mixed reactions in the West (Gīhān Mustafá, al-Misrīyūn, Feb. 13, p. 6). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 8, 2013
Al-Watan obtained a text of the internal regulations for the Egyptian Council of Churches, which will be made public on February 18, 2013. The Council of Churches consists of five families, equal in voice. The Board of Directors consists of Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II, Greek Orthodox Patriarch...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 17, 2013
The internal elections in the Salafī Nūr Party have triggered a stormy crisis within the party that has split it into two fronts, and eventually a new Salafī party, al-Watan Party, emerged.
After the announced establishment of al-Watan party, formed at the hands of Salafī leaders who have left the...
Date of source: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 18, 2013
Copts in the village of Sirisnā in al-Faiyum Governorate performed prayers after the attack on St. George Church. Additionally, in the presence of an officer from the Tāmīyah police station, Copts from the village of Sirisnā met with the priests to discuss a way to confront the sectarian violence...
Date of source: الأربعاء, شباط (فبراير) 20, 2013
A number of Coptic coalitions and movements, on top of them the Maspero Youth Coalition, called for a million-man protest denouncing fitnah tā’ifīyah after the attack on Saint George Church in Sirsnā Village of al-Faiyum.Mamdūh Ramzī, political activist and member of the Shūrá Council, called for a...
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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.