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Date of source: Sunday, October 2, 2011
Thousands of Copts staged a demonstration on Saturday to condemn the attack on a church in Aswan Governorate in southern Egypt, which took place following clashes between Coptic and Muslim villagers.
Date of source: Monday, September 26, 2011
The Alexandria court of urgent matters' first circle adjourned on September 25 looking into the Two Saints Church case to the November 13 session to resume investigations and bring former Interior Minister Habīb al-Ādlī before the prosecution.
The church had filed a lawsuit against the prime...
Date of source: Monday, September 26, 2011
Coptic figures' opinions are varied over fears of the increasing migration of Middle Eastern Copts following the Arab countries' revolutions.
A report by a Coptic human right organization [paper did not mentioned its name] said that 100,000 Copts have migrated because of the continued attacks on...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 20, 2011
The Coptic Orthodox Church’s Clerical Council has resumed requests for divorce submitted by Copts, after two months while Copts held demonstrations demanding the right to divorce and remarry. Since then, many people have left the Coptic Orthodox Church and joined another denomination in order to be...
Date of source: Monday, September 19, 2011
The Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt has received more than 120 individual notices from Coptic Christians informing the Church that they have permanently left the denomination, according to Church sources on Sunday.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 13, 2011
The Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Alexandria filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against Prime Minister 'Isām Sharaf and Interior Minister Mansūr al-'Īsawī for the slow pace of the investigation to uncover who was behind the New Years Eve church bombing, which left 23 Copts dead on January 1.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 13, 2011
There were limited celebrations of the Coptic Church's New Year yesterday, due to the current situation in Egypt. Prayers for peace, growth and water, took place in churches, and dates and guavas were offered.
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Date of source: Thursday, September 8, 2011
Coptic movements were divided about participating in Friday's (September 9) "course correction" protest. Copts Without Borders supported participation in the demonstrations, while the movement Copts for Egypt rejected it. The Maspero Youth Union has not yet specified its position. Rami Kamel,...
Date of source: Thursday, August 25, 2011
Egyptian churches announced on Thursday their rejection of a protest scheduled for next Friday to demand the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador to Cairo.
A number of activists who have been staging a sit-in in front of the Israeli Embassy called Tuesday for a million-strong demonstration to take...
Date of source: Sunday, August 21, 2011
Three Egyptians churches have warned Israel about the reaction of Egypt after the revolution of January 25. Dr. Andrea Zaki, Vice President of Egypt's Evangelical denomination, stressed the need to stand firmly in the face of the Israeli enemy, and to reconsider the peace treaty in order to...
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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.