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Date of source: Thursday, June 16, 2011
Dr. 'Alī al-Ghatīt, president of the consulting council for the Prime Minister, said that both laws on building houses of worship and criminalizing discrimination will be up for societal discussion, in order to allow all parties to express their opinion about it before being presented to the...
Date of source: Friday, June 10, 2011
Coptic figures attacked the final draft law on building houses of worship, presented by the Cabinet.
The main objection was to the article that designates a specific space to seperate one worship place from another. The church described the law as another face of the Hamayouni Decree.
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Date of source: Monday, June 6, 2011
A number of expatriate Copts from the European Coptic Union (UECOHR) refuse any dialogue with the Muslim Brotherhood group.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Archpriest Salīb Mattá Sawiris, a member of the church's Milī Council, and Father of Mar-Jirjis [Saint George] Church in Shubrā, said that it is too soon to talk about the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) reaching power, affirming that Copts will not accept a religious rule.
Mamdūh Ramzī, Coptic activist,...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 31, 2011
The Coptic Orthodox Church had demanded from the Cabinet to present it with the Unified Law for Building Houses of Worship.
A church source assured that the cathedral refuses the idea of financial supervision of the church, because the church does not get donations from the State but from...
Date of source: Saturday, May 28, 2011
Hunded of Copts held a mass on Friday, May 29, 2011, in the Virgin Mary Church in Imbābah.
They then followed up on the construction work on the church where Muslims are restoring the saints icons in the church.
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Date of source: Monday, May 30, 2011
The Supreme Military Council sentenced two men to five years in prison and a fine of EGP500 each for causing a riot in 'Ayn Shams area, by changing a factory to a church, and possessing weapons.
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Date of source: Thursday, May 26, 2011
Father Marqus Birtī, Father of the Virgin Mary Church in 'Ayn Shams, said that Copts need peace and sociality more than they need the church to be guarded, assuring that most of the Muslims in the area welcome the reopening of the church.
He believes that if extremists know the teachings of Islamic...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 25, 2011
In the Unified Law for Building Houses of Worship, an article exists about the state monitoring church money.
Church sources refused this article and assured that churches are self financed, and not by the government.
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Date of source: Friday, May 6, 2011
A delegation of representatives of political powers and public figures visited Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III to support him in the face of salafists' demonstrations and slogans chanted against him.
The delegation included veteran journalist 'Ādil Hamūdah and political activist Nawārah Ahmad Fu'...
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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.