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Date of source: Sunday, December 12, 2010
Muslim and Coptic activists varied in their opinion about Pope Shenouda's seclusion in protest of the continued detention of Coptic youth arrested because of their clashes with the security forces in al-'Umrānīyyah incidents
Some of these activists believe that the pope's seclusion is a way of...
Date of source: Monday, December 13, 2010
The official Coptic Orthodox Church Channel ‘Aghābī broadcast a movie that criticized the doctrine of Jehovah’s witnesses that includes their rejection of blood transfusion.
A Jehovah’s witnesses source said that they acquire their legitimacy from the country not from the Coptic Orthodox church...
Date of source: Saturday, December 11, 2010
Church sources say that Pope Shenouda decided to retreat from public life in protest against the fact that the 154 Copts tkane prisoners in the Al-‘Umrāniyyah incident were still not released.
Sources assured that most of the sectarian incidents end up with a reconciliation meeting but this time...
Date of source: Monday, December 6, 2010
Pope Shenouda III opened two new churches in Sharm al-Shaykh last Saturday. The openings were attended by South Sinai Governor Muhammad ‘Abd al-Fudayl Shūshah, Bishops Yū’ánnis, Butrus, and Armiyā and were received by Bishop Apollo of South Sinai.
The Pope did not make it back to Cairo in time to...
Date of source: Sunday, December 26, 2010
Public prosecutor ‘Abd al-Majīd Mahmūd has released nineteen suspects in the ‘Umrāniyyah church incident. Mahmūd cites their social status as the reason for the release.
Twenty-three christians still are still in custody; 135 have been released so far.
A cathedral source says that Pope Shenouda...
Date of source: Sunday, December 26, 2010
The Catholic and Episcopal churches in Egypt, along with other Western churches, celebrated Christmas on Saturday under tight security measures because of threats from al-Qā‘idah.
President Husnī Mubārak sent several representatives to attend the Catholic mass, passing on his greetings.
Muhammad al...
Date of source: Sunday, December 19, 2010
A church source has told al-Misrī al-Yawm that the authorities have promised to release all remaining detainees (84) from the ‘Umrāniyyah church riots by Christmas.
The source added that Pope Shenouda III ended his voluntary seclusion after a visit from Dr. Mustafá al-Fiqī, who is a close personal...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Public Attorney ‘Abd al-Mājid Mahmūd has ordered the release of 42 of the detainees in the al-‘Umrāniyyah church riot incident.
The Coptic Church has welcomed the releases and called for the freeing of those still being held before Christmas. A church source said there is no longer any...
39. Jamāl As‘ad: The Pope Is my Spiritual Father, and I Seek a Social Discourse on Houses of Worship
Date of source: Monday, December 20, 2010
Jamāl As‘ad, the appointed member of parliament, has said that he is aiming for a social discourse on the unified law for building houses of worship, as well the personal affairs for non-Muslims draft legislation.
He alleges that Copts’ problems will not be solved by sectarian demands, but on the...
Date of source: Monday, December 20, 2010
There has been a mixed reaction among Copts to President Husnī Mubārak’s latest speech, but most said it was "disappointing" to Copts.
Michael Meunier, Head of the U.S. Copts Association, said the speech ignored the Copts repeated demands, the most prominent of which is a unified law on houses of...
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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.