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Date of source: Friday, March 23, 2012
Additionally, the Holy Synod decided in its first meeting after Pope Shenouda’s funeral to open the door for nominations for the patriarchate on April 27, 2012.
Bishop Bīshūy, Secretary of the Holy Synod and Metropolitan of Damietta and Kafr al-Shaykh, said that according to a law of 1971,...
Date of source: Thursday, March 29, 2012
Monastery of Saint Macarius (Dayr Abū Maqār) in Wādī al-Natrūn is witnessing a crisis among monks who want Bishop Mikhael of Asyut to become the head of the monastery once again.
Nearly 70 monks, disciples of Father Mattá al-Miskīn, collected signatures and sent a memo to acting patriarch Bishop...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 27, 2012
The source also revealed that expatriate Copts will have the opportunity to vote over the next patriarch for the first time. [Ahmad al-Sa’dāwī, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, March 27, p. 3] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Monday, March 26, 2012
Archpriest Father ‘Abd al-Misīh Basīt of Musturud Church said that the Constitution panel was a religious one, but never patriotic, adding that the five Christians chosen to be members in the assembly do not represent the Egyptian churches. He added that clerics from the three Orthodox, Evangelical...
Date of source: Monday, March 26, 2012
Archpriest Father ‘Abd al-Misīh Basīt of Musturud Church said that the Constitution panel was a religious one, but never patriotic, adding that the five Christians chosen to be members in the assembly do not represent the Egyptian churches. He added that clerics from the three Orthodox, Evangelical...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Bayyādī said the meeting will also deal with Evangelical Christians’ views about the development of education, decisions of the ‘urfī (informal) conciliatory council in crises that erupt between Muslims and Christians while the application of the law is ignored and the FJP’s vision about creativity...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 21, 2012
"In my reply to the accusations, I will say that the incitation was made by the Egyptian TV that urged the people to go out to protect the army and assault Copts," Meunier said in statements. [Ahmad al-Sa'dāwī, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, Feb. 21, p. 7] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Pope Tawadros stated to Copts of the diaspora that Egypt is improving. Bishop Bolis Hālīm, the spokesperson for the Coptic Orthodox Church, has denied that the Pope will meet Pope Francis I of the Vatican (Ahmad al-Saadāwī, al-Shurūq, Dec 11, p. 3). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Saturday, November 16, 2013
Concerning the position of the Church on withdrawing from the Constituent Assembly, it rejects a text ensuring the civil state and insisted on inserting a text interpreting the “principles of sharī’ah” and assuring the reference of Al-Azhar, Sharif Doss stated that all the attendees, including Pope...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 10, 2013
The Constitutional declaration, which was signed by interim President of the Republic ’Adlī Mansūr, initiated controversy among Egyptian churches for not stating that non-Muslims have the right to be ruled by their own doctrines. Pope Tawadros said that he did not read the declaration yet while...
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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.