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Date of source: Monday, January 14, 2013
The three main Christian denominations in Egypt (Coptic Orthodox, Catholic, and Evangelical) will submit a new memo to the National Dialogue Committee about disputed articles in the Constitution.
[Reviewer's Note: al-Watan reported the details of the memo under the title "Churches' memo to the...
Date of source: Monday, September 3, 2012
Priests of Alexandria issued a statement signed by 156 priests, including several expatriate priests, expressing their unanimous rejection of a diocesan bishop nomination for the Coptic Orthodox patriarch or the Diocese of Alexandria. Archpriest Roweiss Marqus, General Deputy of the patriarchate in...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Copts are questioning the delay of President Mursī to visit churches as he visits different mosques every Friday.
Father Rafīq Greish, spokesperson for the Coptic Catholic Church, expected that Mursī will not visit the churches except after the election of the new Coptic Orthodox Patriarch.
Coptic...
Date of source: Saturday, September 8, 2012
A source from the Coptic Orthodox appeal committee for the upcoming Coptic Orthodox papal elections said that a number of Bishop Bīshūy's (Bishoy) followers filed appeals against those who oppose the nomination of bishops and are against Bishop Bishoy of Damietta.
The source, speaking on the...
Date of source: Friday, September 7, 2012
Amīr Ramzī, Secretary-General of the Egyptian Association, announced the formation of a sufī-Copts alliance against Islamists in the upcoming parliament elections.
Shaykh Muhammad 'Alā' Abū al-'Azāyīm of the sūfī al-'Azmīyah orders, said that the Association goal is not to scatter Copts and sūfīs...
Date of source: Saturday, August 25, 2012
A number of Coptic intellectuals and secularists charge the Coptic Orthodox Church leaders with the responsibility of the consequences of what they describe as a “grave breach” of the church laws after allowing archbishops and bishops to run for the papal position.
Date of source: Thursday, May 3, 2012
Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah, responsible for the media committee in the Orthodox Church, said to al-Shurūq al-Jadīd that he was chosen in the delegation traveling to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).
"This visit is first of its kind for a Christian cleric, " said Bishop Marqus.
Also...
Date of source: Sunday, March 4, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox, Evangelical and Catholic Churches as well as the Episcopal Church and the Roman Orthodox Church set a date on March 3, 2012 for a joint ecumenical meeting at the offices of the Middle Eastern Council of Churches to discuss different public and theological issues. The decision...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Counselor Amīr Ramzī, a participant in preparing church suggestions for the unified law of building houses of worship, said that the draft law will be discussed in the National Justice committee in the Cabinet.
He added that the Coptic Church is waiting for an official notice from the Cabinet to...
Date of source: Saturday, June 25, 2011
Dr. Salāh al-Dīn al-Juharī, one of the figures who took part in preparing the Azhar Document, said that it did not at all mention anything about a "civil state".
He accused some newspapers and TV programs of "fabrication and delusion" for carrying incorrect news about the Azhar paper's support for...
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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.