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Date of source: Sunday, April 28, 2013
In an interview with al-Akhbār, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II spoke freely about the current situation in Egypt.
Date of source: Friday, April 26, 2013
Pope Tawadros met with the Minister of Culture, Dr. Muhammad Sābir 'Arab and the Minister of the Environment Dr. Khālid Fahmī just as the yesterday (Apr. 25) he received the Minister of Information, Salāh 'Abd al-Maqsūd, and the Minister of Tourism and President of the Radio and Television Union,...
Date of source: Saturday, April 20, 2013
The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit has given an exclusive interview with the newspaper al-Akhbār. In the interview he said that Christians have long been part of the social and religious fabric of Egypt, and that it was in everyone’s interests to create a...
Date of source: Friday, September 14, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox Church set a timeline for the Coptic Orthodox papal elections. Bishop Bula of Tantā announced the 17 candidates for the Patriarch seat and the voters tables that consist of 2410 voters.
Bishop Bula stated the election timeline as follows:
Date of source: Friday, September 7, 2012
Counselor Najīb Jabrā’īl Mīkhā’īl, Coptic lawyer and Head of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights Organizations (EUHRO), warned the government, majority from teh Muslim Brotherhood Group, from the growing number of Copts migrating to The Netherlands and other European countries. He aded that Egypt...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Counselor Muhammad 'Atīyah, minister of local development, said that the reshuffle of the local councils heads will take into consideration the representation of Copts because they are part of the community.
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Date of source: Wednesday, August 3, 2011
In the January 25 revolution, there was an Orthodox priest addressing the revolutionaries in al-Tahrīr Square as well as on the pulpits of the mosques of al-Husayn, al-Sayīdah Nafīsah, al-Hāmidīyah al-Shāzilīyah and others, escorted by two Muslim preachers – Shaykh 'Ulwī Amīn, a professor of sharī'...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 9, 2011
The Egyptian Union for Human Rights Organization and the Public Coptic Association held a press conference to respond to the appointed U.S. envoy for minorities' rights in the Middle East and the Arab world.
Date of source: Thursday, August 4, 2011
The Family House initiative on August 3, 2011, assured its refusal of deploying a U.S. envoy to be responsible for minorities' rights in the Middle East. This envoy will be responsible for defending minorities' rights in Arab and Middle Asian countries.
A joint declaration was signed by Mahmūd...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 20, 2011
The Coptic Patriarchate issued a statement which firmly stated that no attack took place, although the demonstrators were well within their rights to protest against the Clerical Council's failure to activate the remarriage statute of 1938.
Despite allegations that demonstrators were forcefully...
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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.