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Date of source: Friday, March 2, 2012
An official source at the papal office said contacts are underway between leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood and a prominent bishop at the Coptic Orthodox Church on coordination for a historic visit by the group’s murshid (guide) Dr. Muhammad Badī’ to the Saint Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district...
Date of source: Thursday, May 9, 2013
A report at Ahramonline covered the news, below is the full text of the report on May 8 entitled “Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Pope to meet Vatican Pope Friday”:
For first time in 40 years, head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church will travel to Vatican to meet Catholic counterpart
Egypt's Coptic Orthodox...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 16, 2013
On Monday morning, Apr. 15, the Coptic Evangelical Church met a delegation of the Ministry of Endowments. This meeting comes days after the ministry decided to end all dealings with the Church causing a huge controversy among Christians. Dr. Safwat al-Bayādī, head of the Coptic Evangelical Church,...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 16, 2013
According to a security source, all of the suspects -- Samīr Iskandar, Najlā' Najīb, and Nisīm Fārūq, surrendered to the police in Qalyubia Security Department. Two brothers of the Iskandar family had already been arrested for suspected involvement in the events. Investigations have already...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Najīb Jubrā’īl, head of the Egyptian Union of Human Rights Organization, has opened a journalistic conference called "Copts under Seige" by confirming the freezing of EU aid worth 5 billion Euros for violation of the rights of women and Copts. He added that Copts are suffering from unprecedented...
Date of source: Sunday, March 24, 2013
Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī, deputy head of the Coptic Evangelical Church and head of the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS), advocates abolishing the religious category on the national ID card as a way of confirming the Egyptian identity and avoiding religious division. The...
Date of source: Sunday, March 24, 2013
A number of displaced Copts have once again demanded government protection. A number of nations and organisations have been asked to guarantee this request, including the Vatican, Israel, the European Union and the United states among others. Ilīyyā (Elijah) Basīlī, president of the [alleged]...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Father Abrām, member of the Coptic Orthodox Holy Synod and Bishop of Saint George Church in the village of Sirisnā, Tāmīyah Township of al-Faiyum Governorate confirmed that he was not injured as suggested on the official Orthodox channel “CTV” (John ‘Abd al-Malāk, al-Misrīyūn, Feb. 27, p. 3). Read...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Representatives of the Churches of Egypt have refused their participation in the national dialogue called for by President Mursī because of a lack of commitment to agreements made during previous sessions. Based on this, they claim the dialogue is unlikely to be fruitful (John ‘Abd al-Malāk, Mu'taz...
Date of source: Saturday, February 23, 2013
An official church source said that Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II had intensive calls with the President to urge him to change the date of the elections. (John ‘Abd al-Malāk and Sarah Hāmid, al-Misrīyūn, February 23, p. 4). Read original text in Arabic.
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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.