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Date of source: Friday, December 13, 2013
Dr. Mufīd Ikladius, the head of the Egyptian Community in Vienna, has started a campaign to nominate Pope Tawadros II for the Nobel Peace Prize due to his efforts to prevent civil strife in Egypt and preserve social peace and Egyptian unity (Nagwá Bikhīt, al-Dustūr, Dec. 13, p. 1). Read original...
Date of source: Friday, December 13, 2013
The Coptic Orthodox Church is starting a course called, “Family Consultations and Marriage Conflicts”. It is making this course a mandatory requirement for couples planning to marry (Najwá Bikhīt and Magdī Fikrī, al-Dustūr, Dec. 13, p. 4). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Sunday, December 1, 2013
Yesterday morning in the Church of Virgin Mary and Archangel Michael in Warrāq, a mass was held to commemorate 40 days after the death of Warrāq martyrs who were killed on October 20 in a shooting while attending a wedding in the church. A number of bishops took part in the mass as Bishop Yuhanna...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Coptic activists have demanded that churches pull out of the Constituent Assembly. The Sarkhah (“Scream”) Movement has denounced the position of the Constituent Assembly that it is allowing itself to be controlled by the member of the Nūr Party. Members of the Nūr Party in the assembly have...
Date of source: Monday, January 13, 2014
The Egyptian Church has called upon all citizens to give a yes vote in the referendum.
Date of source: Sunday, January 5, 2014
Pope Tawadros II, the Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, sent messages of congratulations to Coptic churches on the occasion of New Year celebrations. He said, ‘May the Messiah fill the New Year with blessings of love and peace’. His Holiness also sent a delegation to express his...
Date of source: Sunday, January 5, 2014
The governor of Alexandria, Tāriq al-Mahdī, offered special congratulations to Pope Tawadros II and to all the Copts, in particular the Copts of Alexandria. He said that there is a comprehensive security plan for all churches in the city on the day of Christmas celebrations, and special...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 15, 2014
A high-ranking Emirati delegation has visited Pope Tawadros in the Anba Bishoy Monastery in Wadī al-Natrūn. Pope Tawadros is reported to have said “We are very happy to meet our Emirati brethren who we have a strong bonds and relations with” (Nagwá Bikhāyt, al-Dustūr, Jan. 15, p. 2). Read original...
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
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.