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Date of source: Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Former People’s Assembly member Georgette Qillīnī said the motive behind the league’s demands is the suffering of its members about divorces and remarriage licenses.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 22, 2012
George Fikrī from al-Shrūq al-Jadīd writes that Bishop Pachomius, the Acting Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, has banned all discussions about the upcoming elections of a new patriarch from Christian satellite television. Meanwhile, Bishop Bulā of Tanta and member of the nominations...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Shaykh Mazhar Shāhīn, the preacher of ‘Umar Makram Mosque, known as the Orator of the Revolution, stressed the need to acquaint the West with the Prophet Muhammad and enact legislations criminalizing insults against any prophet.
Date of source: Sunday, September 23, 2012
Dr. Muhammad ‘Abd al-Salām, a representative of the Azhar on the constitution-drafting panel, said the Azhar demands keeping the text of Article II as mentioned in the 1971 intact, which is advocated by the representatives of the three churches.
Date of source: Saturday, August 25, 2012
Jirjis Fikrī, in an opinion piece in al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, said that Copts have been living in their ghetto for 30 years for many reasons. However, these reasons lead to one result which is that the church developed an administrative hierarchy similar to that of the state! For instance, the church...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Al-Shurūq al-Jadīd reports that several Coptic organizations, movements, and personalities have announced the foundation of the Coptic Advisory Council in order to unite Copts and face the difficulties of the political transition in Egypt, especially with regard to the recent wave of Islamist...
Date of source: Friday, August 17, 2012
The Ethiopian Orthodox Church on Thursday (August 16) announced the death of Abune Paulos at a hospital in Addis Ababa after suffering a heart attack. He was 76.
Date of source: Sunday, September 23, 2012
A battle of statements flared up between the Salafī Front and the Coptic Orthodox Church after the front lodged a complaint with the public prosecutor accusing three Christian clergymen, including Bishop Serapion, of co-producing the prophet-denigrating movie.
Date of source: Monday, August 20, 2012
Amīr ‘Ayād, founder of Christian Brotherhood Group, said that a large number of Coptic coalitions and unions will abstain from the anti-Brotherhood million-man protest on August 24. “Whoever is calling for it wants to put Copts at the first rows of the fight so that we redo the Maspero massacre...
Date of source: Monday, August 20, 2012
Bishop Mūsá of Youth greeted Muhammad Mursī for Eid al-Fitr and Muslims, as well as Christians for the Virgin Mary feast.
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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.