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Date of source: Friday, December 9, 2011
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III sent a congratulatory cable to Prime Minister Kamāl al-Janzūrī in which he expressed good wishes for him in his mission as head of a salvation government. [Yūsuf Rāmiz, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, Dec. 9, p. 3] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Sunday, January 15, 2012
Pope Shenouda urged all Copts to observe good manners inside churches, adding during a weekly sermon on Wednesday (January 11) at the Saint Mark Cathedral that sometimes people forget they are inside a church and do things that not suitable in a holy place. [Yūsuf Rāmiz, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, Jan. 15...
Date of source: Sunday, January 8, 2012
In the presence of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) to the feast Mass, churches specified the subject of their sermons to talk about "monotheism" which raised controversy that the priests are trying to send a message to the MB and deny that Christians are polytheists. [Yūsuf Rāmiz, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd,...
Date of source: Saturday, January 7, 2012
Speaking on the occasion, Pope Shenouda said, “I congratulate you on the start of a new era and the glorious Christmas that coincides with alarming atmosphere in which the people are wondering where Egypt is going. I would say that Egypt is definitely going to good prospects and blessings. I am not...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 4, 2012
“Out of respect for people’s demands in the Coptic street not to accept congratulations from those with hands dipped in the blood of their honorable sons, the Maspero Youth Union announces its refusal to accept their greetings as well as the greetings of those who advocated the disruption of the...
Date of source: Friday, December 30, 2011
In a fear-dispelling step by Islamists, religious parties and entities competed to offer congratulations for Copts on the occasion of the Eastern Christmas and form human shields to protect Christian houses of worship during the celebrations. “The Salafī Da’wah (Call) Organization has formed human...
Date of source: Sunday, March 4, 2012
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III has recovered after a severe pain in the spinal chord afflicted him last week.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 29, 2012
High ranking officials of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) together with their counterparts from the Coptic Evanglelical Church have issued a document of ten articles confirming the various rights of religious minorities and above all the Coptic denominations.
This was during a meeting in the MB...
Date of source: Monday, November 28, 2011
The Coptic Church announced in a statement their refusal to be dragged into the elections. The statement came following a comment on one of the documents that was published under the name of the church, in which certain candidates were recommended that Copts vote for.
Archpriest Sergius Sergius,...
Date of source: Friday, November 11, 2011
The Maspero youth union organizes today a funeral march to commemorate those who martyred during the confrontations of Maspero in October 2011. The march will be launched off Saint Mark's Cathedral in al-'Abāsīyah at 3 p.m. Followed by another march to Tahrīr square. A number of political...
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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.