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Date of source: Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Rights and legal activists criticized decisions by the Family House initiative on October 16 that recommended the abolition of the draft law on unified construction of houses of worship.
The initiative, which had been launched earlier by the Azhar in order to avoid any possible sectarian strife,...
Date of source: Monday, October 24, 2011
The African Union (AU)'s human rights tribunal is looking into a lawsuit filed by lawyer Awad Shafīq, President of the European Union of Coptic organizations for Human Rights (EUCOHR), in the first foreign reaction to the October 9 bloody clashes that left 27 people killed and 300 others wounded....
Date of source: Friday, September 23, 2011
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III said that the church is following the State laws in the issue of inheritance.
Date of source: Thursday, September 22, 2011
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Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria met with Bishop Bishoy of Damiat in the papal headquarters after he returned from a meeting in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa for the World Council of Churches (WCC). Bishoy showed the pope a report on the development of Coptic services in Ethiopia and the...
Date of source: Thursday, September 15, 2011
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A report on the situation of religious freedoms around the world - and countries that have failed to effectively protect them - was issued yesterday (September 14) by the U.S. Department of State. Middle Eastern and African countries were numerous, and Egypt was one of these countries to be...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III welcomed Saudi Arabia's Ambassador in Cairo Ahmad 'Abd al-'Azīz Qatān in the Papal See.
Date of source: Monday, July 25, 2011
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Pressure is being put on the Ministry of Justice to issue a administrative decision about allowing civil marriage and divorce between Copts, rather than having to go to the church to ask for permission. Currently, civil marriage is only allowed between two Copts in Egypt if one of the persons...
Date of source: Friday, July 22, 2011
A group of Coptic activists and young people and laymen, in association with a well-known civil society organization, embarked on a campaign to press the minister of justice to grant administrative enabling Copts to obtain documentation of civil marriage contracts through a notary employee.
A legal...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Najīb Jabrā’īl, a Coptic lawyer and the head of the Egyptian Federation for Human Rights and Pope Shenouda III, head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, met on Wednesday morning to discuss the deteriorating situation of the Clerical Council, and the increasing number of cases it is receiving – in its...
Date of source: Monday, July 25, 2011
The legitimacy of Bishop Yu'annis has come into question following the use of guard dogs to deter Christian demonstrators last week. Several sites have been created by angry protesters on social media networks which denounce the attack, as well as those in control of marriage operation permits...
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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.