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Date of source: Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Pope Shenouda III’s absence from the October celebrations in Ismailia led rumors of his I<sup>c</sup>tikāf at the papal residence to resurface. An ecclesial source said that the pope could not travel to Ismailia because of his weekly dialysis. Makārī Yūnān said any attacks on the Pope...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 30, 2010
This article deals with a conversation between Michael Munīr and the Chairman of al-Wafd Party, al-Sayyid al-Badawī.
Date of source: Friday, June 25, 2010
This article contains various statements by Pope Shenouda concerning his role in the Church, and recent happenings in the Coptic Church.
Date of source: Friday, October 1, 2010
Many considered Bishop Bīshūy’s absence from the Pope's weekly sermon an indicator of the severity of the conflict between the two. An unnamed bishop informed the paper of threats of "severe punishment" made to the church in response to Bīshūy’s comments. Activist Boulos Ramzī protested alone...
Date of source: Thursday, September 16, 2010
Professor of comparative religion, Dr. Ikrām Lam‘ī, condemned Abba Bīshūy's claims that the Protestant Church's attempted to attract Orthodox youth. He added that the Orthodox Church receives funds from the World Council of Churches. The Coordinator of Secular Copts, Kamal Zakher, added that...
Date of source: Monday, May 31, 2010
The Holy Synod makes a number of new decisions regarding the Christian Church in Egypt. Following, Munīr denounces al-Ahlī fans who portray the cross on anti-Zamalek posters.
Date of source: Thursday, September 9, 2010
The three major Churches in Egypt along with a large number of Christian Churches and organizations from all over the world expressed their disapproval of the "Burn a Koran day" organized by Terry Jones, Pastor of the Dove World Outreach Center Church in Florida, which was scheduled to take place...
Date of source: Friday, September 3, 2010
Pope Shenouda III turned down a proposition by a number of priests to form a priests’ "union". The proposition was first introduced a number of years ago and has been re-proposed and refused every year since. Shenouda explained his belief that the Church's structure should not imitate that of the...
Date of source: Thursday, September 2, 2010
Key members of the Egyptian government and ruling party attended the Abbasia Cathedral's annual Iftar yesterday, yet no appearances from opposing party members were made. The Iftar was the first after it's discontinuation for two years for, as the author put it, "unconvincing" reasons. The first...
Date of source: Saturday, May 8, 2010
The Egyptian ambassador, Shāmil Nāsir, was transferred, as per request by the Canadian Coptic Organization, from Canada to Thailand due to a letter that he sent to the Church warning them against the negative consequences of the demonstrations organized by the expatriate Copts in Canada.
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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.