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Date of source: Thursday, July 22, 2010
The alleged disappearance of a priest’s wife in Upper Egypt is discussed in the article.
Date of source: Saturday, March 26, 2011
Hundreds of Copts resumed their protest on Kūrnīsh al-Nīl district in front of Maspero for hours demonstrating for their demands.
Their demands are:
releasing the detainees arrested in the previous protest [Copts had protested before following the incident of ‘Ātfīh, then they ended their sit-in...
Date of source: Saturday, March 12, 2011
Father Philopater Jamīl, a defrocked priest and editor of al-Katībah al-Tībīyah (Theban Legion) publication, revealed the involvement of elements of the National Democratic Party (NDP) in igniting the crisis of the Church of the Two Martyrs, Saint Mina and Saint George in Sūl village of 'Ātfīh,...
Date of source: Sunday, January 23, 2011
The Azhar’s decision to freeze religious dialogue with the Vatican has aroused controversy in Christian, legal, and intellectual circles in Egypt, according to al-Dustūr.
Last week the Sunnī Islamic institution made the decision to indefinitely suspend its bi-annual interfaith dialogue sessions...
Date of source: Monday, July 26, 2010
After the end of the priest’s wife crisis, Miny witnesses a new crisis after more than 500 Copts demonstrated in Maghaghah bishopric protesting against the governor’s decision to suspend the license of the building of a new bishopric.
Bishop Aghathoun asserts that Copts will protest until they get...
Date of source: Saturday, July 24, 2010
According to the "Free Copts" website, Pope Shenouda travelled to the USA aboard Najīb Sawīris’ private plane last Monday.
The Pope first visits Cleveland, Ohio and then heads to Boston to head the meeting of expatriate priests from the 2nd to the 4th of August. He is going to visit New Jersey also...
Date of source: Saturday, November 20, 2010
Egyptian opinions varied on the annual International Religious Freedom report issued by the United States Department of State. The report claims that that minorities, such as Copts and Bahā’īs, are regularly discriminated against. Coptic activist Najīb Jabrā’īl praised the report and said that the...
Date of source: Saturday, November 13, 2010
Copts for Egypt spokesman Hānī al-Jazīrī announced that the group is getting ready to run a campaign against National Democratic Party candidate ‘Abd al-Rahīm al-Ghūl, who has been linked to the Naj‘ Hammādī massacre in which seven people were killed while celebrating Christmas. Hānī told al-Dustūr...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 3, 2010
The Church is considering cancelling the Pope’s “39 Years as Pope” celebrations in fear of al-Qāī‘dah’s threats to sabotage Egyptian churches if the detainees allegedly held in church monasteries are not released. The Church has already taken extra security measures at its events, while state...
Date of source: Thursday, September 30, 2010
Pope Shenouda III said that he does not question inter-sectarian marriage and pointed out that he could not recognize non-Orthodox marriages. Head of the Baptist Church, Father Botros Falta‘ūs, said that his meeting with the pope touched upon the Personal Status Law for Copts, of which the Baptist...
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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.