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Date of source: Saturday, March 3, 2012
British political writer and professor of European studies at Oxford Timothy Garton Ash criticized the paper issued by the Azhar on the future of Egypt, saying that the document is ignoring the religions of half inhabitants of the globe, like Hinduism, Buddhism and Scientology. [Wafā' Shi'īrah, ...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 1, 2013
The Administrative Judiciary Court is reviewing today (January 1) the case of dissolving the Muslim Brotherhood Group and expelling the Muftī of the Republic.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 2, 2013
The Administrative Court witnessed yesterday, January 1 the withdrawal of a lawsuit filed by a Coptic citizen against the Coptic Orthodox Bishop Pachomius, the acting Patriarch, and Father Yūhannā ‘Atá of Mār Jirjis Church (Saint George Church). The plaintiff claimed damages after the Church had...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 4, 2011
The Supreme Administrative Court in the Council of State headed by Counselor Majdī al-'Ajātī, ruled in favor of re-converters to Christianity and gave them the right to prove their religion on the national ID card and birth certificate.
The Court will still have to consider another 12 similar...
Date of source: Saturday, September 10, 2011
A father filed a lawsuit against Pope Shenouda and one of the nuns [Head Nun of Dayr al-Āmīr Tadrous or Prince Tadrous Covenant], accusing them of allowing his daughter to become a nun without her parents' permission as well as for being unable to see her.
Date of source: Saturday, May 14, 2011
The Administrative Judiciary Court handed down a verdict rejecting a lawsuit filed by a Coptic lawyer regarding a Christian woman who converted to Islam and wants to convert back to Christianity.
The court turned down the lawsuit because the Coptic lawyer failed to provide an authorization from the...
Date of source: Saturday, May 14, 2011
The Administrative Judiciary Court will settle on Sunday, May 15, 2011, a lawsuit demanding that Maurice Sādiq, an expatriate Copt in the United States, be stripped of his Egyptian nationality.
Sādiq was accused by a lawyer of blasphemy, insulting Muslim scholars and asking Israel to occupy Egypt...
Date of source: Saturday, April 16, 2011
The administrative court issued it's first verdict against Pope Shenouda III for banning a Coptic from practicing the church's seven sacraments.
Date of source: Friday, January 21, 2011
Pope Shenouda has granted permission for a Coptic youth to travel to Israel, provided the visit is work related, according to Rose al-Yūsuf.
“There is no problem with normalization with the Palestinians,” said the pope, “Work does not mean violation of the Church’s decision.”
Pope Shenouda has...
Date of source: Monday, September 13, 2010
Pope Shenouda appealed against the Supreme Administrative Court's ruling in favor of The Governor of Cairo to halt building without permit of an extension at the Virgin Church at Sharabia, claiming that the ruling goes against Article 46 of the Egyptian constitution, which ensures freedom of...
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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.