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Date of source: Sunday, April 13, 2014
Ruways Morcos, General Deputy of the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral and official spokesperson for the Church in Alexandria, said that the travel ban to Jerusalem for Orthodox Copts was a decision of the Holy Synod is the highest authority in the church.
Date of source: Sunday, April 13, 2014
Today, millions of Copts are celebrating Palm Sunday. This tradition owes its origins with the entrance of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, carrying palm leaves and flowers. Copts go to the streets on this day, carrying palm leaves and flowers and children go to the streets, playing in joy.
This day is...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 10, 2006
There has been peaceful coexistence between religions in Egypt for a long time.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 22, 1997
Dr. Milad Hanna, one of Egypt’s most prominent Christians, author of many books on Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt and columnist in Al-Ahram, is very dismayed about the proposed American religious freedom law. In an article in Al-Ahram of July 22 he writes that there are sectarian clashes which...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 2, 2006
The author believes that the culture of national unity is outdated
and Egypt should look
forward to a superior culture of “national fusion” so that national affiliation would
become superior to religious
affiliation.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 23, 2001
After the attacks of September 11, a kind of polarization happened with the followers of the three heavenly religions. Moderates from the three religions can unite and form a religious coalition. The current war will not be able to put an end to terrorism. Accordingly, there should be an...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 12, 2005
There are two different types of terrorism, the one of Bin Lādin that depends on terrorizing people and targeting them with violence all across the globe, and the other of George Bush which plays on the chords of fear depending on the notion of constructive anarchism.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 19, 2002
The head of the General Convention of the Church of God wrote to the author correcting the information he mentioned about the church. The former vice president also wrote to him about a vision of Egypt officially commemorating Coptic martyrs who struggled against the Byzantines before Islam.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 8, 2002
The article gives an outline of the Christian Orthodox groups in the Arab world to see which of them can bridge the gap between Islam and the West. In contrast to the Church of Alexandria and Africa of the Greek Orthodox, the Church of Antioch of Syrian Orthodox can be effective in that respect due...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 24, 2002
The head of the Episcopal Church in Egypt and North Africa says that Arab Christians should give the West a true picture of their societies. Presbyterian Rev. Makram Naguib points out that because of the strong relations between the Presbyterian churches in Egypt and America, the latter supports...
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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.