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Date of source: Monday, December 10, 2012
Al-Misrīyūn reported that the counselor of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Ramsīs al-Najār, commented on the new Constitutional declaration of being “a political deception” as some articles (of the new declaration) have been annulled while others remained unchanged.
Date of source: Saturday, March 3, 2012
Islamists rejected the establishment of the Free Copts Party, planned by some Coptic activists, because it would be set up on a religious basis, criticizing the new party's calls to change Article II of the Egyptian Constitution which spells out that the principles of Islamic sharī'ah are the main...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Father Safwat al-Bayyādī, head of the Coptic Evangelical Church, called for the repeal of Article 219 of the Constitution, which defines sharī'ah as the as the main source of legislation. Furthermore, he declared, they would demand a modification to the article that says that state and society are...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 15, 2013
The Personal Status Law that was presented by Coptic Orthodox, Catholic and Evangelical Churches to Shūrá Council on Sunday night was welcomed by Copts marking a breakthrough for all the Christian denominations. The decision was presented after being discussed in the Ministry of Justice. Counselor...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Representatives of the Churches of Egypt have refused their participation in the national dialogue called for by President Mursī because of a lack of commitment to agreements made during previous sessions. Based on this, they claim the dialogue is unlikely to be fruitful (John ‘Abd al-Malāk, Mu'taz...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 13, 2013
The Coptic Orthodox Church is in a state of turmoil in the days preceding the inauguration of the Council of Churches of Egypt. Pope Tawadros will head the official opening on February 18, 2013 (John ‘Abd al-Malāk and Mu'tiz al-Khusūsī, al-Misrīyūn, Feb. 13, p. 3). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 30, 2013
The privately-owned Islamist al-Misrīyūn reported yesterday, January 30, that the three major Coptic Churches have not been invited to the national dialogue sessions held between civil and political representatives and the presidential administration.
Coptic activists stated that the Churches do...
Date of source: Monday, May 6, 2013
Public and military figures, and Muslim clerics attended the Easter celebrations at Qasr Al-Dubārah Evangelical Church. The most prominent participants at the event included 'Amr Mūsá, leader of the Egyptian Conference Party, Col. Ahmad 'Ali, official spokesman of the Armed Forces and Shaykh Mazhar...
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.