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Date of source: Friday, November 22, 2013
In a meeting that took almost 4 hours, the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church headed by Pope Tawadros approved the new regulations for the selections of bishops and deferred the approval of the list of regulations for the selection of the Pope. The Synod also refused to use of the word “quota...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Intellectuals have responded to Bishop Bola after he rejected the inclusion of the interpretation of sharī’ah in the preamble of the Constitution. Kamāl Zākhir stated that the conflict is not between Christianity and Islam, but rather between religion and secularism. Jamāl Ass’ad, the Coptic...
Date of source: Friday, July 5, 2013
Media secretary of al-Dustūr Party in Mallawī of Minya, Muhammad Khayrī, related what happened on Jul. 3 when a group of Islamists marched toward a lounge belonging to the Coptic Catholic Church in Diljā village, looted what is inside and smashed it and smashed the church priest's private car. Then...
Date of source: Monday, July 8, 2013
Since the Egyptian people ousted Muhammad Morsi (Mursī), violent clashes erupted in several governorates in Egypt, targeting certain sects of the Egyptian people, among them are Christians. Christians were terrorized in both villages of Diljā in Dayr Mawās Township of al-Minya Governorate and al-...
Date of source: Friday, July 5, 2013
Egypt independent quoted on July 5 the German Press Agency (DPA) in two news stories “Muslim killed, Copt injured, three houses burned in Luxor” and an update on the story “Update: 23 houses belonging to Copts burned down”.
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Muslim killed, Copt injured, three houses...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Pope Tawadros's recent interview on MBC Egypt has provoked widespread response from the political community. Coptic thinker, Kamāl Zāhir, said Pope Tawadros tried to distance the Church from political issues but he was forced to be more open in some parts. Meanwhile, the writer, Sulaymān Shafīq,...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II said that the Church is a spiritual organization and it wants to remain as such, the rumors about the Church encouraging protest are untrue, and the Church does not influence political opinion. These remarks came after meeting with the U.S. Ambassador to Egypt, Anne...
Date of source: Thursday, June 13, 2013
Rev. Dr. Safwat al-Bayādī, Head of Coptic Evangelical Church, questioned how the Church could ask young Copts not to participate in the June 30 demonstrations considering the times in which they live, during a meeting with the Council of Egyptian Churches on Jun. 11. He added that the Church cannot...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 12, 2013
The Austrian Coptic organization “Kimi” declared to bring a formal request to the Austrian police to organize a demonstration on June 30. The organizers of the demonstration explained to obtain a permit prior to the demonstration in order to increase the number of participants. The demonstrators...
Date of source: Monday, June 3, 2013
Moreover, Virgin Mary Church in al-Ma’ādī of Cairo made a celebration on Saturday (June 1) commemorating the entrance of the Holy Family to Egypt. Attended the celebration are a number of political and religious figures as well as artists (Peter Majdī, al-Tahrīr, Jun. 3, p. 15).Read original text...
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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.