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Date of source: Sunday, November 10, 2013
Bishop Bola stated that the Church set four conditions for them to continue in the Constituent Assembly: 1. Cancelling Article 219; 2. Cancelling Article 4, which makes the Azhar the reference in Islamic affairs, as it means that it is the reference in interpreting sharī’ah; 3. Creating an article...
Date of source: Friday, November 8, 2013
A number of Coptic activists have announced that they will escalate pressure during the coming period against the Constituent Assembly in order to compel them to approve the Coptic quota in the coming parliament. They threatened to give a ‘no’ vote on the constitutional referendum or to boycott it...
Date of source: Sunday, July 28, 2013
Coptic Catholic Patriarch Cardinal Ibrāhīm, in his first comment on current events, said that Morsi was not suitable to carry out the duties of his previous position and that he had been limited to following instructions given to him from the Muslim Brotherhood's (MB) Murshid, or Supreme Guide, and...
Date of source: Sunday, July 28, 2013
Coptic Catholic Patriarch Cardinal Ibrāhīm, in his first comment on current events, said that Morsi was not suitable to carry out the duties of his previous position and that he had been limited to following instructions given to him from the Muslim Brotherhood's (MB) Murshid, or Supreme Guide, and...
Date of source: Thursday, July 18, 2013
Church members said that the reason for those measures was the increase of threats to bomb the Cathedral and to murder its dignitaries. In addition to that, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II has been threatened with assassination for attending a conference hold by the army to work out the Road Map,...
Date of source: Friday, July 12, 2013
On Saturday (July 13), a meeting was held between the advisers of the President and Church, represented by the Bishop of Tantā, the Church’s legal advisers, and Coptic politicians, to discuss objections to the Constitutional declaration (Mustafá Rahūmah, al-Watan, July 12, p. 5). Read original text...
Date of source: Thursday, July 4, 2013
Documents affiliated to al-Jamā’āh al-Islāmīyyah were spread across Egypt targeting Copts and churches, especially in the governorates of Asyut, Beni Suef, and Suez, punishing Copts for participating in the protests. The Church called Copts to be careful and remain praying for security and...
Date of source: Friday, June 28, 2013
IThe three Christian churches called the speech “disappointing” and proves that the President is living in a “virtual world”. The statement added that his message to Copts was a direct threat and shows that his relationship to Copts is “cold”.
Shaykh Dr. Muhammad Mihannā, Azhar’s Grand Shaykh’s...
Date of source: Sunday, June 23, 2013
Jubrā’īl added that Patterson offered to the Pope the assurance of providing Copts with their rights if he prevented them from participation, but the Pope refused. Jubrā’īl revealed that the Church announced that Patterson’s visit was plotted by Morsi and that there was complete coordination...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 12, 2013
The Coptic organization officially announced that during the conference several people will hold speeches about the Copts ‘situation in Egypt. Among the speakers will be members of the Congress and the Senate, supporters of the Coptic cause, some British and Canadian parliamentarians, former...
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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.