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Date of source: Monday, February 18, 2013
On Sunday, February 17, 2013 dozens of Copts and a number of revolutionary youth movements organized a march from Shubrā area of Cairo to the High Court. Their slogan was: “Our churches are not for war” (Tāriq Sabrī and Mustafá Rahūmah, al-Watan, Feb. 18, p. 3). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Friday, February 15, 2013
Dr. Safwat al-Bayādī, head of the Evangelical Church in Egypt, said that God is the protecter and the Church will pray for these terrorists so that God can guide them to build rather than destroy.
Father Rafīq Greish, spokesman of the Coptic Catholic Church, said that God protects his worship...
Date of source: Sunday, February 17, 2013
On the evening of Sunday, February 17, a number of Coptic movements organized a march from Shubrā to the High Court to condemn the burning of Saint George Church in the village Sirisnā in al-Faiyum on Saturday evening, February 16. The protesters demanded that the perpetrators be controlled and...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II decided to form a Church committee headed by Bishop Yu’annis, a general priest of church services. The intention of this committee is to account for all church properties. Momentarily, there exists no type of documentation that proves the Church’s ownership of...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Expatriate Copts are launching a conference today (February 12) in Amsterdam the capital of the Netherlands. The report came on "Copts United website" as follows:
Dutch Coptic Association holds conference of “Egypt under MB rule”
By-Girgis Tawfik | 7 February 2013
Coptic Dutch Association holds an...
Date of source: Friday, February 8, 2013
The Maspero Youth Union said it is going to use all legitimate means to achieve the rights of their martyrs and the freedom of their prisoners (Mustafá Rahūmah, al-Watan, Feb. 8, p. 7). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Friday, February 8, 2013
The internal regulations provide six goals: cooperation between the churches of Egypt on common issues; initiation of theological dialogues between churches; organization of activities that contribute to the support of the Christian presence in Egypt; the issuing of documents that express a shared...
Date of source: Sunday, February 3, 2013
Last Wednesday, European Parliament held a session that lasted for about three hours in Brussels to hear expatriate Copts living in a number of European countries. During the session, the political situation under the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood and President Muhammad Mursī was tackled.
A number...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 30, 2013
The Coptic Orthodox, Catholic, and Evangelical Churches of Egypt are celebrating massesto raise prayers for the safety of Egypt and her preservation from violence the country is enduring.
Further, the three Churches declared that, upon their prior withdrawal from the national dialogue sessions,...
Date of source: Sunday, January 20, 2013
Pope Tawadros appointed Bishop Kyrillos of Milan as his Deputy for all of Europe starting this year to assist the Pope. Bishop Kyrillos assisted the Pope in devisinga plan to expand in Europe. Part of the expansion is to divide Europe into dioceses and establish new Coptic churches (Mustafá Rahūmah...
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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.