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Date of source: Sunday, January 15, 2012
Zakī, who is also director of the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS), called on the Azhar to activate this paper, which he described as "the key to a modern state and window of hope for the future."
Dr. 'Imād Jād, deputy chairman of the al-Ahrām Center for Political...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Bishop Frances Farīd, the deputy of Beni Suef patriarchate, Archpriest Ermia of the Manshīyet Haydar Church, and several clergymen held an 'urfī (conciliatory) session between the 'Alī and Nawas families in the village of Tazmant al-Gharbīyah before a sectarian strife erupted.
Four from both...
Date of source: Sunday, January 15, 2012
Only six Copts made it to parliament in the recent parliamentary elections, including Ihāb Ramzī in North of al-Minya, Margaret 'Āzir in East of Cairo, Sāmih Makram 'Ubayd in the Red Sea and Hilmī Samuel in Asyut, 'Imād Jād and Amīn Iskandar. ['Imād Khalīl, al-Misrī al-Yawm, Jan. 15, p. 7]
Date of source: Sunday, January 15, 2012
Pope Shenouda urged all Copts to observe good manners inside churches, adding during a weekly sermon on Wednesday (January 11) at the Saint Mark Cathedral that sometimes people forget they are inside a church and do things that not suitable in a holy place. [Yūsuf Rāmiz, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, Jan. 15...
Date of source: Sunday, January 15, 2012
Coptic Orthodox Bishop Mūsā of Youth issued a statement on Thursday (January 12) on the patriarchate's official website on social networking media Facebook that the church does not invite any Christmas well-wishers.
"Persons wishing to extend Christmas greetings usually notify the church, which...
Date of source: Monday, January 16, 2012
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Aḥmad al-Tayyīb said the top Sunni Muslim establishment preserves the principles of the sharī'ah against any corruption or twisting of texts.
Tayyīb's remarks came in his speech at a conference on the service of the sunnah (the Prophet Muhammad's tradition),...
Date of source: Monday, January 16, 2012
In an article about the phobia from Islamists' ascendance to power, to the concerns of Egyptian Christians, Coptic thinker Jamāl As'ad 'Abd al-Malāk said that many Copts feel that they do not have a place anymore in this country, particularly after the Islamists swept the majority of seats in the...
Date of source: Monday, January 16, 2012
Dr. Muhammad al-Barrī, the leader of the Azhar Ulema Front, said he was proud to be a Copt [Reviewer's Note: Copt in a sense means all Egyptians, whether Muslims or Christians]
"The more the leadership of the Azhar is honest and brave, the most likely the interests of the nation are achieved," said...
Date of source: Monday, January 16, 2012
Former Arab League Secretary General and presidential hopeful 'Amr Mūsá said Copts are Egyptian citizens who enjoy all rights and must observe all duties.
Mūsā made the remarks on the sidelines of his participation in a conference on reform and democratization hosted in the Lebanese capital Beirut...
Date of source: Monday, January 16, 2012
Meanwhile, Muftī of the Republic Shaykh 'Alī Jum'ah said Islam guarantees that non-Muslims may practice their rituals and the principles of their faiths freely.
"The amendment of Article 2 of the constitution is needless because after all no one can encroach on the principles of the sharī'ah, a...
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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.