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Date of source: Tuesday, February 6, 2001
For the first time, the elections of the Maglis el-Milli [Congregational Council] will run without any one from the opposition nominating himself. The relationships between the different popes and the Congregational Council witnessed times of confusion because each party wanted to direct the other...
Date of source: Friday, February 2, 2001
The author comments on the story of the former monk and analyzes the different reactions towards it. He responded to the question whether is it possible for a person who chose the life of monasticism to return back to the world and whether his return was considered a violation of his dedication.
Date of source: Sunday, January 28, 2001
Mina Badi’a Abdel Malik wrote Watani that most of the priests are now preoccupied with architectural, social or medical projects and are not concentrating on their main duty of caring for their flock. The author explained that when the restoration work started in the Hanging Church, he asked the...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 23, 2001
Pope Shenouda’s list of Copts who are not allowed to marry contains Popes, archbishops, bishops, widower priests, widows of priests and men who leave monastic life during their trial period. It also prevents marriage to the sister of a deceased wife or to the brother of a deceased husband and...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 24, 2001
Pope Shenouda said that those who visited Jerusalem were not loyal to him and to Christ because they did not respect his decree, which prevents them from going. He added that he is the only representative of Copts and the one who defends them, so they must obey him. The pope explained that this...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 9, 2001
The late Pope Kyrillos IV laid the foundation stone of the monastery of Mar Mena Al-Agybi, in 1959. The tomb of Pope Kyrillos, who took Mar Mena as his intercessor, is there. Mar Mena Al-Agybi [Mar Mena, the wonder-worker] was so called because of the wonders that took place where he was buried.
Date of source: Friday, January 5, 2001
The author asked Pope Shenouda how we can debate with Jews in light of their greed? Can negotiations and debate achieve a positive result with them? And when? How can we make religions co-exist? Is Christianity really close to Judaism, because its belief in the Old Testament? Or are there...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 27, 2000
The photo of the Holy Virgin, which was published by both Al-Ahali and Akher Sa’a, is widely spread among Copts all over Egypt. No one denied or confirmed that this was a photo of the virgin. All the stories that were told about the appearance of the Virgin Mary say that she appeared as a halo of...
Date of source: Friday, December 29, 2000
At the conference called "Seeing is a right for all," which was held at the Ministry of Health, the Grand Imam and the Mufti said they agreed to the transplantation or donation of body organs as long as this was done legally and agreed upon by doctors. They quoted many Qur’anic verses to support...
Date of source: Sunday, December 31, 2000
The author says there is no disagreement between him and the Pope and that writing about Pope Kyrillos does not offend him. The Pope does not visit the cities and villages of Upper Egypt, while he travels several times a year to the United States and Europe because the materialistic life there...
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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.