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Date of source: Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Bishop Sīdārūs, the general bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church, denounced the recent statements of Fr. Ṣamūʾīl al-Buḥayrī, during which he described Protestant marriage as a form of adultery, confirming the church's complete rejection of this idea.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Social media users recently circulated a shocking video of Fr. Ṣamūʾīl al-Buḥayrī, one of the priests of the ʿIzbat al-Nakhl region, describing Protestant marriage as adultery. The video reeks of hatred and contempt for a segment of society that is the closest segment to his own and forms an...
Date of source: Saturday, August 28, 2021
Bishop Daniel of Sydney is now subject to a police investigation following allegations of serious fraud within the church.
Date of source: Friday, August 27, 2021
Pope Tawāḍrūs held a meeting on Friday to follow the Sydney Crisis. The meeting included bishop Tādrus, Metropolitan of Port Saʿīd and the Papal delegate for the Sydney Diocese, Fr. Daniel bishop of Maadi and the secretary of the Holy Synod, and bishop Anjīlūs of London.
Date of source: Sunday, May 30, 2021
In this investigative report, Mada Masr [Madā Miṣr] interviews the victims of Michael Fahmī, who has been accused of sexually assaulting underage Coptic girls through his pseudo medical practice. This summary focuses on the aspects of the report that examine Fahmī’s relationship with the Coptic...
Date of source: Saturday, July 18, 2020
Amid the ongoing investigation by the prosecutor-general into allegations of rape, sexual harassment and blackmail made by dozens of women and girls against a young man named, Aḥmad Bassām Zakī, a woman belonging to the Coptic Orthodox Church in the US had revealed that she fell a victim to sexual...
Date of source: Friday, July 10, 2020
Sources from within the Church informed al-Dustūr that the bishop of Sydney, Bishop Daniel [Dāniyyāl], will return to his diocese after eight months of absence. Bishop Daniel had come to Egypt in November last year to attend a seminar by the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church. Following the...
Date of source: Friday, June 22, 2007
Priest Philopater has been pardoned after completely distancing himself from politics and from participating in any political party.
Date of source: Saturday, June 16, 2007
Father Philopater, former member of al-Ghad political party of the Egyptian opposition was sustained as a priest following his strong worded articles against the Egyptian regime. Pope Shenouda issued a remission five months prior to the official end of the penalty.
Date of source: Monday, April 2, 2007
Pope Shenouda decided not to investigate Bishop Paphnotius to avoid repeating the incidents that occurred after the church decided to investigate Bishop Kyrillos.
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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.