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Date of source: Wednesday, March 21, 2012
In another opinion piece in al-Misrī al-Yawm, Hilmī al-Namnam says Mubārak’s Egypt used to wash its hands of many responsibilities towards the citizens and in this sense one can understand how the state abandoned Coptic citizens for the church and Pope Shenouda.
This position was the source of some...
Date of source: Monday, March 19, 2012
The announcement of the death of Pope Shenouda has had an effect on relations between Muslims and Copts, who are always united in hard times as a Muslim family in Maghāghah, that had a long feud with a Coptic family in Shārūnah village, embarked in a good gesture on terminating the dispute that...
Date of source: Saturday, April 28, 2012
The Egyptian Cultural Forum on Sunday (April 29) is holding a commemorative event on Pope Shenouda under the auspices of Dr. ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Hijāzī, the former prime minister, and Ambassador Ahmad al-Ghamrāwī in association with the Egyptian League for Muslims and Copts. [Muhammad al-Manādīlī, al-...
Date of source: Saturday, April 28, 2012
The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) in the Upper Egyptian governorate of al-Minya under ‘Ādil Ramzī held a commemorative ceremony in tribute to Pope Shenouda on the anniversary of the 40th day of his death.
The ceremony was attended by representatives of Muslim and Christian civil society...
Date of source: Saturday, April 28, 2012
The most prominent names of applicants were Bishop Bīshūy, Secretary of the Holy Synod, Bishop of Damietta and Kafr al-Sheikh and head of the Saint Dimyana Monastery, Bishop Yu’annis, Secretary of Pope Shenouda, Bishop Raphael, General Bishop responsible for central Cairo churches, Bishop...
Date of source: Sunday, April 22, 2012
Some bishops are now trying to convince Pachomius, who exerted tremendous efforts during a short period of time he ran the church affairs after the death of Pope Shenouda, to run for the papal chair as called by a group of Coptic laymen and clerics, according to a church source who did not want his...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Official Muslim organizations – the Azhar, the Academy of Islamic Research, the Iftā’ House and the Ministry of Awqāf (Endowments) – sent high-ranking delegations to offer condolences over the death of Pope Shenouda, mourning the Coptic religious leader as a “symbol of peace and amity that will be...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Katātnī offered condolences over the death of Pope Shenouda during his a meeting on Monday (March 19) with Bishop Bākhūmius, who is temporarily running the church affairs pending the election of a new pope, Bishop Bīshūy, Secretary of the Coptic Orthodox Church’s Holy synod, and Bishop Armīyā, the...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Dr. Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awwā, a presidential candidate, said the loss of Pope Shenouda was a grave one, adding the Coptic Orthodox Church is an old institution that has its own traditions.
“The successor pope will not change much of Pope Shenouda’s ways because the fundamental principles of the...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expressed “sincerest condolences” to the Egyptian people over the death of Pope Shenouda III as Secretary General Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said in an official statement on Monday (March 19) that the deceased was a great spiritual leader who...
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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.