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Date of source: Monday, June 28, 2021
Being a refugee in a country that is not one’s own is difficult. That person is neither equal to the citizens of the host country, nor are they able to return to their own country. The only effective way to support refugees in any country is through education, giving individual refugees the skills...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 9, 2021
Seven years have passed since the rule of President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī. These years have witnessed many achievements and successes, the most prominent of which is strengthening the Copts' relationship with the state and gaining the respect and love of the Coptic people, particularly of His...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 9, 2021
Al-Minyā always appears to be at the center of sectarian attacks targeting Christians or their places of worship, incited either from building new churches, rumors of an illicit interfaith love affair like in the “Lady of al-Karam” incident, or Facebook posts interpreted as insulting Islam. ...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 9, 2021
On Wednesday, His Holiness Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, received the Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Amjad Adaileh [Amjad al- ʿAḍāylih], at the Papal Headquarters in Cairo, who passed onthe greetings of King Abdullah II [ʿAbd Allāh] of Jordan to...
Date of source: Thursday, June 3, 2021
Several dioceses of St Mark in Upper Egypt governorates have announced the organisation of Coptic festivals [mawlid] during the current and upcoming period, despite the severe outbreak of the new virus variant, which has claimed the lives of a number of bishops, priests and monks, and infected...
Date of source: Friday, May 28, 2021
On Tuesday, 1st June 2021, The Media Center of the Coptic Orthodox Church announced to hold a celebration to revive the path for the Holy Family’s journey in Egypt, which also coincides the Feast of Christ’s entry into the Land of Egypt on 24 Bashans (9th month of the Coptic calendar).
Date of source: Sunday, May 23, 2021
The Coptic Orthodox Church’s stance on the Palestinian cause is tied to the church’s stance on the Egyptian state. If the pope agreed with the head of state, the church identified with its official position. However, if the church didn’t agree with the state, then it took a stance inconsistent...
Date of source: Sunday, May 2, 2021
Since the Second World War churches have made tremendous efforts to strive towards more unity. At the same time, we see national and church politics often getting in the way. In this example about church division from Egypt, it is not about dogmatic differences but about the long-term effects of (...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Members of the Episcopal Church of Egypt were called to come to the All Saints Cathedral for an extra-ordinary church meeting that was carefully designed to result in a call for a letter to President Abdelfattah al-Sisi [ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī] to recognize the Anglican Diocese of Egypt as an...
Date of source: Sunday, May 2, 2021
Sermon given by Prof. Dr. Mike Reimer, teaching at the Department of History, American University in Cairo (AUC), on Orthodox Good Friday April 30, 2021, in the Anglican St. John the Baptist Church in Maadi, Cairo. This was typically the sermon of a historian. The sermon is based on the Gospel...
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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.