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Date of source: Friday, February 21, 2014
Pope Tawadros II has met Saad al- Harīrī, the former prime minister of Lebanon. Al- Harīrī stated that Egypt’s success will have a positive effect on all neighboring states (Marco ‘Ādil, al- Akhbār, Feb. 21, p. 8). Read original text online in Arabic.
Date of source: Monday, July 9, 2018
Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, met with the President of Italy Sergio Mattarella on Monday at the Republican Palace in Rome, discussing various topics related to Christianity in Egypt, such as the prominent role the Coptic Orthodox Church and al-Azhar...
Date of source: Friday, February 14, 2014
Cairo security forces continue to search for the murderers of a police officer and injuring another in front of the Virgin Mary Church in 'Ayn Shams. They managed to arrest 15 suspects. Five of them have been involved in the incident and admitted threatening the two police officers. They also...
Date of source: Friday, February 14, 2014
Dr. Yūnis Makhyūn, head of Nūr Party, describes what happens in the Central African Republic as ethnic cleansing of Muslims by Christians, with the atrocities happening being worse than one could imagine. Because of the violence, many Muslims fled to neighboring communities. Makhyūn stated through...
Date of source: Friday, February 14, 2014
Though the majority of the village al-Bushrā in Mallawī in the Governorate of al-Minya is muslim, the inhabitants collected 50,000 EGP for the release of kidnapped 10-year-old Marcus who belongs to the village. Some hours after the ransom was paid he was freed and returned to the village, security...
Date of source: Friday, February 14, 2014
The Governorate of Minya has become a safe heaven for gangs of kidnappers according to news reports. All of the kidnapped persons were Copts. The gangs demand amounts of money as ransom. In Mallawī unknown persons have kidnapped a housewife. Her name is Nadia, wife of 'Ādel Shākir. Furthermore, 33-...
Date of source: Friday, February 14, 2014
For the first time, Pope Tawadros II was accompanied by the Grand Imam of the Azhar, Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib, when he led the meeting of the Bayt al-A’ilah (the Egyptian Family House, name of an initiative of the Azhar for Muslim-Christian dialogue). The meeting was organized by Dr. Mahmūd Hamdī Zaqzūq...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 3, 2014
In an attempt to contain the Coptic anger that the vice- president of al- Da’wah al- Salafiah has ignited after he was questioned on “insulting religion” grounds, the Da’wah al- Salafiah started a campaign called “My Coptic Brother”
Date of source: Wednesday, September 3, 2014
In a speedy response to the investigative report of al- Shurūq that was published yesterday on the abduction of Copts in Nag’ Hamādi, the Qena security forces intensified its presence on the Cairo- Helwan Road.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 2, 2014
In Nag’ Hamādī it is unknown what is happening. Whereas the inhabitants assure that the mafia of arms and drugs are kidnapping rich Copts in order to obtain big sums of ransom, others found no solutions but to leave the city.
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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.