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Date of source: Wednesday, July 13, 2011
The Armed Forces Committee, stemming from the national accordance conference, called on the church and Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III to state their position regarding the expatriate Copts' document, which asks the international community to enforce their guardianship on Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Michael Munīr, founder and president of the U.S. Copts Association, was in Tahrīr Square during the 25 Revolution and asked not to exaggerate in factional demands until the success of the revolution, then disappeared in the following 'Million' Revolution [where more than one million persons...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Hundreds of salifīs and religious associations demonstrated in front of the Council of State, Tuesday evening, demanding the release of Kāmīliyā Shihātah, the wife of a priest from a church in Minya, as well as Wafā’ Costantine and a number of other [claimed] abducted Muslim women.
Date of source: Saturday, February 19, 2011
Two opinion articles written by Midhat Qīlādah, executive director of the European Coptic Union and ‘Isām 'Abd Āllah 'Iskandar, Professor of Philosophy in Ain Shams University and a member of 25th revolution secretariat.
Qīlādah comments on an article written by author ‘Alā’ ‘Uraybī who wrote that...
Date of source: Saturday, February 19, 2011
The author criticizes the statement made by expatriate Copts in two different articles in al-Wafd. He believes they have not changed their sectarian approach to developments in Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, February 19, 2011
Text of the declaration of "Expatriate Copts" organization as published in Al Wafd.
We congratulate the people of Egypt for the success of the great Egyptian youths who led the "White Lotus Revolution", that helped us to get rid of the corrupted totalitarian dictatorship regime, which followed...
Date of source: Thursday, December 30, 2010
Hānī Labīb writes that the al-Misrīyūn website always publishes news that will cause tensions and sectarian crises. This news often deals with prophets and marriages.
One of the recent news items claims that Jesus Christ married 5 times, claiming that the Bible makes mention of this.
Labīb also...
Date of source: Monday, November 22, 2010
Former Parliament member Dr. Georgette Qalīnī said that Coptic activist Michael Munīr’s statement requesting that Copts not vote for the National Democratic Party (of which Qalīnī is a proud member) is his freedom of speech. She pointed out that Copts have the right to either listen to his advice...
Date of source: Monday, October 18, 2010
At the end of Pope Shenouda III’s three day trip to the Netherlands, various Coptic Egyptian migrants generated discussions about Copts being discriminated against in Egypt. The pope responded by advising people to fix themselves before attempting to fix others. He also advised them against...
Date of source: Sunday, July 4, 2010
This article looks at a new grassroots movement among the Coptic Diaspora which was established in Washington this past weekend. Almost 100 Coptic Christian community organizers from around the globe gathered to discuss religious freedom in the Middle East and future lobbying efforts for the rights...
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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.