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Date of source: Sunday, March 29, 2015
In the first challenge to Pope Tawadros’ resolution restricting Egyptian Christians’ travel to Jerusalem for Easter celebrations, a number of pilgrims began the pilgrimage across Jordan heading toward Jerusalem. The Copts said that they did not regret making the decision to make the pilgrimage,...
Date of source: Thursday, January 29, 2015
Munā Makram ‘Ibīd, a member of the previous People’s Council, said that the golden age for the Copts in Egypt was in the period of liberalism from 1919 to 1952. She justified her claim saying, “At that time we had Sa’ad Zaghlūl as our leader. He was able to join together the Egyptian nation with...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Zākhar: The Church needs a thought revolution
Kamāl Zākhar, the Coptic Coordinator for Secular Trends, said that the Church needs to have a thought revolution in order to return to original discourse and the aim of the Coptic Church. Speaking on the T.V. program “Egypt in an Hour,” he...
Date of source: Friday, November 30, 2012
Bishop Būla, the representative of the church who quit the constituent assembly drafting a new constitution for Egypt, said the church has not authorized anyone to vote on its behalf over the draft. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām, Nov. 30, p. 4] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Dr. Saʿd al-Katātnī, leader of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party, instructed Coptic members of the FJP to open dialogue with leaders of churches that quit the constituent assembly drafting a new constitution for Egypt and to set a date for a meeting with them in two days in an...
Date of source: Monday, March 26, 2012
Church and Coptic figures lashed out at the Constitution panel and the percentage of Copts in it, considering the constituent assembly as “shameful” and stressing that they will not accept discrimination against Copts. [‘Imād Khalīl, al-Misrī al-Yawm, March 26, 2012, p. 4] Read original text in...
8. AWR Daily Overview, February 5, 2012: Church appeals to Christians to pray for stemming bloodshed
Date of source: Sunday, February 5, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox Church appealed to Christians to pray for peace and an end to bloodshed of Egyptians Bishop Raphael, General Bishop responsible for churches in central Cairo, urged prayers for Egypt’s stability and protection for the youths of Egypt. [‘Imād Khalīl, al-Misrī al-Yawm, Feb. 5, p....
Date of source: Friday, December 30, 2011
One year ago this evening Egypt was rocked by an explosion in Alexandria, killing twenty-one and injuring over 170, at the Two Saints’ Church in the Sīdī Bishr region. One year before that, at Coptic Christmas on January 7, six Christians were killed along with a Muslim security guard at a church...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 29, 2011
The Coptic Orthodox Church said Saturday it is not specifying a list of candidates for Coptic adherents to vote for in the upcoming parliamentary elections and is merely calling on Copts to vote.
Date of source: Friday, November 25, 2011
A recent Constitutional declaration added new texts that cover the civility of the state and a democratic rule, in addition to giving the sovereignty of the state to the people regardless of their religion.
Some people believe that these texts will not be achieved because the same Constitutional...
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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.