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Date of source: Saturday, July 19, 2003 to Friday, July 25, 2003
The author, who is the head of the Canadian-Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, highlights the Coptic era in Egypt. He believes that discussing such era should not be done only on religious basis but rather on national basis as well.
Date of source: Saturday, June 14, 2003 to Monday, June 16, 2003
The author comments on the features of the mulid of St. Dimyana. He believes the mulid is a clear example on national unity. The ceremonial manifestations bring to mind the mulids of El-Sayyed Al-Badawi and Ibrahim Al-Dosoqi [pious Muslim
Date of source: Saturday, June 7, 2003 to Friday, June 13, 2003
Many of the traditional icons of the Orthodox Church representing Jesus Christ crucified and the Last Supper have been recently changed. New crucifixion icons show Jesus Christ with nails in his wrists not hands. Judas no longer appears in the new Last Supper icons. The author comments on the...
Date of source: Saturday, May 31, 2003 to Friday, June 6, 2003
The author expresses surprise at the fact that priests and bishops in some Orthodox Churches replace pictures of Jesus Christ crucified with nails in the palm of his hands with pictures showing nails in his wrists.
Date of source: Saturday, March 1, 2003
Sir, Paul Schemm’s "Conflict among the Copts" (The Tablet, 15 February) is an honest, helpful contribution to Coptic studies. As he says, after being set free in January 1985, Patriarch Shenouda changed, turning his attack upon supposed Coptic enemies and cooperating with the Egyptian President,...
Date of source: Sunday, March 2, 2003
In a lecture he gave in the Library of Alexandria, Pope Shenouda III commented on many issues: The fact that the US and Israel are thought of as representatives of Christianity and Judaism, the Palestinian and Iraqi issues, Zionist Christianity and Coptic history.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 28, 2003
The author comments on two recent seminars held by the Cultural Committee in the Journalists’ Syndicate and in the Mar Mina Church in Fom Al-Khalig. The two seminars discussed the possibility of reviving the Coptic and the Hieroglyphic languages. The author stressed that such an idea does not mean...
Date of source: Saturday, August 27, 2005 to Friday, September 2, 2005
Readers may recall that the public discussion on church issues came about through an initiative of Pope Shenouda III, the Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark and his interviews with journalist Mahmoud Fawzī. Fawzi has since published these interviews in a series of books beginning in 1985, with the...
Date of source: Friday, September 16, 2005
A Coptic group calling themselves the Coptic reform group [Editor: Not found on the Internet. No official title for this group] are challenging the church and working to unseat some Church leaders. Coptic thinkers and leaders of the Church respond.
Date of source: Saturday, July 23, 2005
A group known as The Coptic Group for Church Reformation has led a vicious attack against Bishop Bishoy, demanding the elimination of his entourage, which has been a bad influence on Pope Shenouda and isolated him from his congregation.
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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.