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Date of source: Sunday, April 7, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II surprised Saint George and Virgin Mary Church in Alexandria and visited it first rather than Sporting Church like it was scheduled. Saint George and Virgin Mary Church had witnessed sectarian incidents from eight years, at the end of year 2005 (Amīrah Fathī, al-Wafd...
Date of source: Sunday, March 17, 2013
On Friday Mar. 15, the Coptic Orthodox Church celebrated the first commemoration of the late Pope Shenouda III under the heading “We Won’t Forget You”. Pope Tawadros led the celebration, which was attended by various bishops, priests, influential leaders and politicians (‘Abd al-Wahāb Sha'bān, al-...
Date of source: Monday, February 18, 2013
Pope Tawadros surprised leaders of the Church of St. Mark in Alexandria with a round of visits to some churches in order to meet the high priest and priests and to hold prayers at the churches (Amīrah Fathī, al-Wafd, Feb. 18, p. 3). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Al-Beheira Governorate has been made the leading religious landscape in Egypt. The villages and cities of Beheira came out as the most important religious positions in Egypt since the January 25 Revolution (Nasr al-Laqānī, al-Wafd, Feb. 13, p. 16). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Spokesman of President Mursī, Dr. Yāsir ꞌAlī, yesterday commented on statements delivered by President Mursī on Egyptian Christians describing them as “minorities”. Accusing media of delivering false reports, ꞌAlī argued that media have taken President Mursī’s statements out of context and that the...
Date of source: Sunday, January 20, 2013
al-Wafd reported on al-Marāshdah incident as well, where Bishop Kyrillos of Qena stated that the clashes resulted in the burning of three stores and an attack on six (‘Abd al-Wahāb Sha’bān, al-Wafd, Jan. 20, p. 8). Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Monday, January 21, 2013
Pope Tawadros criticized having a quota system for Copts in the Parliamentary elections. He stressed, though, that the Church will not interfere in politics, but will encourage Copts to participate in politics (Amīrah Fathī, al-Wafd, Jan. 21, p. 3). Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Saturday, March 17, 2018
In his speech during a celebration marking the anniversary of the death of late Pope Shinūdah III, at the monastery of St. Mary [al-Siryān] in Wādī al-Natrūn, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawādrūs II said that late Pope Shinūdah was biblically experienced in theological dialogues.
Date of source: Saturday, March 17, 2018
In an interview with a Saudi newspaper, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawādrūs II reiterated his statement about the number of Christians in Egypt, saying that the number of Christians is 15 million.
Date of source: Saturday, March 17, 2018
The Coptic Christian Youth Movement called on Pope Tawādrūs II, and Bishop Raphael, the Secretary General of the Holy Synod, to hold accountable the Coptic Orthodox priests who allow holding election propaganda inside churches.
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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.