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Date of source: Sunday, June 30, 2013
.The one year of Morsi’s rule was one of the worst years for Copts, Pope Tawadros said on one of the television programs. He explained that it was a disappointing year, pointing to the attack on the Cathedral which had not occurred over 19 centuries. The year of Morsi’s rule left 37 Copts killed,...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Presidency confirmed that President Muhammad Mursi (Mūrsī) held a surprise meeting with Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II, and Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb, Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, at the Presidential Palace (Nāsir 'Abd al-Majīd, al-Wafd, June 19, p. 4). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II denied rumors that President Mursi or the presidential office called him to involve him in discussions about Renaissance Dam crisis in Ethiopia. This came during a meeting between the Pope and Austrian President Heinz Fischer in Vienna (Ahmad al-Sa'dāwī, al-Shurūq...
Date of source: Saturday, February 23, 2013
27-28 April, the dates of the first round of the elections, coincide with the beginning of the Holy Week and Palm Sunday, while the runoffs scheduled for 4-5 May clash with Holy Saturday and Easter, said Bishop Rafiq Gereish, the head of the Catholic Church’s media office.
“Didn’t the president...
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: Monday, January 21, 2013
The three main Christian denominations in Egypt (Orthodox, Catholic, and Evangelical) are having a meeting today (January 21, 2013) to discuss boycotting the national dialogue at the Presidential Palace due to the Freedom and Justice Party's practices with the national powers (‘Abd al-Wahāb Sha’bān...
Date of source: Monday, January 7, 2013
Under the title “The Coptic Evangelical and Orthodox Churches celebrate Christmas without the Muslim Brotherhood”, al-Wafd reports that both Egyptian Churches had received congratulatory phone call from President Mursī, while a number of public figures came personally to attend the Christmas masses...
Date of source: Friday, February 10, 2012 to Monday, March 19, 2018
Muftī of the Republic Dr. ‘Alī Jum’ah termed as “loss for Egypt” calls for civil disobedience on February 11, adding all Egyptians have to do their duty and avoid disrupting citizens’ interests and tampering with the potentials of this nation.
“Egypt is going through a decisive moment of its...
Date of source: Monday, January 2, 2012
The churches in the governorate of al-Qalyubia, namely those in Banhā and Shubrā al-Khaymah, witnessed a large number of visiting politicians and candidates in the parliamentary elections to offer congratulations for the Christians on New Year’s Eve. [Ahmad ‘Abd al-Karīm, Al-Akhbār, Jan. 2, p. 8]
Date of source: Friday, December 30, 2011
Minister of Education Jamāl al-‘Arabī took a decision to postpone the exams of January 1 and 8, 2012 in response to demands by a number of Coptic students who gathered outside the ministry on December 29 who sought the postponement so they can celebrate the New Year and the Coptic Orthodox...
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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.