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Date of source: Thursday, July 25, 2013
Dr. Andrea Zakī, deputy head of the Coptic Evangelical Church, stated that the Army needs the people’s support in these critical times, stressing that the Evangelical Church supports peaceful protests.
For his part, Bishop Yuhannā Qultah, deputy patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church, praised...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Coptic Catholic Father Rafīq Greish, media adviser for the Coptic Catholic Church, revealed that the heads of the three churches – Orthodox, Evangelical and Catholic – are discussing the presentation of a proposal to the commission of experts amending the constitution, commissioned by interim...
Date of source: Monday, July 22, 2013
Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī, deputy head of the Coptic Evangelical Church, descried the committee as a “good step” within the framework of a road-map.
Father Rafīq Greish, media spokesperson of the Coptic Catholic Church, underlined the importance of the participation of women (‘Abd al-Wahāb Sha’bān, al-...
Date of source: Saturday, May 11, 2013
In an attempt to bring the historically divided Coptic Orthodox and Catholic churches together, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II met with the Vatican Pope Francis I in the Vatican City. Pope Tawadros’ secretary Angelious Ishāq said the aim of the meeting was to congratulate Pope Francis on his...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Counselor Walīd Mas’ūd, head Burj al-‘Arab Prosecution Office, has ordered that the individual suspected of having killed five people in Alexandria be remanded under custody pending investigation. The suspect claims he was taking vengeance for their mistreatment of him (Shīrīn Tāhir, al-Wafd, Feb....
Date of source: Monday, February 25, 2013
The Azhar objected to Iran’s release of a film portraying the Prophet Muhammad, stressing that portraying Allah’s Prophets is unlawful. Shaykh ‘Alī ‘Abd al-Bāqī, Secretary-General of the Islamic Research Academy, said that religious scholars in Iran need to strictly cease the release of this film...
Date of source: Monday, February 25, 2013
The author of this piece speculates about what he believes to be the true causes for Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation, and ventures that he might be more influential than the ideas of Martin Luther, the 16th century Christian reformer. The author compares the health of the outgoing Pope to previous...
Date of source: Monday, February 25, 2013
Shaykh Abū Islām has attempted to distance himself from his inflammatory comments about Coptic women. However, the prosecution sent the CDs, provided by Najīb Jubrā’īl, the lawyer, that prove Abū Islām's incitement of a fitnah and disturbance of national unity, to be transcribed by the Ministry of...
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: Thursday, February 14, 2013
Before his decision to resign, Pope Benedict allegedly clashed with a sexual harrasment issue and with the leaked documents scandal. The Pope will remain at Castel Gandolfo (the Pope’s summer residence) for the remainder of his life. The successor of Pope Benedict is elected within 15 days. [...
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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.