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Date of source: Friday, July 13, 2007
Discussions on the succession of Pope Shenouda heats up in the Holy Synod. Bishop Musá tops the potential nominees, with Bishop Ruwis and Bishop Yu’annis both standing a good chance. The laymen propose a new draft law to allow monks to be nominated.
Date of source: Sunday, June 10, 2007
The author reviews a recent article published in al-Dustūr regarding Muslim and Christian houses of worship. A poll was conducted to see how many Muslim worshipers had entered churches, and how many Christian worshipers had entered mosques. It highlighted their impressions of the respective places...
Date of source: Saturday, March 17, 2007
Following the media uproar aroused over Bishop Bīshūy, the general secretary of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church, a lawsuit is presented to the court of Summary Jurisdiction against him and his publisher by ‘Ādil Girgis. The claimant asked for 100 million Egyptian pounds in compensation...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 7, 2007
‘Ārif al-Dubays writes a profile about Bishop Bīshūy.
Date of source: Friday, March 9, 2007
A documentary entitled, ‘The Lost Tomb of Jesus,’ broadcast by the Discovery Channel has raised a new tempest, questioning facts about Jesus as told by the Bible. The documentary claimed that a tomb containing the remains of Jesus and his family was found in a Jerusalem suburb. It showed that the...
Date of source: Monday, March 5, 2007
In a CD-ROM obtained by al-Usbū‘ weekly, Bishop Bishūy said, in an annual doctrine conference, that he would not stop attacking other denominations unless they confess that they are non-Christians.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 28, 2007
A deacon sues Pope Shenouda’s assistant accusing him of deviating from the church opinions.
Date of source: Sunday, March 4, 2007
The newspaper presents a number of cases of errors on government issued identification cards. The article places blame on the Civil Register Authority for these errors and hopes that by publishing the cases that the people involved will obtain the necessary corrections.
Date of source: Monday, February 26, 2007
The author wonders about the real reasons for canceling the church trial of the bishop of Naj‘ Ḥammādī, Bishop Kyrillos, criticizing the Secretary- general of the Holy Synod Bishop Bīshūy for holding such trials upon personal discords alone.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Different Christian newspapers try to garner Coptic readers. Most of the papers are not of a good quality and most adopt exaggerated expressions to attract as many readers as possible.
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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.