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Cornelis Hulsman was invited by Rev. Dr. Patrick Sookhdeo of the Barnabas Fund in the U.K. to attend a Christian conference in Cyprus that dealt with the position of Christians in various predominantly Muslim countries.
The countries in focus are Algeria, Uganda, Malaysia, Nigeria,...
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Date of source: Monday, September 28, 2015
The Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs, ambassador Berhane Gebre-Christos held a meeting with Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the St. Mark See on September 26, 2015. Abune Mathias, the Patriarch of the Ethiopian Coptic Church, Egypt's ambassador to Ethiopia Abu-Bakr...
Date of source: Monday, September 28, 2015
Amid a warm reception on the official and public levels, Pope Tawadros II arrived in Ethiopia on a four-day visit, Saturday. The Coptic Orthodox Patriarch will participate in the ceremonies of the Feast of the Holy Cross.
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Nilewater is becoming scarce and it is clear that a cooperative agreement among Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt is needed to avoid conflict and downstream harm. In May 2015, the three countries engaged technical consultants to assist with these problems, but that arrangement has since collapsed over...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III is often praised, in particular by his own followers, for his ecumenical stances. The reality is, however, somewhat different, as the decisions of the Coptic Orthodox Holy Synod show. All synod meetings were presided over by Pope Shenouda, a strong and charismatic...
Date of source: Monday, April 4, 2011
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III is holding extensive contacts with the Ethiopian Church in a bid to intervene to resolve the River Nile water crisis which recently erupted after Addis Ababa embarked on its Great Millennium Dam project, according to Egyptian Church sources.
The pope's visit to...
Date of source: Monday, October 4, 2010
American resident and Egyptian geologist Rushdi Sa<sup>c</sup>īd said Egypt is in a “degraded” state. He pointed to the water crisis, education, health care and lack of democracy. Sa<sup>c</sup>īd claims that religious tension dominates society and that Al-fitnah al-tā’...
Date of source: Sunday, December 30, 2007
In spite of the different churches inaugurated in different parts of the world, the Coptic Orthodox Church witnessed serious challenges in 2007.
Date of source: Sunday, April 27, 2008
The author has conducted an interview with Pope Shenouda III on the occasion of Coptic Easter.
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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.