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Date of source: Monday, March 19, 2012
The announcement of the death of Pope Shenouda has had an effect on relations between Muslims and Copts, who are always united in hard times as a Muslim family in Maghāghah, that had a long feud with a Coptic family in Shārūnah village, embarked in a good gesture on terminating the dispute that...
Date of source: Monday, March 19, 2012
Several parties and political movements expressed deep grief over the death of Pope Shenouda, including al-Wafd Party that voiced mourning in a statement to the Egyptian people – Muslims and Christians – over the departure of “a patriotic leader that was always interested in Egypt and its national...
Date of source: Monday, March 19, 2012
Furthermore, Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb said the Azhar “feels a great loss and immense catastrophe by the death of great national symbol His Eminence Pope Shenouda III, praying the pope’s successor would continue his message and carry his torch of peace and endearment”. [Dīyā’...
Date of source: Monday, March 19, 2012
Presidential candidate Hamdīn Sabbāhī announced that he stopped all activities for his campaign in mourning over Pope Shenouda, offering “sincerest condolences” to Coptic Orthodox Christians in Egypt and the world at large over their “national and spiritual loss”.
Presidential hopeful ‘Amr Mūsá, in...
Date of source: Monday, March 19, 2012
King Ahmad Fū’ād II, the last king of Egypt, expressed heartfelt condolences over Pope Shenouda III whom he considered as “a symbol of patriotism and Egyptian unity,” saying the death of Pope Shenouda, a moderate and tolerant voice in an age of extremism, was a great loss.
“Egypt has lost one of...
Date of source: Monday, March 19, 2012
U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama expressed sadness over the death of Pope Shenouda and described him as a prominent advocate of religious tolerance and dialogue.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also offered condolences to Egyptians over the demise of the pope,...
Date of source: Monday, March 19, 2012
Amidst sadness gripping all Egyptians – Christians and Muslims alike, prayers over the deceased pope is beginning on Tuesday morning at the Saint Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah.
Bishops and top clergymen, who met on Sunday (March 18) for two hours, announced that the pope...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 11, 2012
The Azhar, commenting on the ruling, said the top Sunnī establishment supports the judiciary and the respects legitimacy, adding justice has the final say on everything.
“The Azhar is not dictating anything to any institution. It has expressed rejection against participation in the constituent...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Majdī Shenouda, the representative of the church on the panel, said the ruling has offered a sigh of relief for the Egyptian street and was in line with the law.
He called for re-forming the assembly that should include at least five constitutional law experts.
Asked whether the church, which had...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 11, 2012
The court said that Article 60 of the Constitutional Declaration has mentioned that the People’s Assembly and Shūrá Council are to meet to choose 100 members of the constituent assembly to draft a constitution but it has not clearly stated that the members of parliament will obtain membership of...
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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.