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Date of source: Wednesday, April 18, 2012
On the other hand, Molawi Ishaq Madani, the Iranian president’s advisor for Sunnī Muslims’ affairs, underlined the importance of having closer ties binding Egypt and Iran, noting this “alleged” difference between Sunnīs and Shiites is “in the political interests of only certain Arab governments and...
Date of source: Sunday, April 15, 2012
There has been a rumor that 22 of the top metropolitans and bishops were backing presidential candidate ‘Abd al-Mun’im Abū al-Futūh, sparking anger that could in turn have a negative effect on all priests in churches and Coptic electorate.
Spurred by these rumors, the Holy Synod had to issue a...
Date of source: Sunday, April 15, 2012
There has been a rumor that 22 of the top metropolitans and bishops were backing presidential candidate ‘Abd al-Mun’im Abū al-Futūh, sparking anger that could in turn have a negative effect on all priests in churches and Coptic electorate.
Spurred by these rumors, the Holy Synod had to issue a...
Date of source: Sunday, April 15, 2012
The Saint Mark Church of Orthodox Copts in France held an Easter Mass on Saturday evening, attended by a host of diplomats and officials led by Egypt’s ambassador in Paris Nāsir Kāmil and Brig. Muhammad Ra’fat al-Dash, Egypt’s military attaché in the French capital.
Dash conveyed congratulations by...
Date of source: Sunday, April 15, 2012
“We would like, in the name of our Holy Synod, to thank our brothers in all their different positions of responsibility for sharing us in our grief over the departure of Pope Shenouda III, with special thanks to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) and Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 12, 2013
By February 8, 2011, many of the young protesters on the Tahrīr-Square were confronted with a big problem -they were running out of money. The National Association for Change attempted to cover the needs of the protesters as effectively as possible. Dr. 'Abd al-Jalīl sent a car to distribute...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 12, 2013
The Austrian Coptic organization “Kimi” declared to bring a formal request to the Austrian police to organize a demonstration on June 30. The organizers of the demonstration explained to obtain a permit prior to the demonstration in order to increase the number of participants. The demonstrators...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 12, 2013
The Coptic organization officially announced that during the conference several people will hold speeches about the Copts ‘situation in Egypt. Among the speakers will be members of the Congress and the Senate, supporters of the Coptic cause, some British and Canadian parliamentarians, former...
Date of source: Saturday, June 8, 2013
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) demanded that the French government not to deport an Egyptian Christian because he fled to France to escape alleged repression. European judges in Strasbourg on Thursday (June 6) considered that his expulsion is a violation of Article III of the European...
Date of source: Friday, May 17, 2013
Prominent Copts have refused BDP’s initiative to heal sectarian divides, with Kamāl Zākhir, a Christian thinker and coordinator of the Coptic secular movement, claiming “between us there is blood, and we are still people of the dhimmah”. He cited the example of the sectarian strife which plagued...
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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.