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Date of source: Friday, May 17, 2013
The Minister of Interior, Muhammad Ibrāhīm Yūsuf, warned of a catastrophe in front of the Cathedral in al-‘Abbāsīyyah should a planned funeral march to commemorate the victims of al-Khusūs clashes. The march, planned for May 24, would start at al-‘Abbāsīyyah and end in Maspero. Yūsuf cautioned...
Date of source: Friday, May 17, 2013
Al-Jamā’ah al-Islāmīyyah has continued to listen to the complaints of Copts, amid recent controversy over laws to restrict the distribution of permits to build new churches. In an announcement by the Building and Development Party (BDP) (Hizb al-Binā’ wal-Tanmīyah) Safwat ‘Abd al-Ghanī,...
Date of source: Friday, May 17, 2013
The Coptic Advisory Council has demanded the re-investigation into a case in which a Luxor school teacher was accused of disdaining Islam. Ahmad Sulaymān, Minister of Justice, has been tasked with the impartial re-investigation into the matter in order to avoid the effect of pressure exerted by...
Date of source: Friday, May 17, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II has returned to Cairo upon completion of his historic visit to Italy and the expatriate Copts . The Pope presided over his last mass which was attended by bishops and priests of the Coptic Church from Egypt as well as Europe. During the visit, Pope Tawadros II...
Date of source: Sunday, May 12, 2013
Clashes erupted when Khālid Muhammad Mahmūd Mūsá, 32-years-old, a farmer, fired shots from a machine gun that targeted Mājid Munīr Labīb ‘Abd al-Misīh, 36-years-old, a female tailor. ‘Abd al-Misīh died right away after being shot at the chest. An argument occurred on May 9 evening between ‘Abd al-...
Date of source: Friday, March 1, 2013
Bishop Bisantī of Helwan and al-Ma'sarah and member of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church, has expressed his astonishment that the presidency forgot the dates of the Easter celebrations when selecting the date for the parliamentary elections (Caroline Kāmil, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, Mar. 1, p...
Date of source: Friday, March 1, 2013
In a letter sent to Vatican Pope Benedict XVI, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros III remembered the Pope’s work and leadership of the Church (Rānīyā Nabīl, al-Sabāh, Mar. 1, p. 6). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Friday, March 1, 2013
On Thursday, February 28, Bishop Mattias of the Ethiopian Church in Jerusalem was elected for the position of Sixth Patriarch for the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. He succeeds Father Paulus, who passed away on August 16, 2012 (‘Imād Khalīl and Fādī Francis, al-Misrī al-Yawm, Mar. 1, p. 3). Read...
Date of source: Friday, March 1, 2013
The presidency has made many efforts to convince the Coptic Orthodox Church to participate in the national dialogue called for by President Muhammad Morsi (Author not mentioned, al-Dustūr, Mar. 1, p. 4). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Friday, March 1, 2013
A delegation of the Church left the Papal residency on Thursday morning, February 28. Bishop Pachomius of Beheira and the five Western cities, headed the delegation. The delegation was further made up of: Bishop Bishoy of Damietta; Bishop Raphael, secretary of the Holy Synod; Bishop Bīmin of Qūs...
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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.