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Date of source: Monday, March 19, 2007
The Coptic Orthodox Church seems to be undergoing a difficult phase where Copts are distancing themselves from the church after the church’s failure to fulfill their spiritual needs. A considerable number of conversion cases were registered in the last few years.
Date of source: Monday, March 19, 2007
Following a televised interview in which Pope Shenouda criticized the organizers of the reform conference, many angry reactions were reported. Pope Shenouda stresses that any request for reform in the church will be taken into consideration if the specific issues are clearly identified.
Date of source: Saturday, March 17, 2007
Pope Shenouda denies any personal conflict with George Habīb Bibāwī and asserts that Bibāwī abandoned the Coptic Orthodox Church when he joined the Russian Orthodox Church in 1984.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Following the Holy Synod’s ruling excommunicating Dr. George Habīb Bibāwī from the Coptic Orthodox Church, Bibāwī filed a lawsuit to annul the ruling. Pope Shenouda’s lawyer asserts that Bibāwī’s lawsuit is a lost cause.
Date of source: Monday, March 19, 2007
After five years of imprisonment at Saint Bīshūy Monastery, Bishop Taklā is allegedly suffering from serious health problems. People in Dashnā bishopric in Upper-Egypt expressed their anger at the papal residence in al-‘Abbāsiyyah. They asked to reinstate Bishop Taklā.
Date of source: Thursday, March 15, 2007
The crisis over the excommunication of George Habīb Bibāwī has escalated after his brothers filed a lawsuit with the Nuzhah Court against Bishop Bīshūy for slander and insult.
Date of source: Friday, March 16, 2007
Kamāl Zākhir Mūsá discusses the recent church problems and disputes.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Following the publication of ‘The Da Vinci Code,’ the ‘Lost Tomb of Jesus’ provoked further uproar among Christians. The documentary, realized by a Jewish director, is rejected by the church in Egypt and described as a conspiracy to destroy the church and Christianity.
Date of source: Monday, February 4, 2008
Muhammad al-Bāz reviews the ideas of a newly-established group called ’Citizens in One Homeland.’
Date of source: Friday, May 25, 2007
The Center for Arab-West Understanding presents its annual report for 2006, highlighting the objectives achieved and the goals for the upcoming year. 2006 was landmarked by growing toward the Center for Arab-West Understanding, and laying the basis for an electronic documentation center.
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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.