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The 1967 Six Day War with Israel changed the face of Coptic pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Rumors have spread about the escalating tension between the Coptic public and the church leadership. While many voices complained about the “tyranny” of the church leadership, church sources denied the rumors and attributed the problems and protests to misunderstandings.
Date of source: Sunday, February 24, 2008
Wafā’ Wasfī republishes a 40-year old letter the then Bishop Shenouda of education sent to Dr. Sulaymān Nasīm, a former teacher at the Coptic Orthodox Clerical Seminary, about the prelate’s conflicts with some bishops during the papacy of Pope Kyrillos VI.
Date of source: Friday, September 28, 2007
New applicants to the Coptic Orthodox Church’s Seminary were astonished when asked to submit their voting cards as an obligatory paper for housing. The church has stated it is an attempt at encouraging Copts to effectively participate in politics.
Date of source: Sunday, September 9, 2007
Wafā’ Was...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
In all the churches of the world church leadership encourages researchers and their research. The Coptic Orthodox Church however, is an exception, and in recent decades has experienced a significant intellectual decline. The Christian faith has become confined to what Coptic leaders say, which has...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Father ‘Abd al-Masīḥ Basīṭ Abū al-Khayr explains why George Ḥabīb Bibāwī is being tried.
Date of source: Monday, February 26, 2007
Muḥammad al-Bāz, the author, claims that leading figures of the Coptic Orthodox Church are unqualified in theological academic studies; as a result, they fail to respond to George Bibāwī’s accusations.
Date of source: Monday, February 26, 2007
The article reveals reasons for the current conflict between Dr. George Ḥabīb Bibāwī and Pope Shenouda III.
Date of source: Monday, February 26, 2007
Bishop Kyrillos returns to the Diocese of Naj‘ Ḥammādī, amid demonstrations of love in which Muslims also participated.
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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.