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Date of source: Friday, March 11, 2011
AWR's managing director Hānī Labīb visited Tahrīr square and closeby Maspero (Egyptian Television building) on March 11, 2011 where a large (uncounted) number of protestors and demonstrators from many governorates were: Muslims and Christians, young and old, and men and women came to unify their...
Date of source: Sunday, July 25, 2010
Father 'Abd al-Masīh and Salīb Mattá Sawīris, member of the Coptic Orthodox Community Council, states that Copts are not revolutionist. However their stance on the July Revolution is difficult to understand. Most Coptic thinkers and writers and even ordinary Copts carry hostile feelings towards the...
Date of source: Saturday, November 27, 2010
The Coptic Orthodox Community Council announced its disappointment at some of its members who are running for parliament. The council yesterday separated themselves from ‘Īsá Girgis, who earlier alleged that the council disapproved of Coptic resentment towards the National Democratic Party for...
Date of source: Thursday, November 11, 2010
The Coptic Orthodox Church is still considering boycotting the parliamentary elections due to the National Democratic Party’s failure to choose any of its Coptic candidates in Alexandria. The Church says that it awaits the Pope’s decision on the matter. Meanwhile, the Coptic Orthodox Community...
Date of source: Sunday, June 27, 2010
This article looks at the Egyptian Court ruling allowing re-marriage, and the Christian Church’s refusal to accept it.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 21, 2010
In an interview on the television program Manshette, the Pope denied claims of the Church being a "state within a state" calling it a "provoking" allegation and said that he prays for the forgiveness of anyone attacking his person during the Kamilia crisis. He said that all three Churches approve...
Date of source: Saturday, September 18, 2010
Salim Al-Awwa's allegation of Copts hiding weapons in churches and detaining converts to Islam on the Al-Jazeera channel sparked various reactions. Representative of the Congregation Council, Father Salib Matta Sawiris, denied Salim's allegations and called them "sick". Essam Sultan urged Coptic...
Date of source: Sunday, June 6, 2010
This is a series of various recent articles with Copts making the headlines.
Date of source: Sunday, May 2, 2010
This article is a review of the life and work of Watani’s founder, Antoun Sidhom.
Date of source: Sunday, March 14, 2010
This article discusses a conference held in Qalyubiya to discuss citizenship rights. Much of the conference was centered on the issue of Coptic rights in Egypt. Many prominent figures were also in attendance, and the author focuses on the comments made by the host, the Governor of Qalyubiya, Adly...
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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.