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Date of source: Friday, July 29, 2022
“I have an Islamic library rarely had by even a Muslim shaykh to the point that I buy modern books of tafsīr (exegesis), including those of al-Shaʿrāwī.”
Pope Shinūda III, 117th Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, was famous for this response when asked a Muslim him about the claims of the...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Dr. Mamdūḥ Ghurāb, Governor of Sharqia, confirmed that the Egyptian Family House [Bayt al-ʿĀʾila] aims to restore the highest of Islamic and Christian values and their common denominators to preserve the Egyptian identity.
Date of source: Sunday, November 28, 2021
His Holiness Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, honoured Nīvīn Al- Qabbāj, Minister of Social Solidarity, by gifting her the shield of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Centre; in appreciation of her efforts to support the rights of persons with disabilities. This...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 16, 2021
The Youth Bishopric will start today the Coptic Book Fair, from 16 to 26 November, at St. Mark's Cathedral in al-ʿAbbāssiyya.
Date of source: Thursday, October 22, 2020
The Coptic Orthodox Church announced the dates for this year’s Coptic Book Fair. The fair will be from November 3 to November 18 at St. Mark’s Cathedral in al-ʿAbāssiyya.
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Having a PhD degree is not a guarantee for good academic work. Dr. Mahmoud Omar [Maḥmūd ʿUmar] may have been a good archeologist, but he ruined his own academic reputation by interpreting medieval traditions as historical facts, as descriptions that have actually happened.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Dr. Majdī Manṣūr, general directory for Conservation and Renovation in the Ministry of Antiquities and an adviser to the Coptic cultural center in Cairo is presenting a research paper entitled, “The Coptic Museum: Challenges and Accomplishments.” His participation comes among one of the first...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Bishop Jeremiah, the head of the Coptic Cultural Center, has stated that as a citizen he rejects the amendment of Article 3 of the Constitution. He argued that amending it to be from “Christians and Jews” to “non- Muslims” will be harmful to both Muslims and Christians. He stated that the...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Pope Tawadros called upon Egyptians, both Muslims and Christians, to overcome the challenges and problems of Egypt with the newly elected leader President Abd al- Fattāh al- Sīsī in a sermon held in ‘Azab Monastery in Faiyum on the commemoration of St. Abram.
Date of source: Monday, March 17, 2014
Today the Coptic Orthodox Church commemorates the second anniversary of Pope Shinūda’s death in the monastery of St. Bīshūy (Dayr al-Anbā Bīshūy) in Wādī al- Natrūn. The Coptic Cultural Center in St Mark’s Cathedral in Abāssiyah will grant, in honor of Pope Shinūda III, an international prize,...
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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.