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Date of source: Sunday, January 13, 2008
January 7 is the day when Copts, in accordance with the Coptic calendar, celebrate Christmas. The occasion received a significant amount of attention in the Egyptian press that published a considerable number of articles about Coptic issues in general and the Christmas celebrations in particular....
Date of source: Sunday, January 13, 2008
In spite of his critical health condition, Pope Shenouda III is heading to Jordan on January 21 to participate in a conference on religious coexistence. The patriarch will travel in a private airplane that has been equipped with medical equipment.
Date of source: Friday, December 21, 2007
‘Amr Bayyūmī reports on the lecture Pope Shenouda gave in the Cathedral last week, in which H.H. did not discuss the sectarian incidents that took place in the city of Isnā in Qena some days ago.
Date of source: Monday, December 24, 2007
The article tackles the issue of the legitimacy of Max Michel’s new church, which is strongly rejected by the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Date of source: Saturday, December 15, 2007
Dr. ‘Ādil Fawzī, director of the Egyptian branch of the Canadian-based Middle East Christians Association [MECA], has announced his resignation and the closure of the office due to his disagreement with MECA’s head Nādir Fawzī.
Date of source: Sunday, December 16, 2007
The article reviews a Vatican document about the rights of evangelizing non-believers and welcoming converts from denominations other than Catholicism.
Date of source: Thursday, December 13, 2007
The three main churches in Egypt, Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant, have called for the activation of citizenship, and the formation of a committee to tackle sectarian clashes.
Date of source: Sunday, December 2, 2007
In recent elections of the Middle East Council of Churches [MECC], Egyptian churches have lost two leading positions. Armenian Catholicos Aram I has been elected to head Eastern Orthodox churches, when the Maronite Bishop Būlus Matar is to head Catholic churches at the MECC.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Various responses to the Vatican’s initiative to hold inter-religious dialogue meetings with Muslims are detected. Some described the initiative as a positive step towards Islam-West understanding; others condemned the notion of inter-religious dialogues in the first place, believing that dialogue...
Date of source: Saturday, November 24, 2007
‘Amr Bayyūmī reports on a statement released by the Middle East Christians Association, in which they announced freezing their activities in Egypt, and accused the Egyptian government as well as some Christians of terrorizing its members in order to silence them.
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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.