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Date of source: Thursday, April 19, 2012
Meanwhile, the independent syndicate of imāms issued a statement expressing support for the initiative announced by the Azhar under the auspices of Grand Shaykh Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb to prepare guiding proposals on criteria for the re-formation of a constituent assembly to draft a new constitution for...
Date of source: Thursday, April 19, 2012
Supporters believe the visit is consolidating the concept of the Arabism of al-Quds (Jerusalem) while opponents think it lends legitimacy to the “Zionist entity” that allows entry into the holy city only after it puts its seal on passports and entry visas. The second team stressed support for the...
Date of source: Thursday, April 19, 2012
A recent visit by Muftī of the Republic Dr. ‘Alī Jum’ah to Jerusalem and prayers at the al-Aqsá Mosque along with official Jordanian figures sparked a row among clerics and scholars in the Muslim world. [Ahmad ‘Abd al-Fattāh and Nādir Abū al-Futūh, al-Ahrām, April 19, p. 13] Read original text in...
Date of source: Friday, May 26, 2006
The increasing phenomenon of
the deposition of Orthodox
priests has caused great controversy within the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Date of source: Monday, May 15, 2006
The author probes the
reasons behind the
defrocking of two priests, Father Mina Ishaq and Father Bisada Zakī.
Date of source: Sunday, May 14, 2006
A church
source explains that publishing the pictures of defrocked priests was not to
expose them but to warn other Copts
against them. Because there are no special laws specifying clergymen’s
uniforms, defrocked priests can commit
irregularities.
Date of source: Friday, May 12, 2006
The church has
given a decision stripping a priest in al-Jīza of his
priesthood after being found guilty of collecting
funds for himself in the name of the Coptic cathedral.
Date of source: Thursday, May 11, 2006
Father Bisādā Zakī, whose name at birth was Fakhrī Zakī
Fakhrī, has been defrocked and dismissed from his position at the Giza Bishopric. The Coptic Orthodox
Patriarchate has warned its followers against having future financial dealings with the defrocked priest.
Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2006
Pope Shenouda
III of Alexandria has given orders to defrock two priests for violating the
church’s teachings.
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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.