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Date of source: Saturday, July 30, 2011
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A crisis erupted in the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral after altar boys attacked protesters who were demonstrating for second marriage in Wāyily, 'Abbāssīyah.
Date of source: Monday, July 25, 2011
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Pope Shenouda III, pope of Alexandria and head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, has begun an investigation into Bishop Bula and Father Royce Aweidah, Chariman and Secretary of the Clerical Council respectively, about what happened during the Coptic sit-in on Monday.
Date of source: Thursday, July 21, 2011
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The January 25 revolution has highlighted many controversial issues, one of which being second marriage for Copts – around 3,000 Copts have been protesting about this topic.
However, with the refusal of Pope Shenouda III, Patriarch of Alexandria and Head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, angry...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 20, 2011
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After sit-ins by hundreds of protesters at St. Mark Cathedral in 'Abbāssīyah, Bishop Bīsantī
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of Helwan has said that the matter of civil marriage lies in the hands of Pope Shenouda III, Pope of Alexandria and head of the Coptic Orthodox church.
Date of source: Monday, February 28, 2011
Pope Shenouda called on Copts to register their names in the election's tables before April 20.
He assigned Bishop Bula, bishop of Tantā and head of the Clerical Council for Personal Status issues, to prepare and supervise a structured organized program in order to accomplish this task in all...
Date of source: Thursday, December 23, 2010
The report says that a Coptic woman brought a case seeking dissolution of her marriage on the grounds that her husband is impotent and she still is a virgin.
The husband initially took the matter lightly, as he knew he was not impotent and that he had ongoing sexual relations with his wife. He...
Date of source: Thursday, December 16, 2010
A Coptic citizen has brought a case to the Court of Administrative Justice against Pope Shenouda III and Bishop Bula, who has been commissioned to head the Clerical Council on Personal Affairs, for granting his ex-wife permission to re-marry.
The man argues that the conditions for a church divorce...
Date of source: Friday, September 12, 2008
Gerrit Roos investigates the complex relations between Christians and Muslims in Egypt. He interviewed a number of Christian figures and analyzes the reasons why people emigrate from the country.
Date of source: Saturday, April 5, 2008 to Friday, April 11, 2008
The Egyptian press continues to concentrate on the current controversy surrounding the second marriage of Coptic divorcees and the Supreme Administrative Court’s ruling in this regard that obliges Pope Shenouda III to give Coptic divorcees who have obtained a divorce by a court ruling permission to...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 12, 2008
The Egyptian press continues to devote attention to the different reactions to the Supreme Administrative Court ruling allowing Christian divorcees to remarry. The church rejected the ruling and considered it against the Bible and church codes. Some authors highlighted the tragic influence of the...
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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.