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Date of source: Sunday, May 4, 2014
Churches in Egypt criticized the Religious Freedom Report that was issued by the US State Department and recommended that the military assistance in Egypt be tied to the protection of Copts and minorities.
Date of source: Sunday, July 1, 2018
In a phone call with Ṣada al-Balad TV Channel late Sunday evening, Father Rafīq Greish (head of the Media Committee of the Egyptian Council of Churches) stated that all Egyptians united went down to the streets, backed by the army, demanding the departure of the ousted President Muḥammad Mursī.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Coptic Catholic Father Rafīq Greish, media adviser for the Coptic Catholic Church, revealed that the heads of the three churches – Orthodox, Evangelical and Catholic – are discussing the presentation of a proposal to the commission of experts amending the constitution, commissioned by interim...
Date of source: Monday, July 22, 2013
Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī, deputy head of the Coptic Evangelical Church, descried the committee as a “good step” within the framework of a road-map.
Father Rafīq Greish, media spokesperson of the Coptic Catholic Church, underlined the importance of the participation of women (‘Abd al-Wahāb Sha’bān, al-...
Date of source: Saturday, February 23, 2013
27-28 April, the dates of the first round of the elections, coincide with the beginning of the Holy Week and Palm Sunday, while the runoffs scheduled for 4-5 May clash with Holy Saturday and Easter, said Bishop Rafiq Gereish, the head of the Catholic Church’s media office.
“Didn’t the president...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 13, 2013
U.S. Ambassador Anne Patterson’s visit to the Two Saint's Church in Alexandria has raised many questions. The visit, during which Patterson met with leaders, the high priest, and the lawyer of the families of martyrs, lasted more than two hours and was conducted in the strictest confidence and...
Date of source: Saturday, September 1, 2012
Egyptian Church expressed their relief for the sppointment of presidential advisors consisting of four advisors and 17 members of the consulting body to President Muhammad Mursī.
Date of source: Monday, February 28, 2011
Father Rafīq Greish, Director of the Press Office of the Catholic Church in Egypt has stated that the Catholic Church in Egypt welcomes the return of the Egyptian Ambassador to the Vatican, Mrs. Lami’a Mikhaymar to her post.
He said this represents confirmation of the principle of building...
Date of source: Saturday, November 27, 2010
Mīlād Malāk Mikhā’īl, a construction worker, passed away yesterday after receiving a bullet in the stomach during last Wednesday’s riots in ‘Umrāniyyah. The authorities have intensified security in the area to prevent further sectarian violence. An ecclesial source confirmed that Bishop Theodosius...
Date of source: Saturday, November 20, 2010
In an interview with al-Wafd, the official spokesman for the Egyptian Catholic Church, Father Rafīq Greish, said that former U.S. President George W. Bush is responsible for the Sayyidat al-Najāh Church massacre in Iraq because it is one of the consequences of the President allegedly destroying...
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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.