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Date of source: Sunday, April 20, 2014
Rev. Ikrām Lam’ī, head of the Evangelical Synod of the Nile, was interviewed by al-Tahrīr. He stated in the interview that the idea of interfaith dialogue is important and that the worst thing is that Muslims interpret the Bible or that a Christian interprets the Qur’an. He added that it is...
Date of source: Monday, April 21, 2014
Pope Tawadros has received Prime Minister Eng. Ibrahīm Mahlab in the papal headquarters in St. Mark’s Cathedral, Abāssiyah, Cairo. He also received a number of ministers that came to congratulate the Pope on the Day of Resurrection (Easter), including General Sidqī Subhī, general commander of the...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Bishop Musá stated that the church will not mobilize Copts to vote for any candidate in the forthcoming presidential elections. He stated that the Church stands at an equal distance from all candidates.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Bishop Basanti, Bishop of Helwan, stated that the Church does not rule the Copts (politically) but lightens their path. He stated that the Church does not push Copts to choose anyone in elections, as they have senses they can use and think for themselves.
16-Copts celebrate the Holy Week, a few thousands to travel to Jerusalem despite the late Pope's ban
Date of source: Friday, April 11, 2014
Copts celebrate the Holy Week, which marks the end of the fasting and the week before Easter, yesterday. The Church invited President 'Adlī Mansūr and Prime Minister Ibrāhīm Mahlab to join, according to the usual protocols.
The festivities were organized in coordination with the security forces...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 4, 2014
PEC (Presidential Elections Committee) has announced officially that Field Marshall Abd al- Fattāh al- Sīsī has won the presidential elections with a total of 96.91% of the votes compared to Hamdīn Sabāhī who got 3.09% of the votes.
Date of source: Thursday, May 29, 2014
As soon as the preliminary results were announced, hundreds of al- Sīsī supporters went to the streets and public squares to celebrate their candidate’s success.
Date of source: Thursday, May 29, 2014
The preliminary results of the presidential election vote count indicate that Abd al- Fattah al- Sīsī has won with a landslide. Al-Yawm al-Sābi’ states that 92.9% of the votes went to al- Sīsī, 3% to Sabāhī and 4.1% were invalid votes. Read original text in Arabic here.
Date of source: Thursday, May 22, 2014
The three Coptic churches [Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant] have agreed to hold prayers the coming Friday (23rd) and Sunday (25th) before the presidential elections are held.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Coptic Catholic bishop Botros Fahīm assured that the Church does not intervene in political matters and will not support a presidential candidate
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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.