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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 14, 2014
547 Christians left CairoInternationalAirport on four planes yesterday for Tel Aviv in order to go to Jerusalem to celebrate the Holy Week and Easter at the holy places there. About 4000 Copts went to Jerusalem this year, according to Engineer Viktor 'Ādil Malāk, owner of a tourist company that...
Date of source: Monday, June 19, 2017
When culture meets tolerance and knowledge and a light spirit, then we are in front of Rev. Dr. Ikrām Lamʿī, the official spokesman of the Evangelical Church and Professor of Theology. He spoke with us about his memories and rituals during the month of Ramadan, breaking several religious...
Date of source: Saturday, June 24, 2017
With an agreement achieved surrounding the first articles of the law, and disagreement surrounding the resultant consequences, the meeting between various Christian sects on the project of a unified personal status code came to an end. The meetings and the various sects’ public...
Date of source: Monday, January 6, 2014
Terrorism and fear haunt the Copts during the Christmas celebrations.
Date of source: Monday, May 6, 2013
Rev. Andrea Zakī, deputy head of the Coptic Evangelical Church, said that Egypt is heading towards a dangerous point because of mixing religion with politics and state, followed by the underlying problem of misinterpretation of religious texts. Dr. Muhammad 'Abd al-Rāziq 'Umar, the undersecretary...
Date of source: Saturday, April 20, 2013
The Coptic Evangelical Church has announced that Dr. Ikrām Lam’ī, head of Comparative Religion at the Faculty of Evangelical Theology, has won the election for the post of head of the Synod of the Nile. He receieved 141 votes in comparison to 103 votes for Reverend Samīr Sadāq (Ahmad Sa’dāwī, al-...
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In March 2007, a referendum changed several articles of the Egyptian Constitution.
Date of source: Sunday, March 11, 2012
In the early 1960s during the tenure of late Pope Kyrillos VI, Coptic Orthodox Christians had only seven churches abroad – two in each of the United States, Canada and Australia and only in Britain (1).
Date of source: Wednesday, September 7, 2011
As parties and political movements are rolling up their sleeves for the People's Assembly and Shūrá Council elections late this year, talk never stops about Copts' participation, now that the Egyptian Constitution does not discriminate between one citizen and another on the basis of religion, color...
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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.