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Date of source: Tuesday, June 12, 2007
In his regular meeting with the Coptic Orthodox of Alexandria, Pope Shenouda said he was in good health. He urged Copts to confess and called on clergymen to be patient and kind to people who confess to them. He further denounced ‘Urfī marriages and declared that clergymen must put their anger in...
Date of source: Sunday, June 10, 2007
New incidents of sectarian violence erupt in Alexandria. Many churches were attacked and numerous sources provided different reasons for the attacks. The president of the Middle East Christians sent an announcement to the president of the republic asking him to work toward activating citizenship...
Date of source: Thursday, May 31, 2007
Max Michel, who assigned himself as bishop of Saint Athanasius Church, promoted a lawsuit against the Egyptian president and the minister of interior following their rejections to recognize his new denomination due to Pope Shenouda’s rejection.
Date of source: Sunday, June 3, 2007
In a conference held at the Bibliotheca Alexandria, Bīshop Bīshūy attributed the Arabic translation of the Bible to the efforts of the Umayyad and Abbasid Orthodox caliphs. He further accused everyone who considered Jesus Christ as God to be a polytheist.
Date of source: Thursday, May 10, 2007
Many complaints were submitted to Pope Shenouda from individuals alleging that they had been treated poorly by priests.
Date of source: Monday, May 14, 2007
A converted wife re-embraces Christianity and escapes with her daughter. The incident sparks violent protests from the Muslim husband and his family who threatened to burn churches and Copts’ houses.
Date of source: Sunday, April 29, 2007
During a conference of the Euro-Mosco Organization [Reviewer: translated directly from Arabic, name could not found be on the internet], Dr. Sa‘d al-Dīn Ibrāhīm has assured that the discrimination that Copts suffer from in Egypt is the reason behind their social and political isolation.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Coptic Orthodox church asked the National Democratic Party to nominate a Copt to the third constituency that includes Muharrām Bik, Ghurbāl, and Karmūz which have a large Coptic population.
Date of source: Sunday, July 2, 2006
The review deals with the angry Coptic reactions after the medical
commission entrusted
with examining the Alexandria churches assailant’s mental health said in its report that
Mahmūd
Salāh al-Dīn ‘Abd al-Rāziq is delusional and schizophrenic and not
responsible for
his actions.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 21, 2006
The author
writes about the issue of Mahmoud
Salāh al-Dīn, who is accused of attacking three churches and going
on a stabbing spree that claimed
the life of one aging worshipper and the injury of others, and the replacement of
a medical commission
mandated to observe the alleged lunatic.
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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.