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Date of source: Saturday, April 23, 2011
The Egyptian Coptic Church rang its bells and celebrated its first feast after the revolution in the mass for the Resurrection feast .
At the same time, security forces secured churches from anything that might distort the Copts' celebrations.
In the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral Resurrection Mass,...
Date of source: Saturday, March 26, 2011
Ahmad Abāzah, a convert to Christianity, accused Mubārak, his son Jamāl, and Habīb al-'Adlī, of persecuting Christians and using Christian laymen to attack expatriate Copts.
Abāzah said that he will not come to Egypt until the last Muslim converts to Christianity on the Nile River.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 15, 2011
[Editor AWR: Both Cardinal Patriarch Antonius Naguib (Cardinal of Coptic Catholic Church in Egypt) and AWR editor-in-chief Cornelis Hulsman were asked to give presentations about the place of Christians in Egypt today on occasion of "The Parlamentarischer Abend" (informal evening meeting of...
Date of source: Monday, March 7, 2011
My fifteen years living in Egypt has given me a lot of connections, including Egyptian diplomats, who are now providing me with stories about current developments in Egypt. It is very common among diplomats that they are ready to give visitors an off the record insight in what is happening in their...
Date of source: Saturday, January 8, 2011
Egypt's Muslims showed solidarity with their Coptic brothers and sisters during Christmas celebrations. Many attended Christmas services across the country; others gathered in the street in support of national unity.
This article in the Egyptian Gazette reports that Pope Shenouda led mass at Saint...
Date of source: Monday, December 27, 2010
The Coptic Orthodox Church has begun sending invitations for its celebration of Christmas.
Invitations were sent to Jamāl Mubārak, Head of the National Democratic Party's Policies Committee; Ahmad Fathī Surūr, Speaker of the People’s Assembly; and Safwat al-Sharīf, the Chief of the Shūrá Council....
Date of source: Monday, December 27, 2010
The Orthodox Coptic Church started sending invitations for the celebration of Christimas and the mass.
Invitations were sent to: Jamāl Mubārak, Head of the National Democratic Party's Policies Committee; Aḥmad Fatḥī Surūr, Speaker of the People’s Assembly; and Ṣafwat al-Sharīf, chief of Shura...
39. Jamāl As‘ad: The Pope Is my Spiritual Father, and I Seek a Social Discourse on Houses of Worship
Date of source: Monday, December 20, 2010
Jamāl As‘ad, the appointed member of parliament, has said that he is aiming for a social discourse on the unified law for building houses of worship, as well the personal affairs for non-Muslims draft legislation.
He alleges that Copts’ problems will not be solved by sectarian demands, but on the...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 15, 2010
The Public Attorney's release of 70 detainees in the Naj‘ Ḥammādī incidents [Reviewer's Note: this is obviously a mistake. The release refers to those arrested in al-‘Umrāniyyah.] came only two days after the church leaked reports concerning Pope Shenouda's anger and speculation that he will...
Date of source: Saturday, November 20, 2010
Majdī says that the nation goes through three basic citizenship tests during elections. The first of these tests pertains to the way candidates are selected. He says that the NDP failed miserably by selecting only ten Coptic candidates out of its eight hundred, while all opposing parties and the...
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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.