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Date of source: Thursday, June 22, 2006
Rumors went
around that Pope Shenouda III, the Patriarch of Alexandria and the See of St. Mark, had traveled to Germany
to
undergo a backbone surgery. Spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church, Bishop Marqus, criticizes some
private
newspapers, which he says have published false rumors about...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Sources of the Coptic Orthodox Church have
told Rose al-
Yousuf that Pope Shenouda III, pope of Alexandria and patriarch of the Sea of St. Mark, 86,
flew to
Germany two days ago seeking a cure for herpes, not a torn cartilage, as has been claimed.
Date of source: Sunday, June 11, 2006
Father Marqus
‘Azīz has discovered that there is someone claiming to be Monk Mitiās Nasr
in order to
commit fraud.
Date of source: Saturday, June 10, 2006 to Friday, June 16, 2006
Archpriest Marqus ‘Azīz Khalīl refutes allegations by
Dan Brown, the
author of the novel ‘The Da Vinci Code’, that Jesus Christ married Mary Magdalene and had
children with her,
asserting that Christianity stands on the important pillar of the Divine Being of Christ
and thus it is never...
Date of source: Thursday, May 25, 2006
The Azhar has published a book called Mulāhadhāt
‘Ilmīya ‘Ala Kitāb al-Masīh fi al-Islām [Reviewer: Scientific
notes on the book of Christ in Islam] by Dr. Muhammad ‘Umāra. “Who carried the cross upon
which
Jesus was crucified, Christ or Simon of Cyrene?” and the number of thieves who were...
Date of source: Friday, May 19, 2006
A photograph with the caption: His Holiness the pope met on Tuesday
morning, May
9, with Professor Andreas Van Agt, a former prime minister of Holland. Bishops Marqus,
Youhanna, You’annis,
Angelius and Armiyā also attended the meeting along with Mr. Kees Hulsman and Dr.
Mona Zakī.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 16, 2006
A review of the media coverage following the Alexandria church stabbings concludes that both Muslims and Christians condemned the attacks and spoke of the need for change in the citizenship rights of Christians.
Date of source: Monday, May 8, 2006
Bishop Marqus sent a reply to the Muslim preacher Khālid al-Jindī regarding al-Jindī’s interview with journalist Hānī Rizk in Sawt al-Umma newspaper.
Date of source: Monday, May 1, 2006
The article investigates the
relationship between Egyptian churches and ways of healing black magic, as
thousands of Muslims and Christians
visit certain churches everyday to seek relief from evil spirits
allegedly haunting them.
Date of source: Friday, May 5, 2006
Christians in Egypt have rejected a document
that is alleged by
some to allow missionary work in Egypt, arguing that it will increase tension between Muslims
and Copts.
AWR has already published Shaykh al-Zifzāf’s denial fo these claims, with a link
to the
full text of the document.
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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.