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Date of source: Saturday, April 5, 2008 to Friday, April 11, 2008
The Egyptian press continues to concentrate on the current controversy surrounding the second marriage of Coptic divorcees and the Supreme Administrative Court’s ruling in this regard that obliges Pope Shenouda III to give Coptic divorcees who have obtained a divorce by a court ruling permission to...
Date of source: Friday, April 11, 2008
Max Michel responds to Pope Shenouda III’s criticism of second marriage laws in the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Date of source: Monday, March 24, 2008
Dr. Safwat al-Bayyādī, the head of the Community Council of the Evangelical Church in Egypt expresses in an interview with Sawt al-Ummah his refusal to recognize dissident Butrus Filtā’ūs, refuting the latter’s allegations and denying all accusations about the Evangelical Church’s involvement in...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Zākhir explains why he wants to sue Bishop Bīshūy, the general secretary of the Coptic Orthodox Holy Synod.
Date of source: Saturday, March 22, 2008
Zākhir’s lawsuit filed against Bishop Bīshūy shocked the church. Zākhir has attributed Bishop Bīshūy’s absolute authority in the church to Pope Shenouda’s absolute confidence in him. He also highlighted the bishop’s inefficiency in managing the church’s legal affairs.
Date of source: Sunday, March 23, 2008
Robeir al-Faris reviews different articles in the Egyptian press this month related to Muslim-Christian relations. In particular he mentions a new joint Muslim-Christian Web site and an article that cites the al-Ahrām obituary page to prove that Copts are not being persecuted.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Al-Sa‘dāwī reports on reactions of the Coptic Orthodox Church to Max Michel’s allegations that he has a CD that contains information about the increasing number of conversion cases of Coptic Orthodox under the mandate of Pope Shenouda III.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 12, 2008
The Egyptian press continues to devote attention to the different reactions to the Supreme Administrative Court ruling allowing Christian divorcees to remarry. The church rejected the ruling and considered it against the Bible and church codes. Some authors highlighted the tragic influence of the...
Date of source: Thursday, March 6, 2008
The Supreme Administrative Court in Egypt issued a controversial ruling that guarantees Christian divorcees the right to a second marriage. The Coptic Orthodox Church rejects the ruling and declares that there is no authority on Earth that can oblige the church to go against their conscience....
Date of source: Wednesday, March 5, 2008
The article reviews a four-article series published in the daily al-Ahrār on a recent book by Max Michel Hannā – known as Bishop Maximus – on his personal experience with leaders of the Coptic Orthodox Church, as well as his so-called reformatory tendency.
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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.