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Date of source: Thursday, April 26, 2012
“There was mismanagement of the file of Copts and national unity by the state and ignoring it was even a grave political mistake,” said Mūsá during a meeting with Egypt Copts Coalition on Wednesday (April 25).
He said that Two Saints Church and Maspero massacres as well as other crimes perpetrated...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Dr. Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awwā, a presidential candidate, said the loss of Pope Shenouda was a grave one, adding the Coptic Orthodox Church is an old institution that has its own traditions.
“The successor pope will not change much of Pope Shenouda’s ways because the fundamental principles of the...
Date of source: Sunday, March 25, 2012
Dr. Muhammad Badī’, Muslim Brotherhood Guide or Murshid, for his part, said that after his visit to the deceased Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III, he assigned the righteousness department in the group to reconsider the righteousness of Christians, however, the department refused. [Author not...
Date of source: Sunday, March 25, 2012
On the other hand, the Azhar organized a discussion about the importance of world peace and dialogue, stressing the importance of confronting human rights violations committed by the Israeli occupation forces against Palestinians.
The discussion was attended by a number of Azhar scholars, clerics...
Date of source: Sunday, March 25, 2012
The three Egyptian Christian denominations denied that they received a letter form the People’s Assembly to participate in the constitution panel. [‘Abd al-Wahāb, Al-Wafd, March 25, 2012, p. 1] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Sunday, March 25, 2012
Bishop Pachomius, caretaker patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church and Bishop of Beheira, expressed support for a civil state, noting the Holy Synod will make an official statement about the constituent assembly drafting a new Egyptian Constitution.[Tāmir ‘Abd al-Rā’ūf, al-Ahrām, March 25, 2012, p...
Date of source: Sunday, March 25, 2012
The three Egyptian Christian denominations denied that they received a letter form the People’s Assembly to participate in the constitution panel. [‘Abd al-Wahāb, Al-Wafd, March 25, 2012, p. 1] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Sunday, March 25, 2012
Archpriest Philopater Jamīl of the Virgin Mary church in Faysal district, said that the church would not direct the people to vote for someone in particular in the presidential elections.
Father Ikrām Lam’ī, the spokesperson of the Coptic Evangelical Church, and Father Rafīq Greish, Director of the...
Date of source: Sunday, March 25, 2012
On the other hand, Archpriest Raphael Ava Mina, a monk at Dayr Mār Mīnā (Monastery of Saint Mina) in al-Sāhil al-Shamālī, received recommendations from bishops to become the 118th pope, according to a church source who spoke on condition of anonymity.The bishops, who were monks at the Monastery of...
Date of source: Sunday, March 25, 2012
In response to a question during a rally he held in the town of Abū Hammād, al-Sharqia governorate, about the possibility of applying the Islamic Sharī’ah and whether it is possible that the Holy Qur’ān be a Constitution for the country, he said that this question is an insult to Muslims. “How can...
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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.