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Date of source: Wednesday, May 9, 2007
The church appeals the Administrative Court’s ruling on converted Christians.
Date of source: Saturday, April 21, 2007
Rumors spread about the Coptic Orthodox Church’s intention to prepare statistics about the number of Copts in Egypt. While clergymen denied the news, they asserted that the official declared number of Copts was wrong and inaccurate.
Date of source: Saturday, April 21, 2007
A professor at the Faculty of Philosophy wrote a book full of slander and defamation against Christianity: doctrine, theology, and clergy.
Date of source: Thursday, April 26, 2007
The Administrative Court rejects the law-suit promoted by Yūsuf al-Badrī to have Wafā’ Constantine arraigning before the court to declare her religion. While Shaykh Yūsuf al-Badrī denounced the court’s rejection and claimed that Constantine was under forced residence in a Coptic monastery,...
Date of source: Saturday, April 7, 2007
The uniform of clergymen is protected by the law, as are policemen and armed forces officers’ uniforms and anyone undeservedly wearing them shall be punished for impersonating someone else.
Date of source: Thursday, March 29, 2007
The article represents the different viewpoints of the Muslims and Copts regarding Coptic-Muslim relations in Egypt and the political agenda of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Date of source: Monday, March 26, 2007
A Christian employee at the Civil Registry was accused of manipulating data to ignite sectarian strife after she wrote ’’Christian’’ on the identity card of a Coptic woman who had converted to Islam.
Date of source: Monday, March 19, 2007
The Coptic Orthodox Church seems to be undergoing a difficult phase where Copts are distancing themselves from the church after the church’s failure to fulfill their spiritual needs. A considerable number of conversion cases were registered in the last few years.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Following the Holy Synod’s ruling excommunicating Dr. George Habīb Bibāwī from the Coptic Orthodox Church, Bibāwī filed a lawsuit to annul the ruling. Pope Shenouda’s lawyer asserts that Bibāwī’s lawsuit is a lost cause.
Date of source: Sunday, March 11, 2007
Waṭanī holds a meeting to discuss issues surrounding religious conversion. Prominent human rights activists and Coptic lawyers participate, suggesting ways to regulate conversions.
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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.