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Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Political powers, parties and movements expressed reservations over the rate of representation of women, Copts and law experts included into the initial report by People’s Assembly Legislative Committee. [Khālid ‘Abd al-Rasūl and Ahmad Ghunaym, al-Watan, May 15, p. 4] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The number of monks applied for the position rose to seven after Monks Bīshūy and Archpriest Maximus presented their papers and recommendations to the candidacy committee. [Mustafá Rahūmah, al-Watan, May 15, p. 4] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
A prominent bishop at the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church revealed that one of the reasons to exclude candidates for the Saint Mark chair will be “ill reputation”. [‘Abd al-Wahāb Sha’bān, al-Wafd, May 15, p. 1] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius refused canceling any of the 2008 amendments introduced by late Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III on the rules of divorce and marriage, which confined to divorce only to reasons of adultery and conversion to other faiths. [Mustafá Rahūmah, al-Watan, May 15, p. 3] ...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The village of al-Jamhūd in the Upper Egyptian governorate of al-Minyā has seen a tense day after a Coptic young man converted to Islam. Several local residents said 32-year-old Ayman Yūsuf ‘Ayyād’s family forced him into the house of his mother’s family and tried to bring him to reverse his...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
It is true the government does not have a policy of persecution against Copts but this should not deny the fact that Copts have been suffering from many problems, dilemmas and congesting atmosphere. [Tāriq Hijj, al-Wafd, May 15, p. 2] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
“Our issue now is to achieve justice, freedom, democracy, equality and respect for human rights, on top of which comes citizenship,” said Tayīb during a meeting with Dutch ambassador in Cairo Susan Blankhart on Monday (May 14). [Muhammad ‘Abd al-Khāliq, al-Ahrām, May 15, p. 1] Read original text in...
Date of source: Thursday, May 24, 2012
Father Rafīq Greish, the official spokesman for the Coptic Catholic Church, said the opinions by youths are totally different from their families’ thanks to the fact that candidates are varied.
Dr. Andrea Zakī, the deputy head of the Coptic Evangelical Church, said Egyptians’ participation in the...
Date of source: Thursday, May 24, 2012
Dr. Mahmūd ‘Azab, an advisor to Grand Shaykh Tayīb and a member of the National Council for Women (NCW), said that the Azhar will soon issue a paper on its vital and ambitious project to enhance the status of women inside their families and the society.
He noted that the top Sunnī establishment...
Date of source: Thursday, May 24, 2012
Muftī of the Republic Dr. ‘Alī Jum’ah appealed to Egyptians to avoid violence and conflicts while they are casting their votes in the presidential elections and not to pay attention to calls that spark divisions.
“The Egyptian people’s will and results of the elections must be respected and...
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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.