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Date of source: Friday, June 29, 2012
General Bishop Makarius of al-Minya and Abū Qurqās on Wednesday (June 27) called in an official statement in the name of the Copts of al-Minya for avoiding jumping to conclusions about the new president and for giving him enough time to arrange his ideas.
“The presidential election results were...
Date of source: Friday, June 29, 2012
Some Christians who voted for Ahmad Shafīq had been panicked by the possibility of seeing the Muslim Brotherhood candidate, Muhammad Mursī, making it to power to the point that they thought of leaving their homeland and beloved ones.
Christians cannot be blamed because simply many Muslims opted to...
Date of source: Friday, June 29, 2012
Mursī, during a meeting with chief editors of state-run, party and independent Egyptian newspapers, said that Copts need no assurances because simply this is their own country and “we all have equal rights”.
Also during the meeting, Mursī noted that the Arab Palestinian rights are ones of Islam,...
Date of source: Friday, June 29, 2012
General Bishop Makarius of al-Minya and Abū Qurqās on Wednesday (June 27) called in an official statement in the name of the Copts of al-Minya for avoiding jumping to conclusions about the new president and for giving him enough time to arrange his ideas.
“The presidential election results were...
Date of source: Friday, June 29, 2012
A source in the Coptic Orthodox Church revealed that ‘Abd al-Nūr and Marqus are the most likely candidates for the post, denying that the church interfered in naming some Coptic leaders for the position.
“Reports that the church called for appointing Michael Meunir as vice president are totally...
Date of source: Friday, June 29, 2012
Najīb Jabrā’īl, the organization chairman, said the church was consulted on the proposed and other names but the Coptic activists finally settled on ‘Abd al-Nūr and Marqus, both are acceptable for both the church and Christian citizens. [Muhammad Hijāb, al-Ahrām, June 29, p. 6] Read original text...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 27, 2012
For his part, Bishop Pachomius, acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, visited Mursī to congratulate him for his presidential election victory. Bishop Bīshūy, Secretary of the Holy Synod, Bishop Mūsá of Youth, Bishop Armīyā, General Bishop, Bishop Hīdrā of Aswan, Counselor Edward Ghālib,...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 27, 2012
On the other hand, ‘Abd al-Wahāb Sha’bān, in an opinion piece in al-Wafd, wrote that Copts do not care about the continuous hints of appointing a Coptic Vice-president due to the acts of violence that occurred in the early 'nineties.
There are concerns about the migration of Copts after Mursī was...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 27, 2012
For his part, Bishop Pachomius, acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, visited Mursī to congratulate him for his presidential election victory. Bishop Bīshūy, Secretary of the Holy Synod, Bishop Mūsá of Youth, Bishop Armīyā, General Bishop, Bishop Hīdrā of Aswan, Counselor Edward Ghālib,...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Al-Misrī al-Yawm obtained lists circulating in the wings at the presidency concerning the government and the presidential team lineup.
According to these speculative lists, the government’s lineup will include leaders of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), political figures and a number of youths...
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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.