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Date of source: Thursday, December 29, 2011
The Administrative Judiciary Court handed down a ruling canceling a decision by the Clerical Council divorcing an Orthodox Christian citizen and granting him a remarriage permit. Evon Nabīl 'Azīz had filed a lawsuit before the court against Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III and the minister of...
Date of source: Thursday, December 29, 2011
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III ordered Archpriest Sergius Sergius, deputy of the patriarchate for administrative affairs, to send Coptic Orthodox Christmas Mass invitations to all political parties including the Salafī ones like al-Asālah (Authenticity), al-Fadīlah (Virtue) and al-Nūr (Light) as...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb, the Azhar’s Grand Shaykh, sent a congratulatory cable to the Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III along with the head of the three Coptic churches in Egypt (Orthodox, Catholic and Evangelical) in which he greeted them over the Christmas. Minister of Transport, Dr. Jalāl Sa’īd,...
Date of source: Saturday, December 24, 2011
His Eminence the Murshid said he is constant contact with Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III to enquire after his health.
“Our Christian brothers will not see in this religion anything but freedom and justice we have all been denied for long,” said Badī’ during his press conference in the Upper...
Date of source: Thursday, May 2, 2013
Dr. Rev. Safwat al-Bayādī, head of the Evangelical Church in Egypt, spoke of attempts to strike the religious institutions (the Azhar and Church” and harm the military institution, judiciary and intelligence.He agreed with Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II's comment that as long as the Azhar and...
Date of source: Monday, May 6, 2013
Today (May 5, 2013) marks the return of the first Coptic delegation from Jerusalem. Last Sunday (April 28, 2013), around 310 Copts left Cairo and went on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and to celebrate Easter there. The Coptic visitors to Jerusalem enjoyed their time there, despite the poor treatment of...
Date of source: Saturday, May 4, 2013
Pope Tawadros leads his first Easter festivities amidst the ambiguity surrounding the position of the Copts. The transition from the late Orthodox Coptic Pope Shenouda III to Pope Tawadros oversaw the development of a more complex relationship between the church and state. The Copts are saddened by...
Date of source: Sunday, May 5, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Bishop Mūsá of Youth, Head of the Tripartite Commission, spoke the recent attack on Saint Mark Cathedral, President Mursi, and Coptic political concerns. He called the fatwá of the Muslim Brotherhood's Muftī, 'Abd al-Rahmān al-Barr, concerning banning festive greetings to Copts for...
Date of source: Sunday, April 28, 2013
In an interview with al-Akhbār, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II spoke freely about the current situation in Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, April 27, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II has given several interviews to major Egyptian media outlets. Below are extracts and highlights of two of the interviews that were given to Egyptian national newspapers, in which Pope Tawadros discusses Christian Muslim relations in general, as well as specific...
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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.