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Date of source: Saturday, April 28, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox Church on Friday morning (April 27) started receiving applications of candidacy for the post of the 118th pope in succession of Pope Shenouda III and will continue receiving papers for 20 days, the remaining time of the 60 days set by the 1957 statute. [Ashraf Sādiq, al-Ahrām,...
Date of source: Monday, April 23, 2012
Ahram Online, Monday 23 Apr 2012 Coptic 38 – a group founded to demand liberalisation of divorce laws by Coptic Christian Church – calls for reimplementation of 1938 bylaws that permit divorce under 9 conditions.
Date of source: Monday, April 23, 2012
Acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius said he is not ready to run for the papal post, adding he is more than 77 years old and has his own congregation in the northern Egypt governorate of al-Beheira. [Majdī Fikrī and Hānī Samīr, al-Dustūr, April 23, p. 3] Read text in...
25. AWR Daily Overview, April 18, 2012: Hassān urges MB, Salafists to cooperate with Copts, liberals
Date of source: Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Salafī preacher Shaykh Muhammad Hassān called on the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and Salafists to stretch a cooperating hand to liberals and Copts in order to protect the nation, adding no faction should work on blackballing others. [‘Umar ‘Abd al-Jawwād, al-Jumhūrīyah, April 18, p. 3] Read text in...
Date of source: Monday, April 16, 2012
Acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius led the Easter Mass as a portrait of late Pope Shenouda III was placed in front of the altar. [Ashraf Sādiq, al-Ahrām, April 16, p. 6] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Sunday, February 19, 2012
[AWR: this interview was recorded, transcribed and translated by Diana Maher Ghali]
Date of source: Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Ph.D. candidate, Emma Hayward wrote an interesting analysis for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy on the current status of Coptic Christians in relation to the Egyptian state and concludes that their position is weakening. While it is true that Coptic Christians are now without an...
Date of source: Sunday, April 1, 2012
The Millī (Community) Council is meeting Sunday evening to settle on the representatives of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the constituent assembly drafting a new constitution for Egypt, days after controversy over their withdrawal. [‘Imād Khalīl, al-Misrī al-Yawm, April 1, p. 4] Read original text...
Date of source: Monday, April 2, 2012
A top prosecutor ordered the arrest of hard-line Muslim preacher Wajdī Ghunaym for investigations over charges of slandering Coptic Orthodox Pope Shinūdā III after he died. [Aḥmad Shalabī, al-Miṣrī al-Yawm, April 2, p. 16] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Sunday, March 18, 2012
The Speaker of the People's Assembly, Dr. Sa'd al-Katatnī, mourned Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III's death.
Al-Katatnī said that Pope Shenouda devoted his life to serving his country, Christianity and Christians.
"He lived as a loyal patriotic person who devoted his efforts to elevating the...
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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.