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Date of source: Sunday, January 23, 2011
The Coptic Orthodox Church did not send representatives to the founding meeting of the Azhar’s Family Home initiative on Saturday, according to al-Wafd.
A church source told the paper that two senior members of the Coptic Orthodox hierarchy had been scheduled to attend the meeting, but he...
Date of source: Sunday, January 23, 2011
Wafīq Kāmil al-Ghaytānī writes about the political role of Copts throughout Egyptian history, beginning in the late 19th century, where he says they played an important role during the British occupation.
The author also discusses present Coptic leaders, saying that it is dangerous for Copts to...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Pope Shenouda has postponed his visit to the injured victims of the New Year's Day bombing of the Church of the Two Saints, says al-Wafd.
According to the report, the postponement is necessary because the injured are currently housed in five separate hospitals.
The paper adds that Pope Shenouda...
Date of source: Sunday, December 12, 2010
The Coptic Orthodox Church denied what was published in a private paper about Pope Shenouda retreating from public life in Monastery of Saint Bīshūy in Wādī al-Natrūn, objecting the non-release of Copts arrested for al-‘Umrāniyyah incident.
Bishop Yu’annis, General Bishop and Secretary of Pope,...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Al-Wafd reports that Coptic Pope Shenouda has returned to Egypt following a visit to the United States for medical treatment.
The text said that the Pope was greeted upon his return to residence by large numbers of bishops, monks, and Coptic youth.
According to a church source, "The pope will not...
Date of source: Sunday, December 12, 2010
Muslim and Coptic activists varied in their opinion about Pope Shenouda's seclusion in protest of the continued detention of Coptic youth arrested because of their clashes with the security forces in al-'Umrānīyyah incidents
Some of these activists believe that the pope's seclusion is a way of...
Date of source: Monday, December 13, 2010
Pope Shenouda and Mahmūd Hamdī Zaqzūq, Minister of Endowments, discussed the PhD defense of Nabīl Lūqā al-Bibāwī entitled, “Christians’ civil and personal status problems under the shadow of Egyptian Law system.”
Date of source: Monday, December 13, 2010
The official Coptic Orthodox Church Channel ‘Aghābī broadcast a movie that criticized the doctrine of Jehovah’s witnesses that includes their rejection of blood transfusion.
A Jehovah’s witnesses source said that they acquire their legitimacy from the country not from the Coptic Orthodox church...
Date of source: Saturday, January 15, 2011
Diana Māhir Ghālī summarizes the key opinion pieces that appeared in this weekend’s Egyptian newspapers...
Date of source: Sunday, January 16, 2011
Under the headline “Pope to be Absent from Alexandria Epiphany Service for Third Succesive Year,” Al-Shurūq al-Jadīd reports that Pope Shenouda III will hold the annual service at the Monastery of Saint Bīshūy (Dayr Anbā Bīshūy) at Wādī al-Natrūn in northern Egypt.
The pope has been absent from...
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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.