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Date of source: Monday, April 23, 2012
“The principles of monasticism force monks not to crave for the position. In the past, the monks used to escape it but when bishops agree on one of them they used to bring him shackled in chains and put him on the chair of Saint Mark the Apostle,” said Bishop Pachomius in statements.
He added that...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 31, 2013
“Papa Noël” as Egyptians know Santa Claus, is a real person, contrary to the popular belief that he is a myth. He was a saint whose real name is Nicholas and the Coptic Church commemorates his death on the 10th of the Coptic month ‘Kahiak’ (Nagwá Bikhyit, al-Dustūr, Dec. 31, p. 16). Read original...
Date of source: Monday, December 30, 2013
The Committee that was formed by Pope Tawadros to develop the list of regulations for the selection of the Pope has completed its work and decided to present the new regulations to the Holy Synod on February 17 to approve it (Majdī Fikrī, al-Dustūr, Dec. 30, p. 5). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Monday, December 30, 2013
Iranian filmmaker Majīd Majīdī has started shooting his new movie on the childhood of Prophet Muhammad in what was seen as a blunt confrontation to international Muslim organizations and their regulations forbidding the embodiment of prophets (Author not mentioned, al-Dustūr, Dec. 30, p. 16). Read...
Date of source: Friday, December 27, 2013
Interim President Adly Mansūr congratulated Copts abroad for Christmas and New Year (Nagwá Bikhyīt, al-Dustūr, Dec. 27, p. 2). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Thursday, December 26, 2013
Biba’s District Court, headed by Justice Ahmad Qurāysh, ruled to postpone the case of Karam Sābir, member of the Writer’s Union, who is accused of insulting religion for publishing a literary series entitled, “Where is God” to a session on January 28th (Muhamad Hassan, al-Dustūr, Dec. 26, p. 5). ...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Maspero Youth Union called upon the revolutionary factions to assemble in front of all the churches during Christmas in order to secure them from terrorist attacks as well as to ensure the unity of the Egyptian people (Amīrah Mamdūh, al-Dustūr, Dec. 24, p. 3). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Bishop Halīm Bolus, spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church, denied the news reports that a few people who are affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood attacked Pope Tawadros during his visit to Frankfurt to inaugurate the monastery of Virgin Mary (Majdī Fikrī, al-Dustūr, Dec. 24, p. 1). Read...
Date of source: Friday, December 13, 2013
Dr. Mufīd Ikladius, the head of the Egyptian Community in Vienna, has started a campaign to nominate Pope Tawadros II for the Nobel Peace Prize due to his efforts to prevent civil strife in Egypt and preserve social peace and Egyptian unity (Nagwá Bikhīt, al-Dustūr, Dec. 13, p. 1). Read original...
Date of source: Friday, December 13, 2013
The Coptic Orthodox Church is starting a course called, “Family Consultations and Marriage Conflicts”. It is making this course a mandatory requirement for couples planning to marry (Najwá Bikhīt and Magdī Fikrī, al-Dustūr, Dec. 13, p. 4). Read original text in Arabic.
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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.