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Date of source: Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Ramsīs al-Najār said that Copts participated in 25 January Revolution that ousted Hosni Mubarak and 30 June protests that called for Morsi’s downfall because of the injustice they suffered from “terrorist groups” (Sarah Hāmid, al-Misrīyūn, Jul. 3). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Monday, July 1, 2013
For his part, Pope Tawadros, in a telephone call to MarMorkos's channel, called on all officials to take responsibility for the country, adding that Christian and Muslim religious institutions agreed on their position toward the protests; they agreed to avoid official statements supporting the...
Date of source: Sunday, June 30, 2013
In al-Watan, under the title “Threats to burn churches if Christians protested”, a number of churches in the governorates of Suez and Beni Suef received threats through unknown documents, warning them against participating in the anti-Morsi protests or else they will kill Christians and burn...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II and other clergymen met with the U.S. Ambassador to Egypt, Anne Patterson, at Saint Mark Cathedral yesterday (June 17). During the hour and a quarter long meeting they discussed recent developments in Egyptian affairs, including Coptic rights. Pope Tawadros raised...
Date of source: Monday, June 17, 2013
Clashes between Muslims and Copt erupted in the town of al-Fashn in south Beni Suef due a dispute about a piece of state land adjacent to a church. The security forces dispersed both parties and prevented a Copt building on the land (Mustafá Bahār and Khālid 'Abbās, al-Misrīyūn, Jun. 17, p. 11). ...
Date of source: Saturday, June 8, 2013
An official source said that Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II rejected the proposal of Dr. Safwat al-Bayādī, the head of the Coptic Evangelical Church, for the insertion of a chapter on civil marriage in Personal Status Law for non-Muslims. Pope Tawadros said that marriage is one of the...
Date of source: Thursday, June 6, 2013
On the other hand, al-Misrīyūn reported different accounts for the incidents. For instance, it reported that thugs attacked eight Copts, took over their personal properties and assaulted some girls while visiting the Monastery. These Copts were heading to the Monastery to participate in the...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II returned to Cairo yesterday evening (June 4, 2013) following a pastoral trip to Austria. Papal sources stated that President Muhammad Mursi (Mursī) is scheduled to meet with Pope Tawadros to discuss the Renaissance Dam crisis, before meeting with the Ethiopian...
Date of source: Monday, May 27, 2013
Sohag Criminal Court sentenced one convict to death penalty and three others for life imprisonment who are "allegedly" innocent. These four people are convicted in the fitnah tā'ifīyah, erupted in al-Ghurayzāt village of Marāghah Township in Sohag governorate.
This incident left three dead, two...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 21, 2013
In response to Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II's visit to the Vatican, Vatican Pope Francis I asked for a resumption of dialogue with the Azhar which has stalled for more that seven years in a protest against statements made by former Vatican Pope Benedict XVI in 2006 linking Islam with violence....
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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.