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Date of source: Saturday, October 16, 2010
The Supreme State Security Court of Qena will see the testimony of the coroner and Bishop Kyrillos in the case known as the "Naj‘ Hammādī Massacre," in which six persons were killed and nine injured last year after Coptic Christian mass. The case was previously postponed based on the defendants’...
Date of source: Friday, October 15, 2010
During his weekly meeting, Pope Shenouda III said that the building of the alleged third temple in Jerusalem before judgment day, which is considered by many to be the basis for Israel’s existence, is not stated in the Bible. On another note, coptsunited.com announced that suspended priest...
Date of source: Thursday, October 14, 2010
Bishop Thy‘ūdsīūs and Bishop Dūmādīūs traveled to Jerusalem yesterday on a trip to seek blessings from holy sights despite Pope Shenouda III’s prohibition, which he implemented in 1974 to deal with Israeli occupation. A source says Bishop Thy‘ūdsīūs obtained a visa from the Israeli embassy in Cairo...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Last year at a National Democratic Party meeting with the president, Āmāl Salāh delivered a speech about problems facing Naj‘ Hammādī. Everyone, including the President, liked her speech to the extent that people all over Qena started referring to her as “the woman who met the President.” When she...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 13, 2010
During last Monday's meeting between leading public opinion figures organized by the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services, Dr. ‘Abd al-Mu‘tī Bayyūmī accused various religious leaders of mixing religion with politics and called for the separation of the two. He also criticized the...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Wasat Party leader Abū al-‘Ilā Mādī invited various activists and researchers of national issues to a “Civil State and National Unity” conference last Sunday. They discussed potential causes and remedies for the current sectarian crisis. Dr. Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awwā commented on the recent...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 12, 2010
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights launched the “Egyptians Are Equal...I Oppose Sectarianism” campaign last Sunday. The campaign aims to eradicate sectarianism and religious discrimination in Egypt and promote coexistence through various media and internet outlets, such as Facebook.
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Date of source: Monday, October 11, 2010
The Anglican Church has ordained three Upper-Egyptian women, making them the first women in the Egyptian Church’s history to be ordained. The ordainment was carried out by Father Andrea Zakī, Father Adīb Sharqāwī and Father ‘Imād Butrus in an event that saw hundreds of Coptic attendees.
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Date of source: Monday, October 11, 2010
In an interview with the church’s official magazine about the Muslim demonstrations every Friday, Pope Shenouda III urged Egyptians to hold on to national unity and stop listening to the Fitnah hype. He expressed his outrage with the demonstrations that occur after Friday prayers every week, which...
Date of source: Sunday, October 10, 2010
Self-declared head of the Baptist Church, Butrus Falta‘ūs, said that the Anglican communion’s denial of the Baptist congregation’s legitimacy is against the law and that only the state has the authority whether or not to recognize communities. He supports the claim by speaking of the presidential...
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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.