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Date of source: Thursday, May 28, 2015
Coptic Church’s Holy Council adopts resolutions
The Coptic Church’s Holy Council met and adopted several new resolutions including a policy that designates the Monastery’s headquarters as its administrative, health, and social center. It also stipulates that the Monastery itself not be used for any...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Beginning of the “Paris-Cairo” festival with the participation of an elite group of artists and intellectuals
The seventh iteration of the International Festival of Cultural Diversity, for which Egypt is the honored guest, began today in Paris’ first arrondissement. The festival showcased a number...
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Attorney General’s Office confiscates “Freedom Walls” for unclear reasons
The book publisher Dār al-Tanwīr released a report explaining the controversy surrounding the book “Freedom Walls” written by Doctor Sumīr Mahmūd. Alexandria’s Attorney General’s Office confiscated copies of the book last...
Date of source: Friday, July 4, 2014
The Egyptian Council for Human rights has discussed in its monthly meeting a number of issues including capital punishment.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 21, 2013
I have read much about passive resistance, and I have studied the history of persecution which the Copts suffered under the Romans, and how they were able to overthrow the yoke of the Empire with passive resistance. The Copts lost half of their members to persecution at the hands of the Romans, so...
Date of source: Monday, April 8, 2013
Last Tuesday, the independent Cairo daily al-Youm al-Sabei printed a story on a meeting between a number of Coptic figures and representatives of the presidency. Having myself been among those Coptic figures, I would like to cite here what actually took place in that meeting.
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Date of source: Thursday, September 13, 2012
The wave of anger resulting from the film "Innocence of Muslims" discrediting the Prophet Muhammad continues. Protests oat the U.S. Embassy in Cairo developed to taking down the U.S. flag and raising a black flag. There were protests also against CNN in the United States demanding the expulsion of...
Date of source: Thursday, September 13, 2012
Bishop Bula of Tantā and spokesperson of the Coptic Orthodox committee of candidates, said that the final voters tables and candidates lists will be announced on September 14, 2012.
He added that the papal elections will be on Saturday, November 24, 2012 and the sacred lot will take place on...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 11, 2012
The Constituent Assembly rejected the suggestion of Shihātah Muhammad Shihātah, lawyer and Manager of the Arab Centre for Integrity and Transparency, in its hearing session before the judiciary.
Shihātah had called President Mursī--by the powers given to him as President--to replace 30 members of...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Egypt's Copts coalition denounced the Constituent Assembly line-up, saying that it underrepresents the Egyptian people.
The coalition explained that the Assembly is controlled by the Islamic political movements and called on the Azhar and the Church to withdraw from the Assembly.
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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.