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Date of source: Sunday, June 25, 2000
Several articles in the Egyptian press shows how Egyptians were deeply touched by the impressive celebration, which took place on June 1st, in Saint Mary’s Coptic Church in Ma’adi, to commemorate the third millennium anniversary of the coming of the Holy Family to Egypt. It exposes how this...
Date of source: Monday, June 19, 2000
A great celebration took place on June 1st, in Saint Mary’s Coptic Church in Ma’adi, to commemorate the 2000th anniversary of the coming of the Holy Family to Egypt. The participation of Prime Minister Atef Ebeid and many other ministers, as well as Pope Shenouda III, The Sheikh of Azhar, Dr....
Date of source: Sunday, May 28, 2000
Salwa Refaat wrote the National Egyptian Heritage Foundation( NEHRA), the Ministries of Culture and Environment and the Antiquities Authority made great efforts to revive the sites on the Holy path. On the same page was an interview with Mr. Mounir Gabbour, Chairman of NEHRA. In: "The Holy Book"...
Date of source: Sunday, November 12, 2006
The Coptic Orthodox Church is currently celebrating the return of Pope Shenouda III to Egypt after undergoing spinal surgery at the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America. The celebrations coincided with the 35th anniversary of His Holiness’ enthronement as pope of Alexandria...
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Egyptian Coptic laymen organize a conference entitled, ‘A Laymen’s Look at the Problems
of the Church.’ The
conference faces severe opposition from main figures in the Orthodox Church of Egypt
for the problematic issues it plans on
handling. The review presents information about the conference...
Date of source: Sunday, November 12, 2006
Nabīl ‘Abd al
-Malik criticizes the Egyptian constitution for not providing a healthy
political environment that protects
Copts and women against discrimination. He calls to enact a new constitution that ensures
freedom for all
citizens and respects international agreements.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 11, 2006
This review deals
with the annual national unity
iftār, an occasion that brings together Muslim and Christian senior
officials and dignitaries
during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadān, as Pope Shenouda III of
Alexandria and Imām
of the Azhar Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī stressed...
Date of source: Thursday, October 5, 2006
For the third week, Pope Benedict’s controversial remarks on Islam and
the Prophet
Muhammad have made headlines in Egyptian national and independent newspapers. A number of Muslim
intellectuals devoted their columns to refute claims about the spread of Islam by the sword. Some Muslim
scholars...
Date of source: Monday, October 9, 2006
This review addresses the issue of the reported kidnapping of a 15-year old girl called Lorāns who is in her secondary school stage of education. Conflicting versions of the story have emerged: Sawt al- Ummah says Lorāns said that she was kidnapped by four men and a woman wearing a niqāb...
Date of source: Monday, August 25, 2008
After months of conflicts, the Abū Fānā crisis has been put to an end. The decisions taken by the reconcilliation committee were approved by the governmental institutions concerned and the cornerstone was put in place in the fence around the monastery.
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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.