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Date of source: Monday, September 13, 2004
Archbishop Rowan Williams made his first visit to the Diocese of Egypt since he became the Archbishop of Canterbury. The archbishop met with President Mubarak, Dr. Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, the Grand imam of the Azhar, Pope Shenouda and laid the foundation stone of Harpur Community Health Centre in...
Date of source: Thursday, September 9, 2004
A girl called Asmaa Muhammad Zaki who suffers from mental illness, disappeared. This girl’s father accidentally found out that his daughter converted to Christianity.
On another level, an extremist priest called Marcos Zakariya [the correct name is Zakariya Botros See AWR 2004, week 22, art. 24]...
Date of source: Sunday, August 15, 2004
This is the time of year when Pope Shenouda III pays a visit to the Coptic community in the US. All Egyptians await his visit because he is not only the head of the Coptic Church but is also an Egyptian symbol. Subjects discussed in the following interviews include: problems of expatriate Copts,...
Date of source: Saturday, August 14, 2004
Akhbar Al-Yom interviewed Pope Shenouda III during his visit to the US. In this interview Pope Shenouda speaks about politics, religion and his relationship with Muslim leaders. Pope Shenouda voices his rejection of extremism and foreign interference in Arab affairs under false pretext. Pope...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 11, 2004
On the first day of his visit to the US to examine the Coptic churches and community there, Pope Shenouda confirmed that the relationship uniting Muslims and Copts does not need religious dialogue. Pope Shenouda, moreover, described the permanent dialogue between the Church and the Azhar as a...
Date of source: Thursday, July 22, 2004
The Coptic Church celebrated last Saturday at the monastery of the great St. Bishoy at Wadi Al-Natroun the Golden Jubilee of the monasticism of His Holiness Pope Shenouda III. The celebration was attended by priests, bishops and members of the Holy Council as well as by the Coptic community. On 18...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 20, 2004
Coptic sources expected Pope Shenouda would change his stance and agree to meet with members of the committee. Dr. Mustafa Al-Fiqi, head of the Foreign Affairs Committee at the People’s Assembly, stated that the [American] committee would not discuss issues related to Egyptian domestic affairs. Al-...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 14, 2005
The exaggeration about the comparison between the role of traditional Islam and the Coptic Orthodox Church is simple. It is not the difference in attitude but in numbers/statistics. Copts simply do not have the numbers to seek power as Islamists do.
Date of source: Monday, May 23, 2005
Father Sirgius of the Papal secretariat stated that he telephoned Pope Shenouda in New Jersey to ask about his health after two operations.He said that reports regarding the Pope being paralyzed are groundless.
Date of source: Monday, November 11, 2002
The author expresses his surprise at the statement of Pope Shenouda concerning the right of the Copts to occupy leadership positions. He believes that the pope should not have given such a statement in a time when the Middle East witnesses dramatic events.
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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.