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Date of source: Monday, October 3, 2011
The crisis of remarriage in the Coptic Orthodox Church surfaced again but this time with more violent steps on the part of seekers of remarriage licenses after they announced that they "resigned" from the Orthodox denomination but would not join another.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 17, 2011
President of the Egyptian Democratic Union, Najīb Jubrā'īl, has informed Human Rights that the Ministry of Interior Affairs has agreed to amend returning Christians’ Identification Cards, affirming their conversion back into the religion.
Date of source: Sunday, July 31, 2011
Coptic activists and organizations say that they refuse to transform the Egyptian revolution into a religious one, criticizing the Islamists that dominated Tahrīr Square on Friday. Speaking to Al-Misrī Al-Yawm on Saturday, the activists voiced their intentions to fight for a civil state that...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 1, 2011
CAIRO - The January 25 revolution is having a momentous impact on the Coptic Church. “The Copts will ignore Church policies,” surmised Mamoun Fendi, president of Fendi Associates, a Washington DC-based research group and think-tank, during the 18-day revolution.
Date of source: Thursday, May 12, 2011
On Thursday, May 12, Pope Shenouda’s secretary Bishop Armia announced that claims against Kāmīliyā Shihātah are unfounded.
Head of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights Najīb Gibrael proclaimed that Shihātah will be summoned by prosecutors about her disappearance and alleged detention by the church....
Date of source: Friday, March 25, 2011
Dr. Yaḥyā al-Jamāl, Deputy Prime Minister, met with a delegation of priests from Maghāghah’s Archbishopric, headed by Bishop Aghathoun, Bishop of Maghāghah and al-‘Adwah [Minya governorate], to resolve the crisis of building the new Archbishopric.
Father ‘Izrā Fanjarī, Deputy of Maghāghah’s...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Al-Ahrām reports Wednesday that Arab media have given major attention to the interview granted to the paper on Monday by Habīb al-‘Ādlī, the Egyptian Minister of the Interior, in which he revealed information about the attack on the Church of the Two Saints in Alexandria on New Year’s Day.
It...
Date of source: Thursday, December 30, 2010
An official source at the Islamic Research Academy said that the Virgin Mary movie is just an illusion, saying that the Azhar did not receive any script for a movie involving Virgin Mary. However, he added that the rule of not portraying prophets in movies is applicable in that case, because the...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Midhat Bishāy believes that the Coptic Orthodox Church lacks the concept of decentralization. He explains that Pope Shenouda, the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch, has announced on several occasions that no one is authorized to decide, consult, or speak in the name of the church without first consulting...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 28, 2010
‘Imād Tūmās reviews a book entitled Introduction to Coptic Folklore, which argues that ancient Egyptian roots can be found throughout most Coptic celebrations, feasts, hymns, and rituals.
For instance, the commemoration of birthdays of the saints (called Mawlids) comes from a ritual that stretches...
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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.