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Date of source: Monday, February 10, 2014
Pope Tawadros II is going to the monastery of Saint Bishoy in the Wadī al- Nātrun to start the fast of Yunan (Jonah), known as the ‘Nineveh Fast.’ He shall return on Wednesday to give his weekly sermon (Michael Fāris, al-Yawm al-Sābi’, Feb. 10). Read original text in Arabic.
29. AWR Daily Overview: February 9, 2014: Orthodox Church Launches “The Holy Bible for All” Festival
Date of source: Sunday, February 9, 2014
Under the auspices of Bishop Mūsá, the Bishop of Youth, and Bishop Martyrus, the Church of the Virgin Mary in Ard al-Sharkah district in Cairo has held a carnival entitled “The Holy Bible for All” in College de la Salle. It included performances that present explications of Holy Bible verses in a...
Date of source: Sunday, February 2, 2014
The sufī tarīqah sheikhs announced their rejection of an EU that they believe to be an intervention in Egyptian internal affairs. The EU statement denounced “the absence of a fully inclusive process, the lack of attempts to overcome the polarization of society and reducing political space for...
Date of source: Friday, February 7, 2014
Political factions rejected new initiatives calling for reconciliation with the Muslim Brotherhood including the initiatives of the [Muslim Brotherhood led] National Coalition in Support for Legitimacy and the last initiative of Cairo University Professor Hassan Nafaa [a liberal]. Dr. Wahīd Abd al...
Date of source: Thursday, February 6, 2014
The first unit in the Administrative Court headed by judge Muhammad Qishtah postponed the lawsuit by a Copt to allow him a second marriage. The lawsuit was filed by Shukrī Abd al- Shahīd against Pope Tawadros and Bishop Bola (Amanī Mūsá, Copts- United, Feb. 6). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 5, 2014
The Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church shall meet on February 20th to examine and discuss the regulation list of 1957 for papal elections and its amendment. According to a clerical source the meetings, headed by Bishop Rafael, started yesterday in the monastery of Saint Bishoy in the Wadī al...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Mufti Dr. Shawqī ‘Allām delegated Dr. Ibrahīm Nigm as his representative to take part in the Islam Awareness Week in New York (Author not mentioned, al- Ahrām, Feb. 4). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Sunday, February 2, 2014
The Dār al- Ifta’ warned yesterday against extremist fatwás (religious decrees) that call members of the security forces infidels and prohibited prayer for those members of the security forces who die in attacks on them (Wā’il Fāyyiz, al- Watan, Feb. 2, p. 1). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Saturday, February 1, 2014
Pope Tawadros II has appointed three new priests of the monastery of Saint Antonious and promoted a number of priests (Muhammad al- Sayyīd Sulīman, al- Masrī al- Yawm, Feb. 1). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Najuīb Jubra’īl, the head of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights Organization, requested in a letter to Interim President ‘Adly Mansūr to speed up issuing an anti- discrimination law. The new law is to forbid discrimination based on religion, language or ethnicity as per article 53 of the new...
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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.