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Date of source: Tuesday, March 12, 2013
The Shūrá Council discussed Egypt’s relations with Libya and Sudan and the crisis faced by Coptic Egyptians in Libya. A fact-finding commission will be formed to put an end to the strenuous conditions faced by Egyptians in a number of countries, including Libya. A second committee will also be...
Date of source: Thursday, February 21, 2013
A group of Coptic youth gathered outside the Saint Mark Cathedral in al-'Abbāsīyah and held 30 minutes of silence to protest against the Church leaders’ decision to intervene in politics. In a statement published by the Associated Press, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II allegedly said that he...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 15, 2013
An article in the English The Telegraph on Jan. 13 said that the number of Coptic Churches in the United States has grown from four churches to 200 in 40 years. There are so many Coptic refugees from Egypt fleeing, if they can, to the United States that some Coptic Churches have had to be extended...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 12, 2013
For the first time in the history of the Catholic Church, the Vatican Pope Benedict XVI announced on February 11 that he will resign as pope on February 28, 2013. Below is the full text of Pope Benedict XVI’s declaration, as presented on the Vatican website:
Date of source: Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Al-Misrīyun reports today that well-informed Church sources revealed that intensive contacts are running between the leaders of the Coptic Orthodox Church and Shī'ah leaders in Egypt to unify their future "political" positions.
The sources, further, said that last year, and soon after Coptic...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 26, 2013
The Coptic Orthodox, Catholic, and Evangelical Churches announced their withdrawal from participating in the national dialogue called for by President Muhammad Mursī Monday evening, February 25, 2013. According to the spokesperson for the Catholic Church, the Churches are not against national...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 13, 2013
In an unprecedented step in the history of the Catholic Church, the Vatican Pope Benedict XVI has announced that he will resign from his position on February 28, 2013. This announcement has led to mixed reactions in the West (Gīhān Mustafá, al-Misrīyūn, Feb. 13, p. 6). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Saturday, February 16, 2013
The political [Coptic] activist George Ishāq, member of the National Salvation Front, said that the Egyptian State Television banned the broadcasting of a recorded interview with him on Channel One and al-Misriya Satellite channel. He was interviewed by “al-Akhir” or “The Last” TV Show hosted by...
Date of source: Thursday, January 31, 2013
Coptic movements will come together with the opposition movements already scheduled on Friday, February 1, 2013 hoping to overthrow the first "legitimately" elected president in the history of Egypt. [John ‘Abd al-Malāk, al-Misrīyūn, Jan. 31, p. 3] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Saturday, January 19, 2013
Dozens of Muslims gathered in front of the Abū Fād Church in Marāshdah village of Qena Governorate on Friday (January 18, 2013) after a Muslim family accused a Coptic hardware dealer of sexually assaulting their four-year-old daughter. Muslim protesters destroyed the shop of the accused as well as...
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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.