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Date of source: Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Dr. Shawqī Ibrāhīm ‘Abd al-Karīm, professor of jurisprudence at the Azhar University branch in Tantā, was elected to be the new Muftī of the Republic. He will replace Dr. ‘Alī Jum’ah whose term will end on March 3, 2013 (Lu’ay ‘Alī, al-Yawm al-Sābi’, Feb. 12, p. 5). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 12, 2013
The Islamic newspaper al-Misrīyūn published an article entitled “Pope Tawadros complain to Germany about Egypt”.
After his three-day visit to Egypt, the German Volker Kauder, a CDU politician and Chairman of the CDU/CSU [Christian Democratic Union and Christian Secular Union] parliamentary group...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Expatriate Copts are launching a conference today (February 12) in Amsterdam the capital of the Netherlands. The report came on "Copts United website" as follows:
Dutch Coptic Association holds conference of “Egypt under MB rule”
By-Girgis Tawfik | 7 February 2013
Coptic Dutch Association holds an...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Copts were angered by statements of al-Shaykh Abū Islām, owner of al-Ummah Satellite Channel, against Christianity. Copts considered his statements offensive to the Christ and Virgin Mary, demanding the Public Prosecutor to arrest him.
Najīb Jubrā’īl, Coptic lawyer and head of the Egyptian Union of...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Dozens of Copts assembled in Samallūt Township outside of the office building of al-Minya Governorate, demonstrating against the state of lawlessness, thuggery, and kidnapping spreading in the Governorate, demanding the return of security in the streets.
Midhat Loweis Jirjis [a Copt] said that a...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 12, 2013
National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA) will settle the issue of banning the YouTube website in Egypt after the verdict of the Administrative Court to ban the website for a month. The verdict was based on the YouTube-broadcasted video discrediting Prophet Muhammad and Islam, which...
6. For the first time in the history of the Catholic Church: Pope Benedict announces his resignation
Date of source: Tuesday, February 12, 2013
DECLARATIO
(Video)
Dear Brothers,
I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three canonizations, but also to communicate to you a decision of great importance for the life of the Church. After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my...
Date of source: Sunday, February 10, 2013
Pope Tawadros blessed the launch of al-Hurīyah al-Qibtīyah (“Coptic Freedom”), a new Coptic, ecclesiastical channel, and the first of its kind during his time as Pope. It is part of the global TBN network of channels, a Christian network available in most languages. Dīnā ‘Abd al-Karīm held an...
Date of source: Sunday, February 10, 2013
A number of activists shared a video clip on Facebook in which Shaykh Ahmad Abū Islām, who presents a programme on al-Ummah Satellite Channel, attacks the National Salvation Front, describing it’s members as an atheist force which is fighting Islam and working to bring it down with cooperation from...
Date of source: Sunday, February 10, 2013
The Egyptian Church yesterday began a week of “prayers for unity” under the leadership of the Council for Middle Eastern Churches. They also celebrated the inauguration of the Evangelical Church in al-Fajāllah in Downtown Cairo, after Church leaders led groups of boy scouts from the Jesuit School...
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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.