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Minister of Education Zakī Badr's statements that his Ministry would embark on a comprehensive plan to change and develop the religious educational curricula have opened Pandora's box, with rumors spreading that the new plans are just the outcome of foreign pressure.
A number of expatriate Copts called for the establishment of a Coptic Parliament. The idea was regarded as sectarian and against national unity. It has also faced both Church and public rejection; three denominations in Egypt rejected the idea.
Ahmad ‘Iz paid a visit to Pope Shenouda in the papal residence at the Cathedral. Many observers discussed the politics of the visit, reflecting on the coming Parliamentary elections. Meanwhile, the Coptic Orthodox Church denied that the visit had any political implications.
The Egyptian Church believes the image of Jesus to be the one used during the Wednesday sermons. Pope Shenouda III, of the Coptic Orthodox Church, said all the images of Jesus are just the product of several artists’ imaginations and that each society in the world draw images of Jesus that...
Extremists’ campaigns are growing over a project to develop religious education and modify theological textbooks inside schools in a bid to render religious curricula more tolerant and accepting of the others, through the emphasis on common values.
Dozens of young Copts staged a demonstration within the St. Mark Cathedral building in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīya, just before Pope Shenouda III of the Coptic Orthodox Church, delivered his weekly Wednesday sermon. He called for the acceleration of the handing down of a court ruling in the...
Waves of official and intellectual protests against a symposium organized by al-Yawm al-Sābi‘ newspaper that hosted novelist and academic Yūsuf Zaydān, author of the controversial book “Azazel,” which angered the Coptic Orthodox Church and spurred many Christian clergymen and thinkers...
A vote by all members of parliament in Belgium in favor of a decision to impose a ban on the niqāb in public places, like parks and streets, triggered controversy as well as large-scale criticism by Muslims and human rights organizations. Some newspapers described the decision as a "...
Pope Shenouda meets with the defense counsel for the victims of the Naj‘ Hammādī massacre, as the defendant’s lawyers expressed fear the Pope might intervene in the course of the trial.
Jewish synagogues in Egypt boast a unique history and as Carmen Weinstein—chief of the Cairo-based Jewish Community—notes, Egypt has never ignored its Jewish antiquities. According to her, whoever calls for the synagogues to be sold because there are no longer any Jews in Egypt...
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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.