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Date of source: الخميس, شباط (فبراير) 28, 2013
Doctor Najīb Jubrā’īl, head of the Egyptian Union of Human Rights Organization, has requested a meeting with Pope Tawadros to reform the Clerical Council. Jubrā’īl has requested that more civilians, such as lawyers, psychologists, and social workers, participate in the Council. In addition, he...
Date of source: الخميس, شباط (فبراير) 28, 2013
Unknown assailants set fire to a church in Nigeria, damaging the building and its contents. The recently-built church is the subject of some local controversy over the ownership of the land the church is built on (Author not mentioned, al-Yawm al-Sāb’, Feb. 28, p. 2). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: الخميس, شباط (فبراير) 28, 2013
Four Copts and one Muslim were murdered in Burj al-‘Arab area in what appears to be a crime motivated by personal rather than religious reasons. The five victims were farm workers, who had apparently insulted, abused, and expelled from the farm a newly hired farm worker, Taha Mūsá. Mūsá has since...
Date of source: الخميس, شباط (فبراير) 28, 2013
The Administrative Court at the Council of State has repealed a Mubārak-era law relating to church building. Law number 291 from 2005 gave governors the authority to issue licenses to Christian religious communities regarding the building, expansion, refurbishment, or demolition of existing...
Date of source: الخميس, شباط (فبراير) 28, 2013
Abū Maqār Church (Saint Macarius Church) in Shubrā al-Khaymah witnessed a new crisis between Copts and Salafists opposed to the construction of a service or ceremonial building, affiliated with the church. Salafist groups have attacked the church and blocked construction workers. A representative...
Date of source: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 18, 2013
Pope Tawadros surprised leaders of the Church of St. Mark in Alexandria with a round of visits to some churches in order to meet the high priest and priests and to hold prayers at the churches (Amīrah Fathī, al-Wafd, Feb. 18, p. 3). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 17, 2013
In what could be the largest Christian Egyptian gathering in an “Islamist era”, the Council of Egyptian Churches, which is headed by Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II, begins its work on Monday, February 18 (Author not mentioned, al-Sabāh, Feb. 17, p. 11). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: الأربعاء, شباط (فبراير) 13, 2013
Al-Beheira Governorate has been made the leading religious landscape in Egypt. The villages and cities of Beheira came out as the most important religious positions in Egypt since the January 25 Revolution (Nasr al-Laqānī, al-Wafd, Feb. 13, p. 16). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 9, 2013
Spokesman of President Mursī, Dr. Yāsir ꞌAlī, yesterday commented on statements delivered by President Mursī on Egyptian Christians describing them as “minorities”. Accusing media of delivering false reports, ꞌAlī argued that media have taken President Mursī’s statements out of context and that the...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 9, 2013
Upon celebrating the Christmas Mass on January 7 and receiving the congratulatory wishes extended by Egyptian public personalities, Pope Tawadros II left to Saint Bishoy Monastery (Dayr al-Anbā Bīshūy) in Wādī al-Natrūn.
According to a Church source, the Pope is reviving the weekly sermon tradition...
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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.