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Date of source: Thursday, November 4, 2010
As soon as the Coptic Orthodox Church announced its decision to go on with celebrations for Pope Shenouda III’s “39 Years as Pope” celebrations at Wādī al-Natrūn, al-Qā‘idah announced the expiration of the ultimatum the group had given the church to release the allegedly detained converts held in...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 3, 2010
The Church is considering cancelling the Pope’s “39 Years as Pope” celebrations in fear of al-Qāī‘dah’s threats to sabotage Egyptian churches if the detainees allegedly held in church monasteries are not released. The Church has already taken extra security measures at its events, while state...
Date of source: Sunday, October 31, 2010
In a letter to the Ministry of Interior, Najīb Jabrā‘īl, the legal advisor to the church, demanded the return of the “Advice and Guidance” sessions to counter the recurring disappearance of Coptic girls. He also asked the Azhar not to endorse people converting to Islam in order to get married or...
Date of source: Saturday, October 30, 2010
The Egypt Lovers and Peace foundation’s General Secretary, Hānī ‘Azīz, told Al-Dustūr that Pope Shenouda III will be arriving in Cairo on Monday morning. He said that the reason the pope used businessman Najīb Sawīrus’ private jet is that there were no available seats on commercial flights. Bishop...
Date of source: Monday, October 25, 2010
The article asks religious figures and thinkers who might be behind the demonstrations against Pope Shenouda III and whether it is a coincidence that these demonstrations are happening right before the parliamentary elections. Mukhtār Nūh blamed chaos, Kamāl Habīb blamed Salafīs and Shaykh Usāmah...
Date of source: Sunday, October 24, 2010
Before leaving to the United States, Pope Shenouda III met with Bishop Bīshūy and asked him to find a new way to appear in the media and also come up with a statement that would calm down public opinion after the controversial comments he made about the Qur'ān.
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Date of source: Saturday, October 23, 2010
With the assistance of two Facebook groups, protestors organized demonstrations after Friday prayers yesterday outside the Nūr Mosque in ‘Abbāsiyyah and Nājī Mosque in Alexandria. They demanded the release of Kāmīlīyā Shihātah and shouted slogans such as “Egypt is an Islamic country,” along with...
Date of source: Friday, October 15, 2010
The Egyptian Chaldean Church was established in 1930 and includes only 150 families and two churches. Sawt al-Ummah decided to interview its leader, Monseigneur Phillip Najm, who is originally from Iraq. He says that he has been appointed by the Vatican and that the church is on very good terms...
Date of source: Saturday, May 8, 2010
A group of Muslims attacked a church in an Upper Egyptian village with stones after knowing about the church’s intention to build a minaret.
Date of source: Saturday, April 24, 2010
Expatriate Copts express “conditional” support for Al- Barād‘ī' so long as he promises to achieve complete equality between Muslims and Copts.
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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.