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Date of source: Sunday, April 14, 2019
At the summit of the Voice of Egypt 2019, Ambassador Nabīla Makram, Minister of Immigration, confirmed that President ‘Abd Al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī created a positive image of Egypt regarding the religious file and the rights of the Copts.
Date of source: Saturday, October 6, 2012
Security agencies in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Qena deactivated a decision by Governor ‘Ādil Labīb to embark on works to refurbish the Anba Antonius and Virgin Mary Church in the village of Abū Shūshah.
Date of source: Saturday, October 6, 2012
Priest Yūsuf Subhī of the Mār Jirgis Church in Rafah, which was devastated during the incidents of the January 25, 2011 revolution, said after sessions were held with the tribal chiefs and security officials, the first mass service will be held inside the church on Sunday (October 7).
Date of source: Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Pope Tawadros II has discussed in a meeting with the Family House delegation (Bayt al-‘Ā’ilah) convened in Papal headquarters the renovation of the attacked churches. Bishop Yuhanna Qulta, the Vice Patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church, stated that the delegation proposed a number of business men...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Fādī Yūsuf, founder of the Coalition of Egypt’s Copts (CEC), said that the decision of the State to open churches in 14 governorates is historic and unprecedent; “however, to put this decision into effect is crucial,” the founder of CEC said.
Date of source: Thursday, October 31, 2013
Coptic movements have welcomed the new article, but assured that it is important to draft a law conforming to the Constitution. Dr. Antwān ‘Adil, member of the Maspero Youth Union, stated that this requires a new law to regulate the building of new churches.
Dr. Sūzy Adlī, former member of the...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Dr. Muṣṭafa al-Fiqī, Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, said that the Christians of the Arab countries have been subjected to unprecedented violations, killings, displacement and aggression against their churches, as a result of escalating waves of extremism and terrorism. He added that the...
Date of source: Friday, May 9, 2014
Coptic leaders during the conference of “Representation of Minorities in Parliament” have agreed to the importance of an appropriate representation of the Copts for the parliament and local councils.
Date of source: Saturday, August 17, 2013
Engineer, Ibrahīm Mahlab, and the Minister of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities has assigned the National Center for Research on Construction and Housing to provide assistance to the Engineering Board of the Armed Forces, in the restoration and repair of churches that have been attacked (...
Date of source: Friday, October 19, 2018
Spokesman of Egypt’s Cabinet Nādir Saʿd stated that in response to the application submitted by the Church Regularization Committee, the Prime Minister Muṣṭafā Madbūlī has ordered to ease the regularization procedures for unlicensed churches.
According to the Prime Minister, the status of 120...
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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.