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Date of source: Friday, April 13, 2007
Bishop Kyrillos denied being subject to trial and asserted that the aim of his visit to Saint Mark’s
Cathedral in ‘Abbāsīyah is to congratulate Pope Shenouda on Easter as he used to do.
Date of source: Sunday, February 18, 2007
Some thousand Copts from the southern city of Naj‘ Ḥammādī have demonstrated over a trial of their bishop based on a complaint signed by 11 of the city’s priests. Demonstrations have moved to the main Cathedral in Cairo, which convinced leaders of the church to send the bishop back to his diocese...
Date of source: Sunday, December 17, 2006
The article discusses the problems facing the restoration and reconstruction of Coptic churches in Egypt
based on a presidential decree requiring ownership documents or royal decrees to approve reconstruction, which for
many churches do not exist.
Date of source: Sunday, October 8, 2006
The story of a Coptic girl who claims she was kidnapped and asked to convert to Islam.
Date of source: Saturday, September 16, 2006
In a symposium at the Monastery of Badābā in
Naj‘ Hammādī, the head of the Washington-based U.S. Copts Association, Michael
Munīr, described the head of the St. Athanasius Orthodox Eparchy of Egypt and the Middle East,
Bishop
Max Michel, as an "outsider" who incited Christians to disobey Pope...
Date of source: Monday, September 11, 2006
The Bishop of Naj‘
Hamādī has been accused of failing to recognize the rights of Dr. Rushdī Wāsif
Bahmān who authored a book on the life of Saint al-Anbā Badābā.
Date of source: Sunday, September 10, 2006
A so-called Coptic Book, a fourth century papyrus codex belonging to the papyrus collection of the Egyptian Museum of Berlin, has finally been published, complete with digital images of the papyrus leaves themselves.
Date of source: Monday, August 7, 2006
The author reports that for the first time in Egypt a Christian cleric is facing Qur’ān accusation that
could send him to prison. The matter involved a dispute between two businessmen which Bishop Kyrillos intervened
in. However he is now facing accusations of breach of trust over the matter.
Date of source: Sunday, July 9, 2006
After a visit to the Coptic Museum in 2001, students called for an opportunity to study Coptic history and language. The University of Toronto now offers Coptic Studies in the Department of Near and Middle East Civilizations. Students say that it has been a great experience being introduced to the...
Date of source: Saturday, July 1, 2006
The author explains the history of the discovery of the controversial Gospel of Judas and discusses its content, emphasizing its parallels with Gnostic thinking. He emphasizes that much of the publicity surrounding this gospel has been sensationalized.
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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.