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Date of source: Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Thousands of Copts gathered yesterday morning in front of the Cathedral, demanding the right to a second-marriage following years of neglect from within the Clerical Council.
Date of source: Sunday, August 14, 2011
Bishop Bisantī, Bishop of Helwan and Ma'sarah, suspended Archpriest Būlus 'Uwaydah, Priest of al-Zahrā' church, pending the end of investigation on the incident of denuding in the Grand Towers Hotel.
Date of source: Monday, August 15, 2011
The Right to Life Movement, a Coptic group, said a large number of its members will collectively leave the Coptic Orthodox Church, while retaining their Christianity, in response to the Church's refusal to permit divorce and second marriages except in cases of adultery.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 10, 2011
The Coptic Orthodox Church has denied rumors that its leader Pope Shenouda III is seriously ill.
The Church said that Shenouda was in “good health” and that he was carrying on with his regular duties such as “meeting certain figures and attending the weekly sermon.”
Date of source: Wednesday, August 10, 2011
The Coptic Church has confirmed that Pope Shenouda III is in good health, denouncing the rumor about his death as an attempt to undermine national stability.
Date of source: Sunday, August 7, 2011
Kidnapping victims and under-aged disappearance association, a new Coptic movement founded by a group of Coptic youth to follow up on kidnapped young women, demanded the return of 'Advice and Guidance sessions' before conversions to any religion, however, instead of doing these sessions in the...
Date of source: Monday, August 1, 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood's (MB) political party "Freedom and Justice," along with Coptic leaders, agreed to adopt the Azhar's document and affirmed the necessity of the civility of state.
The MB's party and the Copts issued a joint statement assuring that Egypt is for Egyptians.
Coptic and MB figures...
Date of source: Monday, August 1, 2011
The US congress on Monday assigned a special envoy for minority affairs in the Middle East and Asia, and allocated an annual US$1 million for supporting the rights of these minorities.
Morris Sadek, head of the National American Coptic Association, said the decision passed with 402 votes in...
Date of source: Saturday, July 23, 2011
The Egyptian Orthodox, Evangelical and Catholic churches said on Thursday that all Egyptian Christians are free to participate in demonstrations, calling on Muslims and Christians to put the interests of the country above all other considerations.
Date of source: Sunday, July 24, 2011
The Coptic Church has threatened to file a lawsuit against the Interior Ministry, demanding that it bring to trial those accused of bombing the Two Saints Church in Alexandria on New Year’s Eve, killing 24 people and wounding 100 others.
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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.