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Date of source: Friday, August 18, 2006
The article deals with the reasons behind splits in the Egyptian church like
the defection
of Hābīl Tawfīq and Max Michel, who both want to set up churches independent
from the mother
Coptic Orthodox church, in addition to attempts by the Mormons to build their own church in al-
Ma‘ādī, in...
Date of source: Sunday, July 9, 2006
The Egyptian churches have agreed not to seek a ban on Dan Brown’s controversial movie but will instead launch anti-Da- Vinci-Code campaign.
Date of source: Friday, June 9, 2006
In Samālout, al-Minya governorate, the Holy Family reached Jabal al-Tayr on their blessed journey. On the first of June every year, many Egyptians celebrate the birth of the Virgin Mary.
Date of source: Friday, June 2, 2006
If you are Christian, 10,000 pounds, the price of a forged certificate that indicates the conversion to another denomination or religion, is the cost of divorce.
Date of source: Friday, May 19, 2006
The article deals with the issue of the defrocking of priests and monks as 50 clergymen
have been
defrocked during the past five years, the most recent of whom were two priests in al-Jīza
parish who were
defrocked for committing financial excesses and violating canon laws.
Date of source: Friday, May 5, 2006
In an interview with al-
Musawwar, Habīl Tawfīq
Sa‘īd, a self-styled ‘priest,’ speaks about the
independent Orthodox denomination of the
“Sons of St. Paul the apostle,” which he founded in 1982 and which then
included 3.5 million Coptic Orthodox
members from all over the world.
Date of source: Friday, May 5, 2006
Father Mīnā Ishaq Hābīl was
defrocked of his ministerial credentials and removed from
the Giza Bishopric Church for financial
irregularities, the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate announced yesterday in a
statement.
Date of source: Friday, April 7, 2006
The article focuses on the disagreement
among Christian denominations on ordaining women as elders after the Evangelical church inaugurated a woman as an elder.
Date of source: Friday, March 3, 2006
Though the Coptic Orthodox Church has initiated preparations for the elections of al-Majlis al-Mīlī, some Copts are still calling for amending the council’s law.
Date of source: Friday, October 10, 2003
The article is an interview with Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III. He comments on the relation between the church and the state, opposition within the church, divorce among Copts, homosexuality, his relations with former president Sadāt and his relation with Archpriest Mattá al-Maskīn [Yūsuf...
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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.