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Date of source: Saturday, September 26, 2020
Anglican Archbishop Mouneer proposed the title Comparing inclusive Citizenship in Egypt with Europe. The comparison with Europe was important to the Archbishop since it is not all rosy in Europe, yet Mr.Belder chose to focus on Egypt alone.
Mr.Bas Belder is a former journalist for the...
Date of source: Friday, August 12, 2022
The September 2020 Webinar “Comparing inclusive Citizenship in Egypt with Europe,” led to a discussion about the so-called Covenant of ʿUmar, also known as the Capitulations of ʿUmar, a 9th-century document prohibiting church building, the rebuilding of destroyed churches, and displaying a cross on...
Date of source: Thursday, August 25, 2022
Mr. Bas Belder was between 1999 and 2019 one of the very few members in the European Parliament showing an active interest in the position of Christians in the Middle East. He is to be complimented for his genuine interest in Christians in the Middle East but the sources he used in his paper for...
Date of source: Monday, March 20, 2023
The matter of changing the religion of a child has been brought to the forefront of public discourse in Egypt, following the conversion of a child’s religion from Christian to Muslim. The boy was raised by Coptic parents after having been found outside a church in Cairo, however was later taken...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 14, 2023
The Patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church, Anbā Ibrāhīm Isḥaq, attended celebrations commemorating the inauguration of Pope Francis II as the head of the Roman Catholic Church. The celebrations were held at the Apostolic Nunciature in al-Zamālik and were attended by members of the Catholic clergy...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 14, 2023
The Bishop Paula of Ṭanṭā has said that the items of the new Personal Status Law for non-Muslims will be discussed soon along with Pope Tawāḍrūs of the Coptic Orthodox Church. In an interview, he revealed that several items were related to marriages, including the need for churches to officially...
Date of source: Sunday, March 5, 2023
Plans to rename the city of St. Catherine as “the Greatest Manifestation” (al-Tajallī al-Aʿẓam) have been rejected by Egyptians and historians, who believe that this would be an erasure of the Egyptian identity and history of the site. The name change would be part of the Greatest Manifestation...
Date of source: Friday, March 10, 2023
Bishop Ermia, the president of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center, has spoken about the late Pope Kyrillos VI during an interview with al-Waṭan newspaper. He described Pope Kyrillos VI as a devout man of prayers, who was chosen by the heavens, and who displayed a great love for the Church and its...
Date of source: Monday, February 13, 2023
A Coptic delegation from the Parish of Esnā and Armant has congratulated the Orthodox Coptic inhabitants of al-Dayr village, in the south of Luxor, on the occasion of the annual celebration of the birth of Aḥmad ibn Idrīs. The village is home to a mosque bearing the name of the saint, whose lineage...
Date of source: Monday, February 13, 2023
The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Tamūh has started a new course for youths entitled “Sacred Agpeya”, which will address several spiritual topics in the Agpeya, a primary daily prayer book for Coptic Orthodox Christians, such as the early prayers, contemplative prayer and Vespers (evening prayers)....
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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.