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Date of source: Sunday, January 3, 2010
Christian prisoners will be able to participate in the Christmas mass in all prisons in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, February 14, 2010
This article is an interview and discussion with Anba Mina, Abbot of Mar-Girgis Monastery in Khatatba, as well as some other ministers of the Church, about the religious ideals of Coptic Christians in Egypt. The author and interviewer desires to understand how the Church in Egypt is philosophically...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Two days ago the Coptic community of Egypt witnessed a unique event. On Sunday, February 14, Valentine’s Day, a rally was organized downtown by over two hundred Coptic participants in protest over the Naga Hammadi killings on Christmas Eve and the subsequent handling of the case by the government....
Date of source: Sunday, September 6, 2009
Yūsuf Sidhum continues his series of articles about the church’s attitude toward publicity and the media. The author believes that it is vital for the church to have an efficient tool to communicate with the media and claims that the establishment of a church media office is long overdue.
Date of source: Sunday, August 23, 2009
This article sheds light on a celebration held in Zaqāzīq for the new Zaqāzīq and Minia al-Qamh’s bishop, Thymothous who was warmly applauded and who stressed the love, fraternity, and tolerance among Muslims and Copts.
Date of source: Sunday, August 16, 2009
In spite of the governmental decision to cancel mūlids in Egypt, people celebrated many mūlids. Some Muslim mūlids were canceled while other Christian were permitted paving the way for heated arguments and fears of sectarian tension.
Date of source: Friday, August 7, 2009
Pope Shenouda states that Christians do not celebrate mūlids but the holidays of saints
Date of source: Saturday, August 1, 2009 to Friday, August 7, 2009
In spite of the governmental decision to cancel mūlids, Egyptians adhere to their religious traditions and turn a deaf ear to the decision. However, Lower Egyptian areas seem to be more complying.
Date of source: Monday, July 27, 2009
A new Bishop is assigned in Jirjā in the presence of wide public and governmental representation.
Date of source: Sunday, November 15, 2009
Despite international interest in the study of Coptic Orthodoxy and Coptic history, until as late as the 1950s there was no academic institution offering such studies in Egypt. This article describes the founding and continued work of the Institute for Coptic Studies, founded in 1954.
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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.