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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: Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Anbā Nicola, the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Ṭanṭā, revealed the civil legal status of the Monastery of Saint Catherine in Sinai, stating that the monastery has been known since ancient times, dating back to when Empress Helena, the mother of Emperor Constantine the Great, built a church named...
Date of source: Sunday, June 8, 2025
On May 28th, 2025, the Ismāʿīliya appellate court in northern Egypt issued a controversial judgment related to a property dispute concerning St. Catherine’s Monastery in the Sinai Peninsula. The judgment triggered strong reactions across the Greek Orthodox community and broader Christian world and...
Date of source: Friday, May 30, 2025
Following a wave of controversy over reports that authorities in Egypt's South Sinai governorate were seeking to confiscate the historic Saint Catherine Monastery, administratively affiliated with the Greek Orthodox Church, and seize its lands, President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī assured Greek Prime...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 28, 2025
The Ismāʿīlīya Court of Appeal, an affiliate of the Ṭūr Sinai Department, handed down a verdict on Wednesday (May 28) in the lawsuit filed over disputed land plots in the South Sinai governorate, granting the monks of Saint Catherine Monastery the right to use it and the archeological and religious...
Date of source: Friday, May 30, 2025
Foreign Minister Badr ʿAbd al-ʿĀṭī, during a meeting on Friday with European ambassadors accredited to Egypt, reviewed in detail the court ruling from May 28 regarding the lands surrounding Saint Catherine Monastery.
Date of source: Saturday, May 31, 2025
Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr ʿAbd al-ʿĀṭī reiterated on Friday (May 30) Egypt’s full commitment to preserving Saint Catherine Monastery's unique and sacred religious status, stressing that this status will remain unchanged.
Date of source: Friday, April 25, 2025
Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church visited today (April 25) the College of Europe in Natolin, Warsaw, Poland, as part of his first pastoral tours in the Central European diocese.
Date of source: Saturday, April 19, 2025
Dr. Andrea Zakī, Head of the Evangelical Community in Egypt, said the call made by Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church to unify festivities was a good step for closer ties between Eastern and Western churches.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church said the enacted 2016 law on the construction of churches had a major role in the codification of churches in Egypt.
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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.