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Date of source: Thursday, May 31, 2012
On February 28, 2012 the leaders of the Council of the Evangelical Churches in Egypt met with the Muslim Brotherhood, and produced a document delineating the shared values of both organizations.
Seventeen evangelical signatories are listed; perhaps the one most surprising comes at the very end.
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Date of source: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Nevine is a member of the Evangelical Church of Egypt who is inspired by Evangelical Christian leaders who seek to unite in order to fulfill God’s plan for herself and her fellow Egyptians.
Date of source: Thursday, October 20, 2011
Dr. Safwat al-Bayādī, Head of the Coptic Evangelical Church in Egypt, said that Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III agreed with other denominations on their comments regarding the unified law on construction of houses of worship.
Bayādī affirmed that Pope Shenouda has not agreed on the law.
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Date of source: Friday, July 30, 2010
Pope Shenouda insisted that the Secular Copts group who recently proposed a draft personal status law neither represents the Coptic Orthodox people nor the Church.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Dr. Safwat al-Bayādī, Head of the Evangelical Community Council in Egypt, believes that it will be very dangerous to amend article 189 in the constitution.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Sunday, February 6 witnessed a peculiar exhibition amidst the drama unfolding in Tahrir Square. Christian Egyptians publically conducted a prayer service, honoring their fallen co-demonstrators who have died in the effort to topple the Mubarak government. Calling them ‘martyrs’, as is common...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 10, 2010
The Director of the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo, Dr. Ikrām Lam‘ī, talks to Al-Dustūr on subjects of controversy between the Orthodox and Protestant churches of Egypt. He blames fitnah tā’ifīyah on the Orthodox Church and the Azhar and claims that if it weren’t for the Protestant...
Date of source: Sunday, October 31, 2010
In a celebration representing Egyptian national unity, the Protestant Church in Cairo launched a campaign to rehabilitate the disabled to use electric wheelchairs. Organizer Yvette al-Bayādī said that the campaign was for disabled people of all colors and religions in the spirit of true Egyptian...
Date of source: Sunday, October 24, 2010
At the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization in Cape Town, five thousand evangelicals from around the world--including sixty-five Egyptians headed by Dr. Safwat al-Bayādī--discussed various humanitarian and international topics including proselytization. Al-Bayādī said that Middle-Eastern...
Date of source: Sunday, October 10, 2010
Head of the Protestant communion, Safwat al-Bayādī, announced the launch of a campaign to “put out the fire” of the current sectarian crisis between Muslims and Copts. In a statement to al-Wafd he called for a plenary session between religious and political leaders, rather than a statement for two...
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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.