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Date of source: 3 Jun 2021
The commission consists of Fr. Abrām, bishop of Fayūm, Bishop Daniel, head of St. Paul [Mār Būlā] Monastery at the Red Sea, Engineer Kāmil Michel, a member of the House of Representatives, and Engineer Ayyūb ʿAdlī Ayyūb, a Coptic businessman.
The decision comes after the police forces headed last...
Reviewed by Rieke Mülstegen
Translator Rieke Mülstegen
Date of source: 14 Jun 2021
Yaʿqūb al-Maqārī who, by decision of the Church, returned to his secular name Shinūda Wahba ʿAṭālla Jūrjiyūs, continues to collect donations from simple Copts in his monastic clothing despite the Church’s warnings. He also ordained workers of the monastery violating the Church’s regulations....
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Translator Rieke Mülstegen
Date of source: 21 Jul 2021
Dr. Ṭāriq Shaʿbān Sālim, director of the Azhar Counter-Extremism Observatory, stressed to al-Ahrām Portal, that due to stereotypes against Muslims spread by far-right voices and some Western media, hardly a day goes by without an incident of violence or insult, including attacks on mosques. These...
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Translator Rieke Mülstegen
Date of source: 24 Jul 2021
Aḥmad Qandīl, the media advisor to the Supreme Council of Sufi Orders, said that the Council’s president, Dr. ʿAbd al-Hādī Al-Qaṣabī thanks the president for the state’s support of the shrines. He emphasized that the Sufi Orders support the political leadership in its great efforts and sacrifices...
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Translator Rieke Mülstegen
Date of source: 13 Jun 2021
On April 30, 2020, Ethiopian monks boldly erected a tent in the Coptic Orthodox Church’s Monastery of the Sultan in the Old City of Jerusalem, a common occurrence during the festival seasons. However, this time Ethiopian monks raised the Ethiopian flag over the monastery, which led to a clash...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 19 Jun 2021
Given to the nature of the Red Sea governorate as it is a coastal governorate and a tourist attraction, Bishop Elarion [Īlāriyūn], bishop of Red Sea, has started celebrating a weekly sermon in the English language in Hurghada.
The Diocese of the Red Sea added: “This comes as an opportunity for...
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Translator Engy Rashdan
Date of source: 19 Jun 2021
He hit Fr. Samaʿān multiple times with a cleaver until he died.
Aḥmad Saʿīd, the murderer of Archpriest Samaʿān Shiḥāta Rizk Allāh, was executed on Monday morning. The execution took place at the Cairo Appeals Prison nearly four years later, the crime is known in the media as “al-Marj’s Priest”.
A...
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Translator Engy Rashdan
Date of source: 4 Jun 2021
The Pope stated in the editorial op-ed of al-Kirāza magazine’s new issue which was published today: “Peace in al-Quds cannot be achieved unless the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people and all peoples of the region are respected. True peace cannot become a reality unless the hostility,...
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Translator Engy Rashdan
Date of source: 26 Jun 2021
Shaykh Jābir Ṭāyiʿ stressed on banning unauthorized preachers from ascending the pulpits. He also mentioned the ministry’s efforts to form committees of inspection, in addition to providing periodic follow-up for mosques and observing adherence to the resolution.
The Awqāf Ministry adopts a...
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Translator Engy Rashdan
Date of source: 10 Jul 2021
The Secretary General stated that al-Azhar’s participation through holding a special wing at the Cairo International Book Fair for the fifth year in a row is a powerful addition, especially on the intellectual and cultural level. The wing offers various important intellectual and cultural...
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Translator Engy Rashdan
Date of source: 10 Jul 2021
The delegation of the Episcopal Church included Archdeacon ʿImād Bāssiliyyūs, the Chairman of the Council of Priests, Fr. Joshua Bakhīt ʿAmīd (ecclesiastical position), All Saints' Cathedral, the church’s media team in addition to Muḥib Nāʿīm and Mārīnā Mīkhāʾīl .
In a statement, the Episcopal...
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Translator Engy Rashdan
Date of source: 9 Jun 2021
The meeting focused on the cooperation between Egypt and Jordan in the field of religious tourism, and the importance for Coptic Christians of visiting the Baptismal Site of Jesus Christ in Jordan as part of the Christian pilgrimage.
His Holiness Pope Tawāḍrūs II also praised Jordan and King...
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Translator Darragh Crean
Date of source: 30 Jul 2021
The center stated that the virtual tours will be available to followers and users to experience an authentic visit to these monuments through the church’s official website and the center’s YouTube channel.
The Nativity of Christ Cathedral in the Administrative Capital will be the first tour to be...
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Translator Darragh Crean
Date of source: 19 May 2021
The case also demands the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Tourism to issue instructions to hotels of all types and rankings to accept the accommodation of Egyptian women without any discrimination against them compared to men and remove all impediments.
The lawyers...
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Translator Engy Rashdan
Date of source: 3 Jul 2021
Fr. Yūḥannā was one of the students of Fr. Mattā al-Miskīn who is considered one of the most famous monks of the Coptic Orthodox Church of the 20th century. The late Monk was born on 12th of May 1931, with the name Raʾūf Jirjis. He graduated from pharmacy school in 1951.
He served at St. Antonius’s...
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Translator Engy Rashdan
Date of source: 23 Aug 2021
The last azan had quietened and yellowish shades of Maadi faded when I got off the metro and headed towards ʿAmrū's apartment. I was holding a turquoise box of sweets from "Nola" under my arm and uncertain ideas in my head. Streets of Maadi have numbers instead of names — just like in Vasilyevski...
Date of source: 16 Aug 2021
Māhir Farghalī, an expert on Islamist movements, believes that the fall of Kabul will affect Egypt if the Taliban recreates Afghanistan as a safe haven for returnees from conflict areas in the region, such as Iraq, Syria and Libya.
Farghalī stated “Taliban is the godfather of terrorist groups,...
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Translator Darragh Crean
Date of source: 7 Jun 2021
1. It will be the first centre for Islamic studies opened in any of Egypt's churches.
2. Al-Azhar Shaykh Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib welcomed the idea during his meeting with the new Archbishop of the Episcopal Church, Dr. Sāmī Fawzī.
3. The Shaykh has prepared a course in Islamic studies for those...
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Translator Darragh Crean
Date of source: 19 Aug 2021
Dr. Munīr:Let’s start Kseniia by you telling me something about your interests and background please.
Kseniia:
With pleasure, Dr Munīr. During my university program, I got interested in climate change challenges. I was receiving a degree in Mechanical Engineering and decided to connect my future...
Date of source: 4 Jul 2021
Now that all the denominations’ representatives have agreed to the draft, it will be sent to the Cabinet, which in turn will send it to either the State Council for review and then the House of Representatives, or the House directly, to approve it. Sulaymān added that the House is likely to approve...
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Translator Honey Thomas
Date of source: 4 Jul 2021
The book tells the story of the first Maronite church founded in Egypt, the Barge Church, which was consecrated by Father Moussa Helena [Mūsā] in Damietta in 1745. The book also addresses the life of Father Helena, his work, the memorial church mural, and the fathers of the Aleppo Maronite Order (...
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Translator Honey Thomas
Date of source: 6 Jul 2021
The St. Mary’s Coptic Church in Zaytūn published Pope Shinūda’s works written during the period of his presidency over the Orthodox Church. The books which published after his death were supervised by Rev. Fr. Buṭrus Buṭrus Jayid, the pope’s nephew and archpriest of St. Mary’s Coptic Church in...
Reviewed by Rieke Mülstegen
Translator Rieke Mülstegen
Date of source: 15 Jul 2021
The church can be considered the first one permitted to be built in the history of the Daqahilīya governorate and the third in Egypt’s history, after the church in the New Administrative Capital.
Wāʾil Ghālī, legal consultant and representative of the Coptic Orthodox Church stated: “We managed to...
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Translator Rieke Mülstegen
Date of source: 8 Jun 2021
The director of Minya security has moved to the site of the monastery, and some officials from the Diocese of Samallūṭ who supervise the celebration, asked to ease entry restrictions for Copts and grant them more time, especially since the celebration will conclude on Thursday.
A source in the...
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Translator Frederick Boase
Date of source: 1 Jul 2021
The opening was attended by His Excellency Shaykh Ḥusnī Abū Ḥabīb, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Awqāf in Fayoum, and a number of imams of the Directorate, in an atmosphere of love, friendliness and national unity among all.
Representative Ayman Shukrī said that his partaking in the opening of...
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Translator Frederick Boase
Date of source: 16 May 2021
In light of this, Masrāwī has published the most recent decisions the pope and Holy Synod took in 2018 to regulate monastic life following the murder of Bishop Epiphanius [Epīphaniyyūs], head of St. Macarius Monastery [dayr Abū Maqār], and the execution of his murderer, Wāʾil Saʿd (Monk Ashʿiyāʾ...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 16 May 2021
Egypt’s stance on Israel during this most recent flare-up of violence has differed from its previous stance during the 2014 Gaza War. Egyptian media coverage of events, although not extensive, showed Israel’s ruthlessness on Gaza, and some news websites and newspapers were allowed to highlight the...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 20 May 2021
In response to comments from the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry about Ethiopia’s plans to finish filling the dam without a binding agreement, Ḥāfiẓ said that these statements once again reveal Ethiopia’s negotiating in bad faith, its attempts to sabotage efforts by African and international mediators...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 23 May 2021
The pope had previously visited the church in September 2015 and delivered a sermon at its Wednesday weekly meeting.
A dozen bishops participated in the consecration, including:
Bishop Daniel of al-Maʿādī, secretary of the Holy Synod
Archbishop Mark [Murqus] of Shubrā Khayma
Archbishop Bisāda...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 24 May 2021
According to Brigadier General Tāmir al-Rifāʿī, spokesperson for the Egyptian Armed Forces, the “Guardians of the Nile” joint military maneuvers are meant to confirm the two militaries’ readiness.
Egyptian and Sudanese forces conducted previous series of military drills Nile Eagles 1 and Nile...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 20 May 2021
Dr. Hishām al-Ḥalabī, an advisor at Nāṣṣir Military Academy, said that Egypt is doing this for both humanitarian and national security purposes. Humanitarian-wise, Egypt is helping Gaza in several ways by providing aid and medical supplies and opening the Rafaḥ border to treat wounded Palestinians...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 27 May 2021
“Black fungus,” also known as mucormycosis, has gained more attention recently after some people diagnosed with Covid-19 in India had contracted it [and rumors spreading online about its prevalence in Egypt.]
Bishop Macarius [Makāriyūs] of al-Minyā said that 1% of the Coptic Orthodox Church’s...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 27 May 2021
The bishop said that he would be received by Bishop Yūsuf, bishop of the southern United States, Bishop David of New York, Bishop Peter, Bishop Basil [Bāzil], and Bishop Gregory.
Bishop Raphael also said that the pope was not the one that ordered the bishop’s television show be canceled on the...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 27 May 2021
At its annual meeting, the Coptic Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod recommended that churches urge their parishioners to get vaccinated. Bishops and priests have started posting pictures on social media of them getting vaccinated in order to prove the vaccine’s safety and efficacy and encourage other...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 29 May 2021
The Holy Family first visited Tell Basta [Tall al-Basṭā] in al-Sharqiyyah where Jesus generated a spring of water. Afterwards, they visited Musṭurud (also known as al-Maḥama, meaning of the place of bathing) where Mary bathed Jesus and washed his clothes. Jesus also generated a spring that is...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 29 May 2021
The launching of the English version of the website coincides with the celebration of the Holy Family’s entry into Egypt. The church celebrated the occasion with a private party at the Blessed Virgin Church in al-Maʿādī attended by Pope Tawāḍrūs II and Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khālid al...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 30 May 2021
On June 13, the Cairo 10th Circuit Criminal Court will begin the trial of Michael Fahmī and his wife, Sālī ʿĀdil, for the kidnaping and sexual assault of six underage girls under the guise of his medical practice.
Fahmī was a prominent figure among the Coptic community. While he wasn’t officially...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 24 Apr 2021
Al-Sīsī also directed the Egyptian government to increase all available opportunities for cooperation between the two countries so as to help improve Libya’s economy and achieve stability there. He also called for supporting the agreed upon framework for elections next December.
The official...
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Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 25 Apr 2021
The pope explained that God sent this message so that humans can repent and come back to him.
He also said that from the beginning of the pandemic the Coptic Orthodox Church has made great efforts to provide services online after having to stop them in person because of the pandemic.
Other Egyptian...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 25 Apr 2021
Fr. Ibrām explained that all liturgies followed the necessary preventive Coronavirus measures.
Coptic Orthodox Churches began cloaking themselves in black flags and banners instead of the usual red after announcing the beginning of Holy Week, which commemorates Christ’s crucifixion. On the eve of...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
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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.