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Date of source: 24 May 2010
Four workmen were killed in a quarrel between two families disputing over the separating line between their farmlands in Malawi. The investigations indicated that the dispute was a quarrel between both families who were armed with cold steel. As a result, four farmers were killed and an 18-year-...
Date of source: 25 May 2010
Coptic clerics welcomed the termination of a TV program aired on the Christian channel al-Hayāt by resigned Qummus (Archpriest) Zakarīā Butrus.
Qummus ‘Abd al-Masīh Basīt of the Virgin Mary Church in Musturud said Butrus' program was inciting and only provided good reasons for attacks on...
Date of source: 25 May 2010
Al-Yawm al-Sābi‘ knew that Dr. Mustafá al-Fiqī as well as a group of politicians and intellectuals failed to solve the problems between Dr. Yūsuf Zaydān and lawyer Najīb Jibrā’īl who rejected all attempts to reconcile with Zaydān and giving up lawsuits filed against Zaydān. Jibrā’īl said that he...
Date of source: 21 May 2010
In his weekly sermon, Pope Shenouda denies the need for the Church to have a financial council to spend on monasteries, as every monastery manages itself internally. In the same context, the Pope talked about establishing a nunnery in Upper Egypt. He also stressed that the Church does not allow for...
Date of source: 23 May 2010
The author comments on the defrocking of Priest Athanasius Hunayn, pastor of the Orthodox Church in Greece, and points out that he is the first expatriate priest to be defrocked. The decision did not reveal the reasons behind such an action, but rather mentioned that this was because of dogmatic...
Date of source: 23 May 2010
Despite the declaration from Pope Shenouda that Father Jibrā’īl ‘Abd al-Masīh of Archangel Michael Church in al-Kushh is one of the best priests, the Copts of al-Kushh sent 500 complaints against him to the Church. The Pope’s neglect to these complaints aroused the anger of Copts and pushed them to...
Date of source: 23 May 2010
Medhat Bishāy resumes the third part of his series of articles entitled "Ready Accusation Exchanged at Times of Sectarian Fitnah." He wonders how religious symbols like shaykhs, priests and dāciyahs are being asked to play political roles through media means managed by both Islamic and Coptic...
Date of source: 23 May 2010
Anba Moussa, Bishop of Youth… The three Ss, Four Ps, and the H club Father
On 25 May 1980, the great shepherd His Holiness Pope Shenouda III ordained the first Bishop for Youth, His Grace Bishop Moussa. It was Pentecost Sunday, and it marked the beginning of a golden era for youth ministry in the...
Date of source: 24 May 2010
Al-Bāz gives a brief account of the historical background of Pope Shenouda’s decree banning visits to Jerusalem as long as it remains under Israeli occupation. In 1967, when the way was open between Egypt and the Holy Land about 40 to 50 thousand Copts visited the city every year. After the peace...
Date of source: 26 May 2010
It seems that controversies resulting from the publication of Dr. Yūsuf Zaydān’s novel, ‘Azāzīl, will not end. This novel caused a state of anger in Coptic circles and many Copts responded to it in books refuting its allegations. This article sheds light on one of these issued recently books ...
Date of source: 26 May 2010
The degradation of Bishop Kyrillos of Naj‘ Hammādī has reopened the issue of bishop trials by the Church Committee of Trials which Bishop Bīshūy, secretary of the Holy Synod, presides over. Bishop Kyrillos was accused by the committee of being lenient with the rights of Copts in Naj‘ Hammādī,...
Date of source: 26 May 2010
Pope Shenouda’s decision to call for the return of all abroad bishops and monks to Egypt as soon as possible urged some bishops to cut their visits short. On the other hand, there are still 35 monks in Europe and America who have not fulfilled their orders and sent medical reports which reveal that...
Date of source: 26 May 2010
Maxīmūs, the alleged patriarch, refused to return to the US again after a fight with Pope Shenouda and his bishops which lasted five years. Some sources confirm that his decision comes as a result of his failure in maintaining a Muslim-Christian dialogue, especially after the new Shaykh of the...
Date of source: 26 May 2010
Fātimah Nā‘ūt entitled this article after the title of a book which anticipates publication. The book entitled The Diaries of a Copt ... One Who Belongs to this Country belongs to the sarcastic genre, a literary work which overviews the social or political problems in an optimistic, yet deep way....
Date of source: 22 May 2010
Sawt al-Ummah published the text of a letter sent by the Coptic activist and lawyer Mūrīs Sādiq to the Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, Avigdor Lieberman, where he calls on the minister to mediate in the UN to put Egypt under international guardianship and to bargain for Egypt’s quota of Nile...
Date of source: 2 Sep 2010
Date of source: 25 May 2010
The National Party is about to send ‘Amr Harīdī, a prominent leader in the party, to the US later this month to hold talks with expatriate Coptic leaders to nominate names for the parliamentary elections to run next November. It is also reported that the Church is arranging the travel of one of the...
Press review based on al-Qāhirah (June 22) (pp. 1, 3); al-Liwā’ al-Islamī (June 24) (p. 4); al-Ahrām (June 21) (p. 12)
Dr. Jābir ‘Asfūr is lodging a complaint against the Azhar-Ulema Front for its statement in which it severely attacked him in response to an article he published in al-Ahrām...
Date of source: 21 May 2010
Ahmad Abū Sālih and Lūlā ‘Attā start their article warning against the danger of indulging sectarian fitnah in the election battles of the State Council. They stress that this would lead to catastrophic results especially in Assyut, one of the most religiously sensitive governorates in Egypt....
Date of source: 2 Sep 2010
Date of source: 22 May 2010 to 28 May 2010
Kamāl reports on the increasing role that the Attorney General, Counselor ‘Abd al-Majīd Mahmūd, is playing in Egyptian society. He refers to his efforts in following up corruption issues as well as his role in developing new legislative suggestions to protect the Egyptian people. The author...
Date of source: 22 May 2010
The Arab playing fields are witnessing a large increase in the number of players who show religious commitment during the matches. For example, the Egyptian football team is known as the prostrate team. This widespread phenomenon resulted in the accusation that Hassan Shahātah chooses players...
Date of source: 2 Sep 2010
Date of source: 23 May 2010
Last week saw the adjournment of the Qena criminal court, which is seeing the trial of the three men suspected of conducting the Christmas Eve drive-by shooting in Nag Hammadi, Upper Egypt, on 6 January—Coptic Christmas is celebrated on 7 January. The shooting occurred in front of Mar-Youhanna...
Date of source: 24 May 2010
Among the best social, political and media classes, there are usually some controversial characters that provoke the public and influence them. Unfortunately, such people are uncontrollable; it is only the simple citizen that could both control or become a victim of these people.
Examples for...
Date of source: 24 May 2010
“This is not my first time to visit the US,” Dr. Yahyá al-Jamal states as he starts his article, “I have been there before on many occasions, but I think this will be my last visit.”
My last visit to the US was based on an invitation sent to Dr. al-Jamal by the Egyptian – American union, those...
Date of source: 24 May 2010
Q. Are you coming back to Egypt?
A. I will come back despite the possibility of being imprisoned.
Q. Why would you be imprisoned? There are no court decisions that have been taken against you.
A. Twenty-eight lawsuits have been filed against me between 2007 and2009. I won some of them, while the...
Date of source: 2 Sep 2010
Date of source: 26 May 2010
Any change or reform should aim only at the Egyptian citizen, whether this reform is economic or political. Reform does not result in affecting men, it does not benefit the citizen in any way. Reform and change that take place in the form of political demonstrations aim at the welfare of the...
Date of source: 26 May 2010
Q. What do you think of the current political scene in Egypt?
A. It implies great danger. There is mysteriousness awaiting Egyptians after the 30-year period of the rule of Mubārak. The whole situation is becoming critical, despite recent attempts to amend the constitution.
Q. The idea of...
Date of source: 26 May 2010
Tharwat al-Kharabāwī, in this article, talks about Sayyid al-Qimnī who was honored by the state and given the State’s Encouraging Prize in social science. He says that he thought this scientist has his own lofty behavior and only uses the expressions of intellectuals; he says that he never expected...
Date of source: 27 May 2010
This interview was held between al-Sharq al-Awsat and the Coptic thinker and the previous Head of the Housing Committee in the Parliament, Prof. Milād Hanna.
- Egypt is on the verge of Parliamentary elections; however some people say that Copts are not encouraged to participate in the...
Date of source: 26 May 2010
Despite the calmness that controls the elections of the Shūrá Council, there is a fierce battle between Ahmad ‘Iz, organizer of the National Democratic Party (NDP), and Mahmūd ‘Izzat, secret guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, who is responsible for organizing the election process inside the group. ‘...
Date of source: 22 May 2010
Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khayman announced his Church’s willingness to cooperate with the Prisons Department at the Ministry of Interior, expressing his intention to ask Pope Shenouda’s permission. Bishop Marqus declared in the course of a visit to al-Marj prison that the Coptic Orthodox Church...
Date of source: 21 May 2010
In his weekly sermon at Saint Mark Cathedral in Cairo, Pope Shenouda asserted his keenness to face what he described as the attempt of some Christian denominations to “re-program the Orthodox brains by special teachings that violate their [ Orthodox] doctrines.” Pope Shenouda promised to completely...
Date of source: 21 May 2010
Sa‘d interviews Patriarch Gregorious III Lahhām of the Greek Catholic Church. The interview tackled the issue of the image of Islam in the West, and particularly the Roman Church. Sa‘d stated that patriarch Gregorious showed a just view of Islam.
In the first Question, Sa‘d asked his eminence...
Date of source: 25 May 2010
Reverend Safwat al-Bayyādī, head of the evangelical Church, has criticized the security sector’s dealing with the evangelical youth in Alexandria, and preventing them from calling their families or lawyers.
Reverend al-Bayyādī stated that there was no evidence against them, and that the law...
Date of source: 23 May 2010
The Supreme Administrative Court postponed issuing its final ruling in the two appeals filed by Pope Shenouda III to annul the Administrative Court ruling giving Magdi William, divorced, and Hānī Wasfī the right to re-marry.
Date of source: 26 May 2010
Al-Musawwar reports on a state of discontent among the monks of the Monastery of Abū Maqār because Pope Shenouada III has allegedly refused to give them permission to vote to choose an abbot from among the 110 monks of the monastery.
Bishop Mikhā’īl of Asyut was assigned abbot after the death of...
Date of source: 26 May 2010
Dr. Bibāwī hails the uniquely exceptional friendly nature of Egyptians. He refers to Pope Shenouda’s tears upon the death of the late Grand Imām of the Azhar, Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī. He states that Pope Shenouda III and late Tantāwī were a model and an example for all Egyptians.
Bibāwī also...
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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.