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Date of source: Sunday, August 7, 2011
For their part, the Coptic youth movement Maspero Youth issued a statement in which it declared its deep concern at the dominion of the Islamist currents. They revealed their total discontent with the raising of the Saudi flag by the Islamists, and said they were fully prepared to defend the option...
Date of source: Friday, August 5, 2011
Ambassador Minhah Bakhūm (Copt), Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that the 25 Revolution erupted for herself to save her from the injustice she suffered in the Ministry, adding that it is a miracle.
She added that she was marginalized in the time of the ousted President and the...
Date of source: Saturday, July 30, 2011
Dr. Najīb Jabrā’īl Mīkhā’īl, Coptic lawyer and Head of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights Organizations (EUHRO), called on the church to ordain new bishops for the clerical council, and said these bishops should not sit for more than five years in the council.
He added that the church needs to...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 13, 2011
The Armed Forces Committee, stemming from the national accordance conference, called on the church and Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III to state their position regarding the expatriate Copts' document, which asks the international community to enforce their guardianship on Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, July 9, 2011
"Awake and arise, Christians, we will not say it to the priests, the archbishops or the pope…we are not in a jungle" - were chants of Copts denied remarriage.
The agonized cries echoed on the stairs of the Ministry of Justice on July 8 as they protested about church laws on marriage and divorce....
Date of source: Saturday, July 9, 2011
Five-thousands Copts from the Maspero Youth Coalition organized a march from the Supreme Court to al-Tahrīr Square to join the demonstrators.
They affirmed that they did not receive any instructions from the church to do this.
Protesters arrived before Friday prayers and protected Muslim...
Date of source: Friday, July 8, 2011
“Awake and arise, Christians, we will not say it to the priests, the archbishop or the pope… we are not in a jungle” - chants of Copts, deprived of second marriage, echoed on the stairs of the Ministry of Justice July 7 as they protested about church laws on marriage and divorce.
Demonstrators...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Dr. Najīb Jibrā'īl, the president of Egyptian Union Organization for Human Rights, denied any church interference in Christine and Nancy issue in al-Minya.
Both girls converted to Islam. Jibrā'īl called on the church not to interfere in this issue.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 1, 2011
CAIRO - The January 25 revolution is having a momentous impact on the Coptic Church. “The Copts will ignore Church policies,” surmised Mamoun Fendi, president of Fendi Associates, a Washington DC-based research group and think-tank, during the 18-day revolution.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 25, 2011
The Administrative Judiciary Court decided to postponed Kāmīliyā Shihātah's case to June 14, 2011.
Counselor Najīb Jabrā’īl Mīkhā’īl, Coptic lawyer, Head of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights Organizations (EUHRO), said that the court did not summon Shihātah and that the trial is about...
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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.