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Date of source: Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II denied rumors that President Mursi or the presidential office called him to involve him in discussions about Renaissance Dam crisis in Ethiopia. This came during a meeting between the Pope and Austrian President Heinz Fischer in Vienna (Ahmad al-Sa'dāwī, al-Shurūq...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 16, 2018
In Egypt, many local supermarkets sell ISIS products; such as cereals, teas and honey. ISIS is the brand name of some products of a company called SEKEM, which produces products ranging from phytopharmaceutical medicines to cotton textiles. In 2012, SEKEM established Heliopolis University for...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Egyptian President ʿAbd Al- Fattaḥ al- Sīsī's statements on the evaluation of the human rights situation in Egypt made during his meeting with the French President Francois Hollande sparked controversy among human rights organizations.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Dr. Muḥammad Nūr Faraḥāt, professor of constitutional and international law, criticized in a post on his Facebook profile, the remarks made by the Egyptian President ʿAbd Al- Fattaḥ al- Sīsī on the human rights issue in Egypt. Dr. Faraḥāt made issued this criticism in a press conference with French...
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Metropolitan Bīshūy is known to be quite the controversial and outspoken figure in regards to other Christian denominations besides the Coptic Orthodox Church. In 2007, the metropolitan had reportedly made a statement in regards to the Protestant and Roman Catholic Christians in Egypt,...
Date of source: Monday, May 18, 2015
After a three week journey abroad, Pope Tawādrūs II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the Holy See of St. Mark, returned to Egypt. During his trip, he consecrated a number of churches in the Netherlands, presided over a conference on immigrant Monks in Italy and opened a new church in Austria....
Date of source: Tuesday, May 10, 2016
The Pope led a conference of overseas churches in Austria last week with the goal of determining a 25-year plan to develop and expand the church world-wide. A source inside the Church said that the church has been prepared to hold the conference and implement its development strategy since last...
Date of source: Friday, April 29, 2016
Pope Tawāḍrūs is heading to Holland on Thursday on a pastoral visit that will last until Tuesday. He will then head to France and Austria to lead a large conference of bishops and churches from around the world. The Pope himself requested special security arrangements to be made to protect him and...
Date of source: Friday, April 29, 2016
Austria saw a sharp rise in xenophobia in 2014 as was witnessed in the rise in reports of right-wing extremist crimes throughout the country. In addition to the rate of xenophobic feelings rising by 82% , the rate of anti-Semitic feelings rose by 57% while the rate of Islamophobia rose to 42% over...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 23, 2013
After the Easter celebrations, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II will leave for his first visit to the Diaspora churches in Europe. His trip will start with a visit to Italy and then to the Vatican, where he will meet the new Vatican Pope Francis I. A source of the Church revealed that Pope Tawadros...
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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.