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Date of source: Tuesday, November 16, 2021
The Youth Bishopric will start today the Coptic Book Fair, from 16 to 26 November, at St. Mark's Cathedral in al-ʿAbbāssiyya.
Date of source: Sunday, May 30, 2021
In this investigative report, Mada Masr [Madā Miṣr] interviews the victims of Michael Fahmī, who has been accused of sexually assaulting underage Coptic girls through his pseudo medical practice. This summary focuses on the aspects of the report that examine Fahmī’s relationship with the Coptic...
Date of source: Friday, May 28, 2021
Forty-one years have passed since the founding of the youth bishopric in the 1970s. As Islamist currents of thought became more mainstream in Egyptian society, Pope Shinūda III had become concerned about the future of Christian youth. For him, the youth bishopric was a way to hand down Coptic...
Date of source: Friday, July 13, 2018
Ambassador Nabīla Makram, Minister of Immigration and Egyptian Expatriates Affairs, took part in the closing ceremonies of the 2018 Saint Mark Festival in The Virgin Mary Church at al-Zaytūn. The ceremonies witnessed the announcement of the festival’s young winners, in the presence of bishop Mūsā...
Date of source: Sunday, October 7, 2018
Date of source: Wednesday, November 30, 2011
From before the revolution, many Copts have realized their community suffers from a dearth of political and civic participation. The Coptic Orthodox Church’s Bishopric of Youth, for example, has an area of focus entitled ‘Promoting Coptic Participation in Society’, which I encountered when a...
Date of source: Sunday, April 3, 2011
Archbishop Mūsá of Youth underlined the importance that Copts participate in societal outreach and to join political parties that support a civil state, advising youths not to join Christian parties.
Date of source: Sunday, January 20, 2008
A workshop organized by the Forum of National Contribution discussed the role of Copts in the political life of the country. As well as other issues, participants debated the possibility of having a quota for Copts in parliament and the establishment of a committee to monitor discrimination.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 21, 2007
The symposium held by the Orthodox Church’s Diocese of Youth experienced disagreements between participants over the lack of Coptic participation in political life.
Date of source: Friday, December 8, 2006
Kamāl Zākhir Mūsá responds to an official statement attributed to the National Contribution Society of the Central Committee of Youth Ministry that is affiliated with the Coptic Orthodox Bishopric of Alexandria. The statement attacks the ‘Laymen’s Look at Church’s Problem’ conference that was...
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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.