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Date of source: Saturday, February 18, 2012 to Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Elections of the executive committee for the general council of Apostolic Churches nationwide were finalized at the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS) office in Itsā, al-Minya governorate, as Dr. Samīr Sādiq, pastor of the Apostolic Church in al-Tir’ah al-Būlāqīyah and...
Date of source: Sunday, January 5, 2014
Pope Tawadros II, the Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, sent messages of congratulations to Coptic churches on the occasion of New Year celebrations. He said, ‘May the Messiah fill the New Year with blessings of love and peace’. His Holiness also sent a delegation to express his...
Date of source: Thursday, May 31, 2012
On February 28, 2012 the leaders of the Council of the Evangelical Churches in Egypt met with the Muslim Brotherhood, and produced a document delineating the shared values of both organizations.
Seventeen evangelical signatories are listed; perhaps the one most surprising comes at the very end.
Rev...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 20, 2011
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After the resignation of 120 Copts from the Coptic Orthodox Church following a refusal to grant them the right to remarry, Rev. Dr. Safwat al-Bayādī, head of the Evangelical Community Council in Egypt, has said that just because they are leaving one denomination, does not give them the right...
Date of source: Sunday, April 18, 2010
Rev. Safwat al-Bayyādī, head of the Evangelical Community Council in Egypt stated that the church never interferes in politics and that individuals are free to express their political preferences.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Comments on the speech given by Drs. Cornelis Hulsman at the Cairo University.
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The amendments to the 1938 statute are being debated by the Christian denominations in Egypt. While the State Council's deputy chairman said that it contains points that violate the law, others such as Coptic thinker Kamāl Zākhir believes that it will encourage Christians to convert to Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, June 1, 2008
The First Baptist Bible Folk denomination asks Safwat al-Bayādī to respect the court’s judgment and not to interfere in the denomination’s affairs
Date of source: Saturday, May 10, 2008 to Friday, May 16, 2008
The Evangelical Church seems to be rejecting to the so-called unified personal status law in Egypt that has been suggested by the Coptic Orthodox Church. Members of the Evangelical Church criticized the law for being traditional and unfair with women. They considered it inconsistent with the...
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The first international Muslim-Christian dialogue conference opened Tuesday in Cairo. The Grand Imam of the Azhar, Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, and Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria opened the conference, organized by Saudi national Islamic institutions and the Middle East Council of Churches.
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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.