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Date of source: Sunday, April 29, 2012
Bishop Abrām of al-Fayyoum, the secretary of the committee receiving papers of candidates for the papal chair in succession of Pope Shenouda III, refused to reveal names of applicants, adding the names of the seven candidates, of whom three to be selected, will be announced on May 15. [Ashraf Sādiq...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Near thirty journalists gathered at the Cairo Foreign Press Association headquarters to gain insight on the process involved in selecting a successor to the recently deceased Pope Shenouda. Arab West Report presented its research on the subject, accepting also further inquiries.
Date of source: Sunday, March 11, 2012
In the early 1960s during the tenure of late Pope Kyrillos VI, Coptic Orthodox Christians had only seven churches abroad – two in each of the United States, Canada and Australia and only in Britain (1).
Date of source: Monday, March 12, 2012
A state of disgruntlement was sparked among a number of Coptic Orthodox bishops who were absent from last week’s meeting at the Saint Mark Cathedral to discuss names of possible presidential hopefuls and others to represent the church in the constitutional assembly, according to a source inside the...
Date of source: Friday, March 2, 2012
Dr. Munīr Hannā Anīs, the head of the Episcopal / Anglican Diocese of Egypt with North Africa and the Horn of Africa, said Christians of Egypt are for keeping Article 2 of the constitution that reads Islam is the official religion of the state and principles of the sharī’ah are the main source of...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 30, 2011
The attitude of Copts in previous elections was often one that decided not to vote, or to run in the elections. This time it was different.
Bishop Mūsá, the bishop of youth in the Coptic Orthodox Church, said that the church raised awareness among Christians about the elections, saying that the...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Bishop Mūsá of Youth called for the interaction of all political powers in order to build the future of Egypt, adding it would not make sense "to demand that the nation should be built to the Copts' liking."
Date of source: Sunday, October 30, 2011
Coptic Orthodox Bishop Mūsá of Youths said that the Copts were protesting to express their frustration regarding attacks on churches now that the investigations have not come up with something concrete.
Date of source: Friday, July 15, 2011
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Maurice Sādiq's comments about creating a Coptic state within Egypt have been called "ridiculous" by members of the Egyptian Coptic church in a meeting in New York.
Bishop Mūsá, Coptic Orthodox Bishop of Youth Affairs, remarked that he could not, in any way, accept a religious division of...
Date of source: Sunday, June 19, 2011
Coptic Orthodox Bishop of Youth Anba Mūsá said the articles of the draft unified law on the construction of houses of worship are vague and has not changed anything of the old system known as the hamayuni law.
"The Orthodox Church will not unilaterally take a decision on behalf of all Copts...
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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.