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Date of source: Sunday, March 11, 2012
Pope Shenouda III has embarked on a physiotherapy program recommended by doctors after the microinjection into his spinal chord last week.
A source in the papal office ruled out that Pope Shenouda will receive treatment abroad pending relative improvement in his health condition. [Author Not...
Date of source: Sunday, March 11, 2012
The legal office of expatriate Copts, headquartered in Switzerland, announced convening a number of workshops for Coptic counselors and lawyers in Geneva, Washington, Sweden and Egypt to offer their visions about the general principles outlining the new constitution.
The office underlined the...
Date of source: Sunday, March 11, 2012
A group of Copts, intellectuals and human rights activists issued a statement under the name Citizens in New Egypt to call for writing a civil constitution that is based on equality, justice and citizenship and expresses all the political mosaic in Egypt. [Muhammad Hijāb, al-Ahrām, March 11, p. 6] ...
Date of source: Sunday, March 11, 2012
Some 22 bishops and metropolitans held a closed meeting last week at the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Pope Shenouda III's office to discuss backing a presidential candidate and select representatives of the church in the constituent assembly to draft a new constitution for Egypt, according to the pope...
Date of source: Sunday, March 11, 2012
"I will collect the approvals for presidential candidature to be registered at the notary during the next couple of weeks in the name of 'Abd al-Mun'im Abū al-Futūh 'Abd al-Hādī Abū Sa'd, known as 'Abd al-Mun'im Abū al-Futūh," Dūs was quoted in a message obtained by al-Wafd.
Meanwhile, the Egypt...
Date of source: Friday, June 22, 2012
Meanwhile, the committee overseeing the papal elections postponed interviews with candidates pending the end of a deadline to register voters.
Archbishop Abram of al-Fayoum, a member of the nominations committee, said the challenges against candidates will be received by unregistered voters, adding...
Date of source: Thursday, May 17, 2012
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb said the top Sunnī establishment is always expressive of the people’s feelings and the nation’s conscience, adding the Azhar will support any president the people will choose freely and transparently.
“The Azhar is supporting any articles in the...
Date of source: Thursday, May 17, 2012
The Syndicate of Journalists council, in a meeting under Chairman Mamdūh al-Walī, denounced the recent attack on the freedom of the press by some deputies in the People’s Assembly and Shūrá Council, adding this attack only indicates there are some plans to undermine public freedoms, particularly...
Date of source: Thursday, May 17, 2012
Meanwhile, officials in the communications ministry revealed that pornographic web sites could be acceded anyway even if any filters were installed to block them.
The officials made the remarks during a meeting of the People’s Assembly transport committee on Wednesday (May 16) as Dr. ‘Amr Badawī,...
Date of source: Thursday, May 17, 2012
Two days after she was absent from her house, 20-year-old Christine, whose father reported missing since Monday (May 14), has turned out to have sought the help of Priest Damyan of Abu Jūy Church in al-Minya governorate, because she did not want to marry her cousin as her father wished.
Christine...
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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.