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Date of source: Monday, August 5, 2013
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) renewed his refusal of the Supreme State Security Court’s ruling on July 28 regarding Abū Qurqās al-Balad and al-Madīnah al-Fikrīa’s sectarian attacks of April 18, 2011, asking the Interim President, Adlī Mansūr, not to ratify the judgment. The...
Date of source: Monday, August 5, 2013
Orthodox, Catholic and Evangelist churches rejected al-Qa'ida leader Ayman al-Zawāhirī's statements which are directed against Pope Tawadros II and accuse the Copts of having sought to overthrow Muhammad Morsi (Mursī) and seeking to establish a Coptic state in southern Egypt. Catholic Church Media...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Expatriate Copts are launching a conference today (February 12) in Amsterdam the capital of the Netherlands. The report came on "Copts United website" as follows:
Dutch Coptic Association holds conference of “Egypt under MB rule”
By-Girgis Tawfik | 7 February 2013
Coptic Dutch Association holds an...
Date of source: Sunday, February 18, 2018
A Greek restoration team, leading in their field, has started with restoration works at Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Alexandria. The restoration process of the cathedral is proceeding in three main stages: The restoration of the ancient icons, the restoration of the building structure...
Date of source: Monday, October 2, 2017
Egyptian poetess and novelist Fātimah Nāʾūt criticized Egyptian actress Ḥanān Turk for her remarks in which she described Copts in Egypt as dhimmīs, saying that the term ‘dhimmī’ can no longer be used to describe non-Muslims under civil laws applied in modern Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, October 2, 2017
In response to what has been recently circulated that an Egyptian court prevented a Christian citizen from giving testimony, SaʿīdʿAbd al-Masīḥ ʿAbd Allāh, a lawyer, said that in 2016, he was able to testify before the Family Court and the judge accepted his testimony.
Date of source: Monday, August 28, 2017
Egyptian actress Munā Zakī launched, through her personal account on Twitter, a hashtag named “I Am Egyptian, the Cross Does Not Offend Me.” This represented Zakī’s objection to the idea of banning the placing of the Cross on churches as a part of the draft law on building churches in Egypt,...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Today (Tuesday), Pope Tawāḍrūs II hosts a delegation from the German parliament, who is currently visiting Cairo.
Date of source: Monday, February 20, 2017
Tomorrow (Tuesday) marks the first day of the Dutch Coptic Organization’s Annual Conference, in the Dutch capital of Amsterdam. The conference is titled “Modern Egypt Under the Shadow of the Contempt of Religions Law.” The conference will be attended by a selection of thinkers and...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Dr. ʿAlī ʿAbd al-ʿĀl, President of the Egyptian House of Representatives, confirmed that Parliament is the only party responsible for the issue of determining naval borders between Egypt and Saudi Arabia. He added that he did not ask for the suspension of Ibrāhīm ʿĪsā’s program, during his...
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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.