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  The Azhar Grand Shaykh Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb phoned Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III yesterday to follow up on his health after the health crisis he faced last Wednesday. During the call, the pope greeted Shaykh al-Tayyīb on the occassion of the Feast, in light particularly of the fact that he was...
Much of this week's coverage was dedicated to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Prime Minister, and his visits to Egypt in which he promoted interfaith dialogue and the concept of a secular state. He met with leaders of Azhar, officials from the Coptic Church and various political representatives.
 No matter what successes Prime Minister Essam Sharaf achieves together with his cabinet, he will always be discredited for underestimating public memory—a memory by no means poor. With that memory alertly registering details big and small on the Egyptian arena, Dr Sharaf has miserably failed. The...
The three Egyptian Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant churches praised the document issued by the Azhar and expressed appreciation for the "national role" played by the Azhar institution to "mend the rift" among the political factions.
  Dr. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, welcomed Dr. Alī Jum‘ah (Dr.), Muftī of the republic of Egypt, to Lambeth Palace in the U.K., as they discussed various pertinent issues such as the situation in Egypt since the January 25 Revolution. The Archbishop expressed his appreciation of...
In al-Jumhūrīyah, page 1, May 20, 2011, reports noted that the Coptic Maspero protests may be solved after a decision to reopen four churches and the release of Coptic detainees in Maspero incidents, proven to be not involved in the incident.  
Hundreds of Copts yesterday continued their strike outside the official TV building for the third day on Cairo Nile Corniche over recent sectarian violence, as revolutionaries are planning a march in support of national unity on Friday. The message of the march will be that Muslims and Christians...
While some Egyptian Christians - angry over deadly sectarian clashes in Imbābah - called for international protection for Copts, others slammed such a call as being alien to patriotism. Some Copts argue that the Egyptian authorities cannot protect them from attacks by other Egyptian sects. Other...
The Egyptian Coptic Church rang its bells and celebrated its first feast after the revolution in the mass for the Resurrection feast . At the same time, security forces secured churches from anything that might distort the Copts' celebrations. In the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral Resurrection Mass,...
On April 16, the Grand Shaykh of al-Azhar al-Tayīb visited a church in ‘Āftīh that was completely rebuilt by the army after having been torched a month ago, due to sectarian clashes between Muslims and Copts. (Reviewer’s note: News story was also covered in al-Misrī al-Yawm/ p. 3/ April 17, 2011)

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