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Muslims responding to terrorism, following the attacks in London and Sharm al-Sheikh and the dangers of identity politics.
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Two young women, Maryān Mīlād and Teresa ‘Ayyād, were last Monday returned to their families by the police after a reported conversion to Islam followed by three days of demonstrations by the Coptic youth community at the Mar Girgis Church, in denunciation of what the protesters described as the...
Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 20, 2007
The authors consider incidents of sectarian strife, and who is really at fault for the crises. They further question to what extent security forces try to appease the situation, as well as the role that the media and the public play in worsening the conflict.
Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 6, 2007
The author considers a number of situations in which the citizen has been overruled by the state. He presents two specific examples, one of a plot of land that was given to the lowest bidder, and the other about forged IOU notes that greatly indebted citizens beyond their means.
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 11, 2007
The article tells the story of a criminal in Minya who has been forging false IOU notes. He used the notes to blackmail his victims into paying him significant amounts of money. At the end of the article, the author asks the audience to consider why most of his victims are Copts.
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 4, 2007
A description of the lives of Copts living near the Nile in the village of Ezbet Hanna Ayoub who are in a conflict with the Land Reclamation Authority [LRA] over the ownership of their land. The author warns that poor policy on the part of the authorities can lead to sectarian violence.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 31, 2006
The author discusses the increasing phenomenon of Coptic girls converting to Islam, and considers the reasons behind these conversions.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 28, 2007
A girl is attacked on 45th street when trying to walk home. The author questions how much it really benefits Egyptian society when these issues are ‘glossed over.’
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 17, 2006
The article discusses incidents of sectarian strife that erupt in Upper Egypt between Muslims and Copts over issues such as land and watering rights. It details a number of personal accounts of violence over these issues.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 19, 2006
Some Copts from the
village of al-Hamām in Assiut accuse a Muslim family, al-
Suwayfī, of stealing their plot of
land. At the same time, they criticize officials from the village’s police station
of delaying procedures
to obtain their land back.
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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.