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Date of source: Friday, August 9, 2013
Due to a new rumor claiming that Copts had attacked a Muslim house and set it on fire, the clashes began again in Banī Ahmed al-Sharqīya. This led to a security alert to contain the clashes (Hasan 'Abd al-Ghafār, al-Yawm al-Sābi', Aug. 9).Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Monday, August 4, 2014
A reconciliatory session was held between the members of the biggest families and leading figures of the Muslim and Coptic community in Samālot, Minya.
Date of source: Friday, August 9, 2013
Due to a new rumor claiming that Copts had attacked a Muslim house and set it on fire, the clashes began again in Banī Ahmed al-Sharqīya. This led to a security alert to contain the clashes (Hasan 'Abd al-Ghafār, al-Yawm al-Sābi', Aug. 9).Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Thursday, August 8, 2013
A large number of Copts in Minya have divided into groups to go visit the Muslims in their houses and congratulate them on the occasion of Eid (Hasan ‘Abd al-Ghafār, al-Yawm al-Sābi’, Aug. 8). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Security forces controlled the clashes that broke out in the village of Banī Ahmad in al-Sharqiya district. Unidentified persons snuck into farms and fired guns, alerting security forces inside the village, which redeployed in and around the village and closed the streets leading to it. In total,...
Date of source: Saturday, August 3, 2013
Meanwhile, in the village of Banī ‘Āhmad al-Sharqīah in the center of al-Minya, a Muslim was injured during a quarrel between Muslims and Copts, after the night prayer. The incident led to the gathering of citizens in front of Copts’ houses, causing the intervention of security forces.
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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.