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Date of source: Thursday, November 1, 2012
Police forces in Maghāghah, al-Minya governorate, managed on Wednesday (October 31) to contain sectarian clashes between Muslim and Christian students that erupted after a quarrel over priority to get seats in a train. The clashes left five wounded.
Date of source: Sunday, October 14, 2012
Police forces in the Upper Egyptian governorate of al-Menya contained sectarian troubles between two Muslim and Christian families in the village of Banī Hasan.
Date of source: Thursday, August 23, 2012
Calm was restored at Dayr al-Birshā village of Mallawī Township, al-Minya governorate after security forces pacified a Muslim-Christian fitnah that had sparked there. The fitnah was flamed by an argument between two members of the family of ‘Abd al-Qādir and the family of Abū ‘Azīz that then...
Date of source: Saturday, July 7, 2012
Meanwhile, police forces in the Upper Egyptian governorate of al-Minyā controlled sectarian unrest in the town of Abū Qurqās after an auto rickshaw, or tuk-tuk, driven by a Muslim hit a Christian man crossing the street.
Squabbles quickly developed into clashes in which Molotov cocktails and stones...
Date of source: Monday, June 18, 2012
The village of al-Qays, Banī Mazār town, was the scene of a squabble between a Jamā’ah member and a Copt over the latter’s shooting on camera supporters of Muslim Brotherhood’s presidential candidate Muhammad Mursī outside the voting station while directing voters to cast their ballots in favor of...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 3, 2013
General Usāmah Mitwallī, the head of al-Minya security department, stated that they are making an effort to convene a reconciliation session between the different parties in Badrmān, Nazlit ‘Ābid, and Hiwārtah, as well as adding conditional terms against those who breach the agreement. Counselor...
Date of source: Monday, August 5, 2013
Police immediately arrived to the scene and intervened using tear gas and exchanged fire with people, during which a police officer was shot to his right arm and three young conscripts, aged 22 and 21, were wounded and taken to the hospital. The police arrested 20 people from the village, charged...
Date of source: Sunday, April 7, 2013
Mallawī’s Township police forces contained a quarrel between Muslims and Christians in al-Minya Governorate. A dispute have initiated between two Christian traders and three Muslims that evolved to a quarrel with cold weapons. The quarrel left three injured (Mīnā Sāmī, al-Akhbār, Apr. 7, p. 5). ...
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.