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Date of source: Monday, November 19, 2012
The village of Dashāsha, Samsaṭā town, Banī Swayf governorate, has seen a violent brawl between Muslims and Christians over children playing on the streets, leaving five from the two sides injured.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Muhammad Hassan writes in al-Ahrām that Tāriq al-Zumur, official spokesman for al-Jamā’ah al-Islāmīyah, has confirmed the rights of Copts to freely practice their religion and culture.
Date of source: Monday, March 31, 2014
Security forces in Beni Suef succeeded in convening a reconciliation session between Copts and Muslims in Diābiah Village which was attended by family heads and senior figures in the village. The conflict took place in November 2013 due to a construction of a road bump and led to 16 injuries and...
Date of source: Sunday, July 6, 2014
Shaykh Yūssuf al- Qaradawī, head of the International Union for Muslim Scholars, stated that the declaration of the Caliphate by ISIS is null and void according to sharī’ah and it does not serve the Islamic project.
Date of source: Friday, June 13, 2014
Magdī al Batītī, Governor of Beni Suef, has inaugurated the Bayt al- ‘Ailah in the district of Biba, Beni Suef.
Date of source: Friday, August 16, 2013
A number of politicians and human rights organizations have denounced the attacks carried out by the Muslim Brotherhood and its supporters on churches and Copts’ property. They interpret these attacks as trying to drag the country into sectarian strife and bring about chaos as to weaken the popular...
Date of source: Saturday, August 4, 2012
Political parties and movements denounced the “deplorable” unrest between Muslims and Christians in Dahshūr and called for forming a fact-finding commission and working on brining the displaced Coptic families back to their homes in the impoverished area.
Dr. Muhammad al-Barād’ī, a representative...
Date of source: Thursday, December 26, 2013
Biba’s District Court, headed by Justice Ahmad Qurāysh, ruled to postpone the case of Karam Sābir, member of the Writer’s Union, who is accused of insulting religion for publishing a literary series entitled, “Where is God” to a session on January 28th (Muhamad Hassan, al-Dustūr, Dec. 26, p. 5). ...
Date of source: Friday, March 1, 2013
Hundreds of people from the Church, including bishops and priests, protested in front of the Beni Suef Security Department demanding an end to the repeated encroachment of church property at the hands of some Muslims who security leaders have accused of colluding to expel Copts from the country (...
Date of source: Saturday, February 2, 2013
The signing of the documents indicates the renewed commitment to renounce violence and to protect the rights of citizens from the use of excessive violence by security institutions. The document confirms that it is the duty of the state and its security institutions to protect the security of...
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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.