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Date of source: Monday, July 15, 2013
Usāmah Nabīl, 35, a Coptic deacon at Saint Antonius Church in the city, was reported missing by his family. His family has received phone calls demanding a ransom to release him. The family reported the kidnapping and the prosecution is investigating it.
Further, Joseph Fathī, pharmacist and...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 15, 2013
In Minya, the villages of Manbāl and Manshā'at Manbāl witnessed violent clashes between Muslims and Copts, a number of Muslims stormed Saint Tadros El Mashreky Church (al-Amīr Tadrous al-Mashriqī Church) vandalizing it and assaulting a man inside. Two Coptic grocery stores and two Coptic pharmacies...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Ayman William ‘Ayād, father of the kidnapped child, informed the police that two days ago he was returning to his farm with his four-year-old son when a gang of men in cars and trucks attacked his car by shooting at the car's frame. They forced him to stop, robbed him, and then kidnapped his son....
Date of source: Friday, March 22, 2013
On Tuesday, March 19, hundreds of Copts came to 'Izbat al-Nasārá in the village of Minbāl of al-Minya Governorate to be blessed by the oil that flows from Virgin Mary's icon. According to a Christian man, Copts from all ages and backgrounds arrived at the village to witness the painting. He...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Coptic children continue to be kidnapped in Al-Minya Governorate. Barely a week has passed since the last kidnapping and the township of Mallawī has already witnessed the kidnapping of another Coptic child. Security director of al-Minya, Ahmad Sulaymān, received a notification of the kidnapping of...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 5, 2013
.This comes at a time in which the Governorate of Minya in particular, has witnessed numerous cases of disappearing Coptic girls. 48 hours before the disappearance of Nadīyah Khalīl, an officer at the Mallawī police station received a complaint from 26-years-old Yūsuf ‘Atā Faraj that his 20-years-...
Date of source: Monday, February 18, 2013
Barely three days have passed since the disappearance of two Coptic female students from one of the villages in Dayr Mawwās, in the South of Minya. The girls’ fathers have accused two Muslim men of being behind the disappearance (Muhamad al-Zahrāwī, al-Tahrīr, Feb. 18, p. 16). Read original text in...
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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.