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Date of source: Sunday, November 29, 2020
The Citizenship Committee in al-Minya, headed by Dr. Ḥassan Sanad, visited the village of al-Barshā, in the center of Mallāwī, to assuage the citizens, following a Coptic youth posting an offensive comment. The committee stressed on applying the law, and spreading the spirit of friendship and love...
Date of source: Monday, September 7, 2020
The governorate of al-Minyā made a statement, emphasizing that what is being published and circulated on social media about the destruction of al-Fatḥ Mosque in Dafsh village in the center of Samāllūt is not true.
Date of source: Thursday, June 18, 2020
General Sāmiḥ al-Qāḍī, governor of Minya, stressed the need for everyone to join forces to overcome all obstacles to complete the work being implemented in the second phase of developing the Holy Family Path in the Dayr Jabal al-Ṭayr region. This is in an attempt to promote the region, to show...
Date of source: Saturday, August 24, 2013
The village of Saft al-Laban, in al-Minya Governorate, witnessed last Wednesday sectarian fights, after an argument between a Christian and a Muslim led to the death of one of them and the torching of eight Christian houses. The security forces intervened to avoid further violence and al-Minya...
Date of source: Thursday, May 17, 2012
Two days after she was absent from her house, 20-year-old Christine, whose father reported missing since Monday (May 14), has turned out to have sought the help of Priest Damyan of Abu Jūy Church in al-Minya governorate, because she did not want to marry her cousin as her father wished.
Christine...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 24, 2012
The 1938 Copts Coalition organized a march of protest with dozens taking part from the justice ministry headquarters to the People’s Assembly (parliament) to demand the re-activation of the 1938 statute that includes 10 reasons for obtaining divorce.
The protesters called for repealing the “...
Date of source: Monday, August 5, 2013
According to witnesses, the clashes resulted also in the burning of 7 houses, the smashing of a church façade, a mosque minaret, five cars, cafès, shops, and a pharmacy. They spread also to the neighboring village of Rīdā, following the rumor of wounding and deaths of Muslims in the first village,...
Date of source: Monday, August 5, 2013
According to witnesses, the clashes resulted also in the burning of 7 houses, the smashing of a church façade, a mosque minaret, five cars, cafès, shops, and a pharmacy. They spread also to the neighboring village of Rīdā, following the rumor of wounding and deaths of Muslims in the first village,...
Date of source: Monday, January 21, 2013
Al-Minya Criminal Court postponed its first session to retry 12 Copts in the fitnah tā’ifīyah (sectarian strife) of Abū Qurqās that cost the lives of two Muslims wounded four others. The session was postponed because of the absence of suspects (‘Umar al-Shaykh and Sa’īd Nāfi’, al-Misrī al-Yawm, Jan...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Together, patrons of the Church and Copts donated 14 tons of cement and 1,500 Egyptian pounds for the rebuilding of a Mosque in the village of Ibwān. Two Coptic women also prepared food for the construction workers rebuilding the mosque. The mosque will be spread over 500 meters to be in between...
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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.