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Date of source: Monday, August 12, 2013
Many Copts are angry due to the choice of Bishop Bola of Tanta, as a representative of the Church in the Constituent Assembly. Several Coptic movements including Free Copts, Copts without Restrictions, and Copts without Chains called for a protest next Thursday in Saint Marcus’ Cathedral in ‘...
Date of source: Saturday, August 10, 2013
Since Morsi’s (Mursī) deposal, Muslim Brotherhood Suhag's Facebook page has called for Muslim Brotherhood members to besiege and boycott Christian-owned shops as it holds them responsible for the coup. Sixteen human rights organizations have accused Islamic political groups, headed by the Muslim...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Al-‘Arīsh
Recently, a large number of Christian families left the city of al-‘Arīsh and the cities of Rafah and Shaykh Zuwayd. In al-‘Arīsh the duration of religious rites has been reduced and some church leaders have left their headquarters. Christian residents in al-‘Arīsh said that they have...
Date of source: Monday, August 5, 2013
Al-Minya
Two nights ago (August 4) 17 people got wounded during clashes erupted among Muslims and Copts in the village of Banī ‘Āhmad al-Sharqīa al-Tābi’a and that extended to the village of Rīda, both in the governorate of al-Minya. Eyewitnesses reported that the events broke out because of a...
Date of source: Sunday, August 4, 2013
On Saturday night (Aug. 3), hundreds of supporters of deposed president, Muhammad Morsi (Mursī) protested in front of the Saint George's Church (Mār Jirjis) in Sūhag, hanging the flag of [the militant Islamist organization] al-Qaeda on it and chanting the slogan “Islamist (state) against all...
Date of source: Saturday, August 3, 2013
In the village of Dilja, Minya governorate, Coptic churches and houses were targets of assaults by supporters of the deposed President. Father Ayub Yusuf (Ayūb Yūsif), pastor of the Coptic-Catholic St. George Church in Dilja, said that hundreds of Morsi's (Mursī) supporters knocked violently on...
Date of source: Friday, August 2, 2013
Anbā' Mūsā, Bishop of Youth of the Coptic Orthodox Church, received on Thursday, the German Minister of Foreign Affairs Guido Westerwelle, in the Pope’s headquarter, the ʿAbbāsīyyah Cathedral and on behalf of Pope Tawadros II. Anbā' Mūsā stated that during the meeting the Coptic Church affirmed...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 31, 2013
The Coptic Evangelical Church rejected the idea of amending the 2012 Constitution and instead demanded the writing of a new constitution. The Church requested that the new constitution ensures the state's civil identity establishes a democratic country through a clear definition of political,...
Date of source: Thursday, July 25, 2013
Copts United website (reports on Coptic issues) published an article entitled “No attack on Diocese of Sohag”.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 24, 2013
A number of youths from revolutionary and political powers organized a sit-in in al-Sharqia governorate, in front of the governorate’s office building and Zagazig culture palace, to commemorate the death of the martyr Mīnā Daniel (Dānīyāl) (Author’s note: Egyptian activist killed on October 9, 2011...
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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.