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Conversion in Egypt is a complicated and thorny issue.
Date of source: Sunday, February 19, 2012
Rānyā Khalīl Ibrāhīm, the heroine of yet another sectarian trouble sparked recently in Mīt Bashār village, Minyā al-Qamh town, al-Sharqia governorate, said that she was not kidnapped and that she left her father’s home with her own free will. [‘Ādil al-Shā’ir, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, Feb. 19, p. 6]...
Date of source: Thursday, June 30, 2011
Two news reports have stoked sectarian tensions in Upper Egypt in recent weeks. The first involves two young Coptic girls who were allegedly kidnapped and forced to convert to Islam. The second involves a protest at a church were Muslims reportedly threatened to kill the priest...
There is a...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Dr. Najīb Jibrā'īl, the president of Egyptian Union Organization for Human Rights, denied any church interference in Christine and Nancy issue in al-Minya.
Both girls converted to Islam. Jibrā'īl called on the church not to interfere in this issue.
Date of source: Sunday, May 29, 2011
The Military Judiciary decided on May 28, 2011, to refer 'Abīr Fakhrī Tal'at, sedition-monger in Imbābah, with all other culprits, to the Supreme State Security Court.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Usāmah Haykal comments on criticism against al-Wafd for publishing the story of Raghdah, reportedly kidnapped by Christians.
Date of source: Sunday, May 22, 2011
Muhammad 'Abd al-Qudūs writes that 'Abīr Tal'at's testimony in the investigations will make her a victim rather than the criminal. He added that were Egypt a free country, then a person would convert to whatever they liked without fearing that the church may detain them, or a group of Islamists...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 18, 2011
On May 17, 2011, Giza's prosecution began an investigation into the kidnapping of Raghdah Sālim 'Abd al-Fatāh from the Maspero area, her subsequent detention and a cross tatoo being tatooed into her hand with a cross.
Raghdah's mother had contacted al-Wafd, fearing for her daughter who fainted...
Date of source: Saturday, May 14, 2011
A military prosecutor ordered the detention of a woman whose rumored captivity in a church triggered deadly clashes between Muslims and Christians im Imbābah on Saturday, May 7, 2011.
Protesters demanded the release of 'Abīr Fakhrī, a woman who allegedly converted to Islam. Fakhrī was sent to a...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 17, 2011
A 19-year-old Muslim girl, Raghda Sālim 'Abd al-Fattāh, in exclusive statements to al-Wafd, the mouthpiece of the al-Wafd Party, said she was kidnapped in the area of Maspero on March 15, 2011 and has never returned home before March 18, 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.