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Date of source: Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Copts always feel that state security does not intervene to resolve their problems unless they resort to demonstrations and media pressure. General Fu’ād 'Allām, former state security deputy, points out that the relationship between Copts and the state is run through the state security. That is...
Date of source: Sunday, October 31, 2010
The video sharing website YouTube broadcasted a video of one of the two “Ismailia Girls” from Qantarah Gharb, Muná ‘Abd Allāh Shenouda, announcing her conversion to Islam and denying rumours of her being kidnapped. There is still no information on the other girl. Coptic activist Najīb Jabrā‘īl...
Date of source: Friday, October 29, 2010
A large number of Copts gathered today outside the Qantarah Gharb police station in Ismailia in protest of the disappearance of two Coptic girls, Irene and Muná, on their way to church last Wednesday. The city of Qantarah Sharq also saw the disappearance of two girls last month who were later...
Date of source: Sunday, June 20, 2010
This article reports on sectarian tension in Suez after a Christian girl accused a Muslim farmer of raping her.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 15, 2010
This article reports on the development of the trial of the Christian man accused of raping the girl of Farshūt, before a new judicial circle.
Date of source: Sunday, June 13, 2010
This article reports on the recent sectarian incidents in Isnā and Bayyādyyah.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 7, 2010
A large number of Copts gathered in front of the Church of Mar Girgis today after news that a 22-year-old Coptic girl named Nisma converted to Islam. Tensions between Muslims and Copts in East Kantara have been high since last week's Mariana Matta case.
Key Words: East Kantara - Ismailia - Church...
Date of source: Monday, September 6, 2010
A videotape shows Mariana Zaki announcing her conversion to Islam and denying claims that she was kidnapped. Mariana, now Mariam Mohamed Ahmed, claims that she decided to convert without outside pressure from anyone. She requested Copts remain calm about the subject and asked president Husnī...
Date of source: Sunday, April 25, 2010
Last week, Samy Aziz Fahmy a young boy about to turn 18 disappeared from Semesta, Beni Suef. On his 18th birthday it was announced that he had converted to Islam. The conversion sparked demonstrations from both Muslims and Copts in the area which resulted in sectarian violence. The validity of...
Date of source: Friday, April 23, 2010
The US TV channel FOXNews said on its website that some Republicans and Democrats have filed a memo to the US State Department calling for an investigation into the claim that some Coptic women in Egypt are forced to marry Muslims.
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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.