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Date of source: Sunday, January 3, 2010
Jeff Jacoby sets the persecution of the Copts in Egypt in a context of wider persecution against Christians all over the world, including in Iraq, China, Somalia and others.
Date of source: Friday, February 19, 2010
Al-Wafd interviews Bahyy al-Dīn Hasan, human rights activist, asking about reasons and solutions for fitnah in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, February 21, 2010
This article mentions the demonstration of 300 Copts in Tahrir Square. They protested the increased violence against Copts in Egypt. It was a totally non-violent protest, and security forces were only involved for protection. Notably, there was a large amount of young, woman Copts present at the...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Al-Wafd interviews Dr. Georgette Qillinī asking about reasons and solutions for fitnah in Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Dr. Musafá al-Fiqī asserts that Copts’ problems are about to be solved.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 17, 2010
There is no religious strife (fitnah) in Egypt, but there is religious tension; there is no Christian persecution in Egypt, but there is Christian discrimination. This, in summary, was the message presented in a seminar organized by the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS),...
Date of source: Sunday, February 14, 2010
This article examines the relationship between Muslims and Christians in Egypt, looking at the difference between the past and current relations especially. Both moderate Christians and Muslims are interviewed, and say that because of rising extremism there have been more sectarian incidents within...
Date of source: Sunday, February 7, 2010
This article deals with the palace of Heshmat Pasha, owned by the Abadir family, in Minya. The family decided to donate the land to the Church to be a new parish, but the Muslim Brotherhood attacked and held the palace until negotiations finally ended, granting the palace and the grounds as a...
Date of source: Sunday, February 7, 2010
This article discusses the demonstration outside the Egyptian Parliament building following the shooting at Nag Hammadi. The protest was organized by the independent National Commission for Confronting Sectarian Violence. The demonstration called for equal rights for Copts throughout Egypt, and...
Date of source: Sunday, January 24, 2010
The European Parliament has condemned the “systematic persecution” of Christians in Egypt and Malaysia. Egyptian diplomats worked in vain to prevent Egypt and Malaysia being tarred with the same brush. Some people criticized the decision as being the work of right-wing Christian European groups and...
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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.