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Date of source: Wednesday, January 7, 2009
A court session for Māhir Mu‘tasim, the Muslim who converted to Christianity broke down into an argument between the head of the court and the defendant’s lawyer, resulting in the lawyer being removed, by force, from the court.
Date of source: Thursday, November 13, 2008
A new sectarian threat in a village in Minia and the mayor asserts that the security apparatus is in full control over the issue.
Date of source: Sunday, November 9, 2008
The author talks about the latest incident of violence in Tayyiba, in Samalout, Minya, Upper Egypt. She describes the rioting and vandalism that took place in response to a Coptic boy not dismounting from his donkey for a funeral procession.
Date of source: Monday, October 20, 2008
Rihāb al-Sayyid reports on a Coptic who had a heart attack during an argument with a Muslim in a wedding.
Date of source: Sunday, December 30, 2007
The article looks at the aftermath of the sectarian violence in Ísna and comments on the statement from the Egyptians against Religious Discrimination group that condemns the incidents and suggests ways to avoid further sectarian tension in the future.
Date of source: Sunday, July 6, 2008
An illicit affair between a 17-year-old Coptic man and an 18-year-old Muslim married woman from the town of Tāmīyah in Fayyūm resulted in Muslim demonstrations and the torching of Copts’ property last week. The security authorities, however, played a positive role in containing the situation. A...
Date of source: Sunday, June 29, 2008
The article discusses the alleged kidnapping of individuals to force them to convert, and focuses on a few individual’s accounts.
Date of source: Monday, October 6, 2008
Muná Salīm comments on Minia Governor Ahmad Diyā’al-Dīn’s statements in recent incidents.
Date of source: Thursday, October 9, 2008
The article discusses books which criticize both Islam and Christianity within the context of sectarian sedition in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, October 9, 2008
Al-Wafd newspaper goes on the scene after recent sectarian clashes in Samāllūt, finding multiple conflicting explanations of the events leading up to a young man’s death.
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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.