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Date of source: Saturday, July 24, 2010
Yāsir Sayyid Khalaf, 23, was killed at the hands of six Christians as a revenge for persuading their sister to embrace Islam and marry him.
The deceased’s mother asserts that Hāydī converted to Islam before she marry Yāsir or even got acquainted with him.
Keywords: Conversion to Islam
Date of source: Saturday, July 24, 2010
Fights renewed once again between Christian young men of Mar Mīnā Church in Fayyūm and salesmen of neighbouring mobile shops because of two Christian men who were allegedly harassing two girls in the street.
The police intervened immediately. The injured were hospitalized and a number of men from...
Date of source: Thursday, November 18, 2010
Bishop Kyrillos of Naj‘ Hammādī said that the sectarian violence in the al-Nawāhid village caused the burning of 20 houses and a total of 300,000 Egyptian Pounds worth of damage. Kyrillos accused Mayor ‘Abd al-Mun‘im Tantāwī of plotting the fire with the help of various other officials in the...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 17, 2010
With the parliamentary elections on the horizon, says Ahmad, the question arises as to whether Copts themselves have decided to stay out of politics or whether they were forced to do so by the state. Secular leader Kamāl Zākhir says that Coptic reluctance to participate in the elections goes back...
Date of source: Saturday, November 13, 2010
Copts for Egypt spokesman Hānī al-Jazīrī announced that the group is getting ready to run a campaign against National Democratic Party candidate ‘Abd al-Rahīm al-Ghūl, who has been linked to the Naj‘ Hammādī massacre in which seven people were killed while celebrating Christmas. Hānī told al-Dustūr...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Tribalism floods the Naj‘ Hammādī and Farshūt districts, especially against candidate ‘Abd al-Rahīm al-Ghūl. His opponents are trying to use his alleged involvement with suspects of the Naj‘ Hammādī incident against him. Al-Ghūl insists the Naj‘ Hammādī incident will have no effect on the elections...
43. Sectarianism and Artifacts Dominate Votes in the Ruling Party’s Electoral Complex in Dayr Mawwās
Date of source: Wednesday, October 27, 2010
The Dayr Mawwās district awaits the results of the National Democratic Party’s electoral complex. Candidate Ibrāhīm Ilyās says that promises to calm the current sectarian tension, along with allowing visits to previously prohibited tourist sites, dominate the votes. Current representative, ‘Alā‘...
Date of source: Sunday, October 17, 2010
Bishop Kyrillos of Naj‘ Hammadi said he was ready to testify in the Naj‘ Hammādī massacre case if summoned for Sunday's session. He said that he expected a just sentence by the court against the perpetrators of the notorious massacre. Meanwhile, Kyrillos says he does not expect the court to...
Date of source: Sunday, July 4, 2010
This article looks at a new grassroots movement among the Coptic Diaspora which was established in Washington this past weekend. Almost 100 Coptic Christian community organizers from around the globe gathered to discuss religious freedom in the Middle East and future lobbying efforts for the rights...
Date of source: Sunday, June 20, 2010
This article talks about the founding of the organization Egyptians against Religious Discrimination (MARED) and the media coverage concerning sectarian issues in Egypt, with regard to MARED.
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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.