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Date of source: Saturday, June 20, 2009
The author reports on a lawsuit filed by the lawyer of the Patriarchate of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria against the governor and other figures responsible for destroying a building that belongs to the church under allegedly false claims of containing violations.
Date of source: Sunday, September 14, 2008
The author laments the difficulty involved in constructing service buildings with any suspected connections to a church. He blames security for this and waits for a unified place of worship law, along with several other Egyptians.
Date of source: Thursday, May 14, 2009
Rumors spread attributing Pope Shenouda’s repeated absence from his weekly sermons in Alexandria to alleged conflicts with the governor. Church sources deny the rumor and announce the pope will recommence his sermons soon.
Date of source: Sunday, May 3, 2009
Last week a group from Matrouh town council started to demolish a building owned by the Holy Virgin Church in Matrouh.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 28, 2009
The authorities have destroyed a building that allegedly violated its license. Christians claim the building was destroyed following rumors that it was going to be turned into a church.
Date of source: Monday, April 20, 2009
The article sheds light on Qina’s governor’s refusal to rebuilt a church which was a 100 years old after it burnt down but did not mention his reasons.
Date of source: Sunday, April 5, 2009
The author comments on articles from the Egyptian press this month, in particular stories about houses of worship and the unified law for houses of worship and the second anniversary of the constitutional amendments.
Date of source: Monday, April 6, 2009
The state security forces prevented Christians from praying in a church and has refused to give them authorization to do so under the pretext of Muslims’ objection to the establishment of a church there.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 21, 2009
The editorial highlights articles seven and ten in this issue which deal with the contentious issue of houses of worship.
Date of source: Saturday, March 21, 2009 to Friday, March 27, 2009
The author thinks that issuing a law for houses of worship could close one of the most explosive files in Egypt.
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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.