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Date of source: Thursday, July 2, 2009
Hānī Samīr reports on the claims of Ra’fat Samīr, head of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights office in Luxor, that Luxor Municipality has seized church lands.
Date of source: Sunday, October 25, 2009
Sidhum continues his series of articles reviewing the grievances ofCopts in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Minya. In this article he focuses on the problems that Christians face when trying to build houses. Sidhum argues that any house built by a Copt comes under suspicion because the...
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.
27. Resolving a six-year old sectarian crisis between 50.000 Muslim and the Coptic bishopric in Qina
Date of source: Thursday, June 11, 2009
The author reports on resolving a sectarian crisis resulted from a conflict over land in a village in Upper Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, May 25, 2009
For the seventh time in a row, Pope Shenouda III was absent from his weekly sermon in Alexandria. Tense relationships with the governor are said to be behind the absence.
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, August 17, 2008
Muhammad Bakhāt writes that the Governor of Matrūh confirms that the land crisis involving al-‘Alamīn church has been solved by earmarking a 4000 meter plot of land to the church. Bakhāt was working hard to avoid an Abū Fānā type crisis.
Date of source: Friday, November 7, 2008
The article sheds light on a demonstration held by a group of Mīt Namā’s residents protesting against being whipped out of their land. The piece of land was meant to hold a building for church services. The furious crowd wanted to meet the pope but did not succeed.
Date of source: Sunday, November 9, 2008
The author writes about the planned new church and social service center on land belonging to the Bishopric. The building was denied by authorities after a long delay and the land was usurped by a previous owner. The people of Mit-Namā still wait for approval to build their much needed church.
Date of source: Friday, July 25, 2008
The article discusses Assiut Bishop Mikhā’īl and strategies he has used to advanced the cause of his church.
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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.