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Date of source: Wednesday, June 9, 2021
Al-Minyā always appears to be at the center of sectarian attacks targeting Christians or their places of worship, incited either from building new churches, rumors of an illicit interfaith love affair like in the “Lady of al-Karam” incident, or Facebook posts interpreted as insulting Islam. ...
Date of source: Saturday, December 19, 2020
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) expressed great concern about the ruling issued today by the Minya Criminal Court, which acquitted three defendants for stripping Suʿād Thābit, who's known in the media as the ‘Lady of al-Karam’.
Date of source: Sunday, December 13, 2020
His Eminence Bishop Ilarion, bishop of the Churches in Western Alexandria, issued a statement concerning the events of al-Wardiyān, which resulted in the killing of a Copt and the injury of two others. He confirmed that on Thursday, December 10, two brothers, who're known for their thuggery record...
Date of source: Monday, December 31, 2018
In a talk show aired on Egyptian TV Channels, head of the Episcopal Church, Dr. Rev. Murād Ḥanna, praised the decision of Egyptian President al-Sīsī to found a committee that counters sectarian conflicts.
Date of source: Thursday, July 25, 2013
Another Copt, Kamāl John, was attacked while crossing the street in north Sinai. John, a paramedic at north Sinai first aid unit, was buying water and a dish of oriental sweets for his colleagues, with whom he was celebrating his son’s success in high school.
All of a sudden, a car passed by the...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 5, 2013
The Libyan government began forming a committee to investigate the attack of an Egyptian church in Benghazi. The government has said it will take the necessary actions to secure the Church and its residents. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the International Cooperation Libya have condemned the...
Date of source: Friday, April 29, 2016
Tāriq As’ad, a lawyer for the defense in the Kardāsa Church burning trial, reported that a church sponsor submitted a report claiming the innocence of the 71 accused that were sentenced to life in prison over the incident. The report claims that none of the accused was present inside or outside of...
Date of source: Sunday, April 28, 2013
Date of source: Friday, October 12, 2012
U.S. ambassador in Cairo Anne Patterson met on Wednesday (October 10) with Coptic activists who spoke to her about the status of religious minorities in Egypt under President Muhammad Mursī, a few days after her meeting with Egyptian Shiite leaders who told her they applied for the Dutch...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Forensic Medicine Authority report revealed that Mu'āz Muhammad, 20-years-old Muslim, recorded a cause of death by burns from a Molotov Cocktail during the sectarian incidents between Muslims and Christians in Dahshūr, Giza Governorate.
Mu'āz was passing by coincidence during the clashes when he...
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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.