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Date of source: Sunday, July 19, 2009
A church catches fire in a village in Upper Egypt. The author explores the stories surrounding this fire.
Date of source: Sunday, July 19, 2009
Sālih Ramadān reports on the development of the case of the killing of the Muslim Young man Muhammad Ramadān ‘Izzat at the hands of a Christian family in Kafr al-Barbarī in Mīt Ghamr.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Nādir Shukrī investigates a fire that took place in a church in a town in the Delta. The fire damaged the fans, the closed circuit TV monitors, the air conditioners, and the icons. The local bishop believes that the fire could have been intentional but he is still waiting for the report from the...
Date of source: Sunday, September 20, 2009
Three Coptic men in three different villages were attacked by a Muslim man on a motorbike. Investigations have proved that the men did not know their attacker and the author argues that the only thing that linked them was the fact that they are all Copts.
Date of source: Sunday, May 17, 2009
Sidhum reflects on the bombings that took place at al-Zaytun last week.
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: Sunday, June 1, 2008
The article discusses a recent crime in Cairo where a Coptic jewellery shop owner and three employees were shot dead outside the shop. As of yet, police remain unsure of the suspects involved in the crime.
Date of source: Sunday, October 7, 2007
The article provides an overview of a number of stories that have headlined the Egyptian press as of late.
Date of source: Sunday, June 24, 2007
Youssef Sidhom discusses the need to draft a unified law to govern the construction of all houses of worship. He provides examples of draft laws that have previously been proposed, and the issues that they faced in parliament. Sidhom believes that with this draft law being successfully enforced,...
Date of source: Sunday, June 3, 2007
Watani interviews Bishop Pimen, bishop of Naqada and Quos. He discusses obtaining permits for houses of worship in Egypt, the difficulties he was presented with in obtaining the license to build his own church, and recent incidents of sectarian strife.
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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.