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Date of source: Tuesday, April 26, 2016
The Egyptian Minister of Tourism, Muhammad Yaḥyā Rashīd, attended the Mass of the Egyptian church of Mar Mina in Dubai, to participate in the celebration of the Easter Feast with the Copts. His visit also came on the sidelines of his participation in the International Tourism and Travel Exhibition...
Date of source: Monday, April 25, 2016
Nādir Marqus, a member of the General Congregation Council (the Milli Council) of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria, said that a young man breached the church of St. Mary in al-Maʿ ūrah Beach area, east of Alexandria, on Monday. The man smashed the suspended cross on its facade and the...
Date of source: Thursday, April 21, 2016
Nadīr Shukrī, Spokesman of the Copts Front for Support of Egypt, warned of the development of a situation on Friday in Al-Hūsainiyya city in Al-Sharqiyya Governorate. After a Christian man killed a Muslim girl, incitement erupted against the Copts and the incident was exploited by terrorist groups...
Date of source: Sunday, April 17, 2016
Dr. Muḥammad Mūkhtār Jumʿah, the Minister of Awqaf, said on Sunday, that the Ministry will publish a book in the few coming weeks under the title “The protection of churches in Islam”, which was prepared by a group of specialized scholars.
Date of source: Monday, April 18, 2016
Security agencies of Al-Sharqiyya Governorate intensified its presence, on Monday, in front of the Church of Al-Hūsainiyya city and the church of Al- īkheiwa village, after a girl called “Basma” was slaughtered by a carpenter.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Counselor Majdī 'Ajātī, Minister of Legal Affairs and the House of Representatives, meets on Tuesday, with Bishop Būla of Tanta, the chairman of the Regional Seminary Council of Asia and Australia, at his office in the ministry.
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The frist part of this recording is an interview with the Archbishop of the Aremenian Church in Turkey, Mesrob Mutfayan about the state of the church and the Armenian community in Turkey. The second part is a press conference with Natig Aliyev, the Director and President of the State...
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Father Marqus ‘Azīz Khalīl talked about the issue of the Hanging Church and criticizes the Ministry of Culture in its stance regarding the issue. The interview was held in Arabic.
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The Hanging Church issue was focused on two main aspects; the reconstruction of the church and the...
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This recording is of a conference that focuses on Coptic rights in Egypt through a historical examination of facts, the roots of the problems and some recommendations. The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) organized small study groups in order to examine the topic in a...
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This was the second conference on minorities held at Ibn Khaldūn Center for Development Studies. Several speeches were given about Coptic rights in Egypt and related to the Muslim-Christian incident of 1996 in Kafr Dimyān and the terrorist attack inʿIzbat Aqbāṭ.
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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.