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Date of source: Saturday, November 30, 2013
Yesterday at noon (November 29) clashes were renewed in Nazlit Badrmān village of al-Minya after news spread of the escape of a Muslim girl with a Christian man. This led to the death of a Muslim and the burning of six houses of Copts. A reconciliation session has fined both families LE 100,000....
Date of source: Thursday, November 7, 2013
Security forces in al-Minya successfully arrested the prime defendant in burning and looting the Bishop Mūsá Church in the events that followed the dispersal of Rab’īah and Nahdah’s sit-ins on the 14th of August. General Usāmah Mitwallī the head of the Security department in Minya has received a...
Date of source: Monday, August 5, 2013
According to witnesses, the clashes resulted also in the burning of 7 houses, the smashing of a church façade, a mosque minaret, five cars, cafès, shops, and a pharmacy. They spread also to the neighboring village of Rīdā, following the rumor of wounding and deaths of Muslims in the first village,...
Date of source: Monday, July 8, 2013
The funeral of four Christian victims of sectarian incident in Luxor was held on July 7 at Prince Tawadros El-mashreky (Saint Tawadros al-Mashriqī), known as Dayr al-Muhārib, at al-Ba’īrat village, west of Luxor.
Thousands of Christians attended the funeral of the four victims of Luxor. The...
Date of source: Sunday, June 30, 2013
.The one year of Morsi’s rule was one of the worst years for Copts, Pope Tawadros said on one of the television programs. He explained that it was a disappointing year, pointing to the attack on the Cathedral which had not occurred over 19 centuries. The year of Morsi’s rule left 37 Copts killed,...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 22, 2013
The Central Luxor Criminal Court decided to postpone the lawsuit against Christian teacher, Dimīyānah 'Ubayd 'Abd al-Nūr, until June 3. She is accused of disdaining Islam, insulting Prophet Muhammad, and preaching against Islam (Hajāj Salāmah, al-Wafd, May 22, p.8). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 21, 2013
The ethnic reconciliation session in Matāy (al-Minya governate) have completed the reconciliation between the people of the village of Manbāl, after a group of youths attacked the Prince Tadros Church and smashed up two pharmacies, some shops and cars owned by Copts, during a fight between Muslims...
Date of source: Thursday, May 16, 2013
The villages of the Manbāl and Manshā'at Manbāl live in suspense following the clashes that erupted on May 14 between Muslims and Copts. The military were called in to contain the clashes and six young Muslims suspected of starting to incidents and violating two pharmacies and a church were...
Date of source: Sunday, April 7, 2013
In Beni Suef governorate, Zakī Tawfīq Andrawus, 56-years-old, his spouse Su’ād Akhnūn, 47-years-old and Zakī’s nephew Peter Nabīl Andrawous, 23-years-old remanded under custody four days pending investigation for disdaining religion, inciting on kidnaping and stealing money. The three suspects are...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 27, 2013
The Libyan Ambassador to Egypt has said relations between Egypt and Libya will not be affected by the current diplomatic crisis over the imprisoned Copts and demonstrations outside the Libyan Embassy. He also mentioned the ongoing negotiations over the release of some of the detainees. The...
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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.