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Date of source: Sunday, May 1, 2011
No matter what the outcome of the Qena governor predicament until these lines go into print, the core of this article remains true and pressing. The appointment earlier this month of a Coptic governor to the southern province of Qena provoked widespread demonstrations by hardline Islamist Qinawis....
Date of source: Monday, April 25, 2011
Thousands of salafists protested in Alexandria on April 24, 2011, protesting the murder of Salwá 'Ādil, killed by her brothers for converting to Islam, and the detention of Kāmīliyā Shihātah and Wafā' Constantine.
Meanwhile, the Armed Forces assured that any attempts to inflame fitnah will not be...
Date of source: Saturday, April 23, 2011
The article talks about the latest developments in Qena where salafists flamed fitnah in the governorate, then returned during the Friday prayers to cause it again.
Salafists had refused to stand for a minute of grief for the victims of the incident and Shaykh Qurshī Salāmah, potential amīr,...
Date of source: Monday, April 25, 2011
Dr. Muḥammad al-Biltājī, a member of the People’s Assembly from the Muslim Brotherhood, said the protests in Qina that demand change of a Christian governor to a Muslim one were a criminal hooligan act.
Date of source: Thursday, April 28, 2011
There are no natural reasons for Upper Egypt to have fitnah tā'ifīyah for more than 30 years but indeed there are political, security, economic, social, salafī, sexual, and terrorist reasons.
These reasons are keeping the file of fitnah in several governorates like Qena, Asyut and al-Minya.
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Date of source: Friday, April 22, 2011
Dozens of salafists distributed fliers in Qena protesting against the cabinet statement issued on April 20, 2011.
Date of source: Sunday, April 24, 2011
Several important figures, both Coptic and Muslim, attended the holy mass on Saturday night at the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in 'Abbāssīyah, Cairo. Among them were Deputy Prime Minister Yahyá al-Jamal, who conveyed greetings from Prime Minister 'Isām Sharaf to Pope Shenouda, as well as...
Date of source: Saturday, April 23, 2011
Protesters in Qinā called for a second million-man march on Sunday, April 24, 2011, to call for the removal of Prime Minister ʿIṣām Sharaf and the trial of Deputy Prime Minister Yaḥyā al-Jamāl. The protesters continued a sit-in on a railway line and introduced their new slogan "Muslims and Copts...
Date of source: Thursday, April 21, 2011
The government on 20 April instructed Interior Minister Mansour el-Essawi to re-establish stability and security in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Qena and take necessary measures for public utilities to resume work. “Silence canot be a response to what is hapening in Qena. Cutting off roads and...
Date of source: Sunday, April 17, 2011
On April 16, 2011, 18 new governors were appointed by the head of the Supreme Council of Armed Forces. In Qena, Egyptians protested against the newly appointed Coptic governor ‘Imād Shihātah Michael, who replaced the former governor Majdī Ayūb, who was also a Copt. Demonstrators, who are mainly...
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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.