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Date of source: Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Nubians in Suez have requested the dismissal of the Prime Minister, Minister of Interior and Aswan Governor and its Security Director and to investigate their responsibility in the tribal clashes that took place in Aswan and led to more than 25 deaths.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Sources in the Azhar stated that the Grand Imam, Ahmad al- Tayyib, will take part in person in the Aswan reconciliation committee that aims to bring accord between the Banī Hilal and al- Dabūdiah tribes.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 8, 2014
The security forces of the Aswan Governorate faced a lot of criticism because they did not intervene to end the conflict between the al-Dābūdīya and the Banī Hilāl families which led to the death of 26 people and the wounding of more than 50. There are committees in the security departments whose...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Muhammad Mihanna, advisor of the Shaykh al-Azhar, confirmed that the Grand Imām Ahmad al-Tayyib sent a group of scholars to the Aswan Governorate to support the pacification process and end the bloodshed. They were sent to participate in the Friday prayer and also to organize forums, meetings and...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 8, 2014
The reconciliation initiative exists, but where are those who reconcile? There is a tribal conflict going on between the Dābūd and the al-Hilāl. 25 Egyptians have been killed and families fled their houses. "Reunion" is an initiative launched by 40 inhabitants of Aswān to discuss the crisis of the...
Date of source: Sunday, April 6, 2014
In a horrific massacre between the families of the Nubian Dābūdiah family and the Bani Hilāl tribes in Aswan left 22 dead mostly from the Banī Hilāl and 32 injured, some of which are in a critical condition. Ten houses got burnt. Mustafá Yusrī, the governor of Aswan, and General Hassan al- Suhājy,...
Date of source: Monday, March 3, 2014
Coptic intellectual and writer Sulaymān Shafīq states that between the year 1990 and the present 230 Egyptian Copts have been killed by terrorist groups for sectarian reasons. According to him only very little cases have been brought to court and in most cases the suspects were acquitted due to...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 16, 2014
A fight started in the early hours of Wednesday, between Muslims and Copts in the village of al-‘Alīqāt in Kom Ombo, Aswan Governorate. The head of the police station of Kom Ombo received a complaint that a fight started between Muslims and a Copt in the village, which led to the injury of 6...
Date of source: Friday, February 21, 2014
Churches and security sources stated that more than 10,000 human remains have been burnt due to the start of a fire in the main cemetery in Kūm Umbū in the North of Aswan. The preliminary investigations showed that the fire started due to excessive heat. This is due to the piles of bodies that...
Date of source: Sunday, August 31, 2014
Extremists have ordered that no strangers from outside the village enter the Virgin church in ‘Aqalīat, Aswan in order to celebrate the feast of Virgin Mary.
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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.