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Date of source: Friday, October 21, 2022
Many Copts are waiting for the St. George Monastery's celebrations, which will start on November 1st, at Mount Rizeigat [Ruzayqāt] in the city of Armant in Luxor.
The celebration coincides with the anniversary of the dedication of the first church to the name of the great martyr Saint George in the...
Date of source: Saturday, October 13, 2018
The celebrations will begin on November 10th, and will last for a week until November 16th. Thousands of tents will be set up to welcome visitors who wish to stay overnight during the days of the anniversary of the birth [Mawlid]. Meetings are also held in the last week of October of each year to...
Date of source: Saturday, May 24, 2014
Prosecution investigations in the shooting that took place close to the EvangelicalChurch in Luxor which led to three causalities assured that there are no sectarian motives in this attack.
Date of source: Friday, May 23, 2014
street vendor has died due to gunfire fired next to the EvangelicalChurch in the centre of Luxor.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Egyptian newspaper Al-Yawm al-Sābiʿ referred to a Foreign Policy report stating that the supporters of the deposed president, Muhammad Morsi (Mursī), have attacked churches and Copts as a punishment for their strong opposition to the Muslim Brotherhood rule.
Date of source: Thursday, April 18, 2013
A Christian teacher at El Sheikh Sultan Primary School in Luxor has been accused of disdaining religion and proselytizing Christianity among children in al-Tūd Township of south Luxor (Hajjāj Salāmah, al-Wafd, Apr. 18, p. 2). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Sunday, March 26, 2017
Amīra Jirjis Khalīl Sīfīn, A 17-year-old Egyptian girl, has caused a new sectarian crisis in the southern Egyptian city of Luxor, which caused the injury of dozens of individuals, and the arrest of 11 others. Parliament also issued an urgent statement directed at Egyptian Prime Minister Sharīf...
Date of source: Saturday, March 25, 2017
A delegation from Al-Azhar visited the village of al-Muhayidāt, south of Luxor, on Sunday, led by Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayib, Shaykh of al-Azhar, and in coordination with the Islamic Research Academy in Luxor.
Date of source: Sunday, March 26, 2017
Dozens of people, including police officers and [army] conscripts, were injured in clashes between Muslims and Christians in the village of al-Muhayidāt in Luxor, in the south of Egypt.
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The state visit of the Queen and Prince of November 17-19 1997 to Egypt continues. During this state visit, terrorists killed around 60 tourists in Luxor. Dutch tourists David van der Meulen and Saskia van der Mast were lucky enough not to be on the site of the massacre, as their bus...
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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.