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Date of source: Sunday, June 10, 2007
The author praises voices that rejected sectarian attacks that Copts were subjected to. Violence being used by some Muslim groups against their neighboring Copts would enhance the law of the jungle in society.
Date of source: Saturday, June 9, 2007
Pope Shenouda’s recent sermons to the Copts of Egypt show that the man is despondent about the manner in which recent events of al-‘Ayyāṭ were dealt with.
Date of source: Sunday, June 3, 2007
This article talks about the new language that has lately been circulating among the people which has started to create tension and unrest within Egyptian society. These widely circulated comments are related to differences, such as between the difference between Muslim and Coptic movies,...
Date of source: Sunday, June 3, 2007
The Citizenship Committee of the General Community Council released a statement that appealed to Egyptian officials to take the required procedures to avoid the repetition of sectarian incidents that have recently taken place in the village of Bimhā in al-‘Ayyāt.
Date of source: Friday, June 1, 2007
Prominent Coptic intellectual Kamāl Zākhir Mūsá criticized Dr. Muhammad ‘Imārāh, an Islamic thinker, for attacking Pope Shenouda III on a television program. Zākhir believes that ‘Imārah and his likes pose a great threat to national unity and social development.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 30, 2007
The recently erupted sectarian violence in al-‘Ayyāt...
Date of source: Monday, June 4, 2007
Pope Shenouda III has sent the president a memorandum, which calls for an end for the injustice practiced against Copts in Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 29, 2007
A number of intellectual Copts have denounced the American Coptic Union’s calls for the U.S. to impose economic sanctions on Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, May 27, 2007
A few weeks ago, sectarian strife erupted when some Muslim residents of the village of Bimhā in al-‘Ayyāt...
Date of source: Thursday, May 17, 2007
The Egyptian press covered the reconciliation session held following the al-‘Ayyātὃ incidents of sectarian violence. The injured Copts rejected compensations offered by local Muslims and the members of parliament, while they accepted the church’s aid. Pope Shenouda considered the incidents a...
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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.