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Date of source: Sunday, January 9, 2005
The Christians and Muslims of the village of Damshāw Hāshim recently witnessed sectarian violence between a majority of Muslims and a minority of Christians, united by poverty. Alienated by unemployment, idleness and penury, the young are full of a hatred that does not distinguish between religions...
Date of source: Friday, January 7, 2005
The problem started in July of last year, when a Christian family started building a house in Damshāw, and rumor spread that the family was building a church for the Christian residents of the village.
Date of source: Monday, January 3, 2005
Initiators of sectarian strife are still active after failing to achieve their goal by spreading several rumors. Their efforts have now moved to Mīnyā, specifically to the village of Damshāw Hāshim. A rumor that a citizen by the name of cAdil Sacīd Rizq built a church on the ruins of his house...
Date of source: Monday, January 3, 2005
Egyptian Prosecutor General Judge Māhir Abd al-Wāhid is due to order the release of 11 Copts held for investigation on the issue of Wafā’ Costantine’s.
Date of source: Sunday, September 9, 2001
The church of Anba Antonius in Munqatin, Minya, is still waiting for an official license to use their church building for worship. Coptic villagers built the church in 1991 after 13 years of failed attempts to obtain an official license to built a church in their village. Security authorities...
Date of source: Saturday, August 11, 2001 to Friday, August 17, 2001
More than 3000 Copts demonstrated in the church of Luxor, asking for the return of Bishop Amonius, the Bishop of Luxor, whom the pope deposed more than a year ago. They objected to the pope’s oral decision not to mention his name in the mass prayers.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 4, 2001
There is a relationship of a special kind between the nation and the Copts. That relationship was represented in individual Copts who were rich or highly educated who had special relationships with the governor. The author is of the opinion that if a group of Muslim and Christian wise men is formed...
Date of source: Saturday, June 16, 2001 to Friday, June 22, 2001
The author talks about the importance of Yohanna Qulta’s recently published book titled "Journals of a priest in the countryside." Unlike his daring novel "West Nile village," he chooses his words trying to avoid troublesome points looking at things from afar and telling them as they happened,...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2001
Four Christian High School girls ran away from school and have not been found until now. Eyewitnesses confirmed that they got on a train heading to Minya. Investigations indicated that there was no suspicion of criminal action regarding their disappearance. The bishop of Minya and Malawi said that...
Date of source: Sunday, April 29, 2001
The Muslim Brotherhood Group said that its candidates for the Shura Council elections were exposed to security contraventions to stop their attempts to join the next council elections. The group confirmed that the police excluded seven of its members from applying for the elections.
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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.