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Date of source: Tuesday, April 2, 2013
In a statement, the group for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in the Suez Governorate demanded that Christians should be committed to the teaching of Islam or else leave the country. According to the statement, the militants are saying, “Allah agrees with us in our battle against...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 2, 2013
A number of Copts from Sohag governorate have organised a standing outside the Office Building of the governorate, protesting the rise of kidnap cases among Copts. They are asking that President Muhammad Mursī protect them from thugs.
A number of Copts who have been kidnapped, but released in...
3. «Security» identifies the accused of kidnapping a child in front of a church in Shubrā al-Khaymah
Date of source: Tuesday, April 2, 2013
The security agency in al-Qalyubia governorate has found important information regarding the kidnapping of Abānūb Ashraf from in front of the Saint Paul Church in Shubrā al-Khaymah that can lead to the arrest of the perpetrators within the next few hours.
Investigations have clarified that the...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 2, 2013
The family of a boy who was kidnapped yesterday (Sunday, March 31) in front of Saint Paul Church in Um Bayūmī in Shubrā al-Khaymah has asked President Mursī and Prime Minister Hishām Qandīl to intervene in order to save the life of their son, Abānūb Ashraf. His kidnappers have asked for a ransom of...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 2, 2013
According to a source present at the meeting, representatives of the President listened more than they spoke and requested from the Coptic delegation that they meet with President Mursī to express their opinions, but the delegation refused. The participating Copts asked to send a letter to the...
Date of source: Friday, March 22, 2013
On Tuesday, March 19, hundreds of Copts came to 'Izbat al-Nasārá in the village of Minbāl of al-Minya Governorate to be blessed by the oil that flows from Virgin Mary's icon. According to a Christian man, Copts from all ages and backgrounds arrived at the village to witness the painting. He...
Date of source: Friday, March 22, 2013
The author of the article, ‘Abd al-Wahāb Sha'bān, discusses the consequences of the insulting language used by both Shaykh Abū Islām Ahmad ‘Abdullah and Priest Zakarīyā Butrus. Sha'bān describes how Abū Islām and Butrus publicly criticise and insult Christianity and Islam, respectively. According...
Date of source: Friday, March 22, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II has requested that all of the districts send in their recommendations surrounding the Personal Status regulations to the clerical council. On Thursday, March 21, the Pope held a lecture about the Personal Status regulations during a conference organised by the...
Date of source: Friday, March 22, 2013
A conference titled, “The Egyptian Identity Between the Nation and the Sacred,” has been organized and will be held on Saturday Mar. 23. Attending the conference are representatives of the Azhar, the three Churches of Egypt (the Orthodox, Catholic, and Evangelical) and a number of leaders of the...
Date of source: Friday, March 22, 2013
Security forces in Sohag succeeded in controlling what appears to be sectarian strife following the outbreak of an armed brawl between a Muslim family and a Christian family over a piece of land owned by the state. The clashes took place in the village of al-Khizindārīyah in Tahtā Township. The...
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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.