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Date of source: Friday, October 15, 2021
The crisis of Copts detained in Libya continues to cast a shadow over their families’ homes in Sūhaj, where a state of sadness prevails the areas of Marāgha and Juhayna. Amid prayers and tears revealing the fate of the Copts who have been detained for two weeks, the families confirmed that there...
Date of source: Saturday, October 16, 2021
The situation remains unclear regarding the fate of Egyptians detained in Libya for two weeks, as Coptic families plead for help to the Egyptian Foreign Ministry to intervene in the release of more than 40 Copts held in Libya.
Date of source: Saturday, April 24, 2021
President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī stressed that Egypt is prepared to support Libya, as he met with military officials after Friday Prayer in Mushīr Ṭanṭāwī Mosque. He said that he has asked the Egyptian government to arrange the travel of Egyptian workers to Libya and compile lists of information...
Date of source: Sunday, March 17, 2013
A Coptic Church in Benghazi has been subjected to new attacks. Unknown assailant set fire to the building and looted the place. This is the second attack in a short period of time. Libyan investigators have also completed their investigation of four Egyptian detainees held on charges of...
Date of source: Sunday, March 17, 2013
On Friday Mar. 15, the Pope met with representatives of Coptic movements at the St. Marks Cathedral in al-'Abbāsīyyah. One of the leaders of the Coptic Youth Union explained that a delegation of representatives has travelled to Tripoli to investigate the case of Coptic prisoners held on charges of...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 5, 2013
The Libyan government began forming a committee to investigate the attack of an Egyptian church in Benghazi. The government has said it will take the necessary actions to secure the Church and its residents. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the International Cooperation Libya have condemned the...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Minster of State for Foreign Affairs, Muhammad ‘Amr, condemned the explosion of a building affiliated with the Egyptian Church in the Libyan City of Misrata that left two Egyptians dead and two wounded.
Date of source: Saturday, February 14, 2015
The kidnapping of Egyptian workers in Libya is the latest crisis to be added to the long list of problems to befall Egyptian migrant workers in Libya. The number of Egyptian workers who have illegally crossed into Libya through open deserts exceeds a million. Most Egyptian migrant workers in Libya...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 16, 2001
The Libyan Islamic Call Society is doing many things to support the Anglican Church "Christ the King, Tripoli." It gave the church a building instead of the one that was taken at the time of the revolution, paid for all the renovations and repairs to that building to make it suitable for the use as...
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.