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Date of source: Sunday, July 20, 2008
The New Urban Communities Authority and the Matrouh governorate have been disputing a piece of church land where a road was paved for quite some time. Finally the land has been allocated to the church.
Date of source: Sunday, September 23, 2007
The authors discuss a road that was paved on land owned by the church in St. Marina, and the issues that arose following the road’s construction regarding the legal ownership of the land.
Date of source: Monday, August 27, 2007
The priest of the Marina Church rejected the news circulated about his intention to resort to international organizations to solve the recent controversy over the ownership of a parcel of land claimed by the church. He threatened to file a claim against the newspapers that created the rumors if...
Date of source: Sunday, August 26, 2007
Watani presents an overview of the crisis surrounding a plot of land allocated to the church in Marina.
Date of source: Sunday, August 26, 2007
The article considers the problem that recently erupted in Marina regarding a plot of land that was allegedly granted to the church. The author presents an overview of the documentation in question.
Date of source: Saturday, August 25, 2007
The author stresses the unity of Muslims and Christians in Egyptian society, denouncing contemporary statements and discourse that stress the sectarian identity of the country and escalate the existing tension.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 15, 2007
A conflict arose between the priest of Marina Church and the governor of the Marsá Matrūḥ governorate when the governorate sold a piece of land that belonged to the church to two other institutions. The church complained to the president of the state and the head of the president’s cabinet...
Date of source: Sunday, May 23, 2004
Readers might remember the story of the church of the new town of Rihab, to which I referred a few weeks ago. On 26 April, the representatives of the Coptic Orthodox Church received the 3000 square meter plot of land allotted to the church in Rihab. The New Urban Communities Authority had...
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.