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Date of source: Sunday, August 1, 2010
Over a series of four editorials printed last October, I tackled the practices exercised by Minia local authorities against the Copts in the governorate. A file I had received from the bishopric of Maghāghah and Adwah in Minia was packed full of details that could be described as collective...
Date of source: Saturday, July 17, 2010
A dispute between a Coptic researcher and a bishop over the approval of a dissertation on the Coptic language.
Date of source: Monday, March 14, 2011
Hundreds of Copts continued their strike in front of Maspero building on March 13 despite the return of residents of Asyut governorate back to their homes and the start of works to rebuild the Church in 'Ātfīh.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Al-Dustūr carries a page three headline reading: "Lawyer of Samallūt [Train] Incident Injured: Accused an Extremist, Committed Crime of own Volition."
The text says Ihab Ramzī, the lawyer for those injured in the Samallūt train shooting, announced that the accused, ‘Amir ‘Ashūr ‘Abd al-Zahir,...
Date of source: Thursday, January 13, 2011
This Egyptian Gazette article covers the issue of the train shooting in Minya on Tuesday night. Prosecutors have detained the 23-year old policeman who allegedly opened fire while on a Cairo-bound train, killing a 71-year-old Copt, while wounding his wife and four others, all of whom are Christian...
Date of source: Monday, July 26, 2010
A crisis broke out yesterday between the Minya governorate and the Maghāghah bishopric because of the disagreement over the licenses to build the new bishopric. Maghāghah Copts organized a peaceful demonstration protesting against suspending the licenses and threatened to escalate the issue to Pope...
43. Sectarianism and Artifacts Dominate Votes in the Ruling Party’s Electoral Complex in Dayr Mawwās
Date of source: Wednesday, October 27, 2010
The Dayr Mawwās district awaits the results of the National Democratic Party’s electoral complex. Candidate Ibrāhīm Ilyās says that promises to calm the current sectarian tension, along with allowing visits to previously prohibited tourist sites, dominate the votes. Current representative, ‘Alā‘...
Date of source: Saturday, May 15, 2010
This article details the celebrations of the “Ascension Night,” where nearly 2 million Muslims and Christians participated.
Date of source: Sunday, April 25, 2010
Youssef Sidhom continues to review the “Sectarian violence throughout two years”, recently issued by the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR). On the whole the EIPR concludes that the state has no clear means to control these incidents, for the government denies that sectarian violence is...
Date of source: Sunday, November 1, 2009
The author mentions four sectarian conflicts that took place in Minya in less than a year. He notes that the four conflicts are related to the issue of building or restoring Christian houses of worship.
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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.