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Date of source: Sunday, January 5, 2014
An uneasy and anxious atmosphere surrounds Coptic churches at the time of Christmas celebrations due to the threat of further attacks from the Muslim Brotherhood, however the security services have reassured Copts that extra steps are being taken. The Egyptian Coptic Coalition demanded extra...
Date of source: Friday, August 1, 2014
The Orthodox Coptic Patriarchy in Alexandria announced that is will be holding a prayer service tonight with a specified section dedicated towards praying for the Christians in Syria, Palestine, and Iraq.
Date of source: Friday, February 17, 2012 to Tuesday, April 17, 2018
The parliamentary delegation that comprises members of the People's Assembly human rights committee, activists and representatives of the Maspero Youth Union (MYU) prevented all journalists and media people from attending the 'urfī (informal) conciliatory session in the area of Burj al-'Arab on...
Date of source: Friday, February 17, 2012
A group of Coptic movements, which groups Christian and Muslim activists, protested outside parliament to condemn the forced displacement of Christian families from al-'Āmrīyah and acts of violence in the village of Mīt Bashār in al-Sharqia governorate.
"The Coptic Coalition Movement and other...
Date of source: Thursday, February 16, 2012 to Sunday, April 15, 2018
The Maspero Youth Union (MYU) held the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) and police "entirely responsible" for any loss of life, property or that Copts besieged inside a church in the village of Mīt Bashār in al-Zaqāzīq, al-Sharqia governorate, or the Muslims trying to protect the church...
Date of source: Monday, February 13, 2012
“The Maspero Youth Union (MYU) and other political movements started a march on Sunday (February 12) from ‘Abd al-Mun’im Riyād to the People’s Assembly to support MPs raising the issue of the Copts of al-‘Āmirīyah, Alexandria, who were forced to leave their dwelling places last week over a...
Date of source: Friday, February 10, 2012
Dozens of Copts protested outside the office of the president of the Cairo Court of Appeal to reject summoning Archpriest Mattias Nasr, Priest Philopater Jamīl, former coordinator of the Maspero Youth Union (MYU) Rāmī Kāmil and Chairman of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights Organization (EUHRO)...
Date of source: Thursday, February 9, 2012 to Sunday, March 11, 2018
Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah, the chairman of the Coptic Orthodox Church Holy Synod’s Information Committee, said the country is already groaning, rejecting calls to start civil disobedience in protest at the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF)’s continuation in power.
“We have to work...
Date of source: Saturday, February 4, 2012
The Maspero Youth Union said on Friday (February 3) said one of its members lost his right eye during clashes between demonstrators and security forces outside the interior ministry building.
“Butrus Yūsuf ‘Abd al-Masīh, a 31-year-old air condition technician for a private-sector company has...
Date of source: Thursday, February 2, 2012
The Maspero Youth Union (MYU) announced a stand of protest on the outside the Syndicate of Journalists headquarters under the rubric No For Devastation Of the State Of Law to condemn excesses against the local residents in al-‘Āmirīyah, western Alexandria, and calls to expel 45 Christian families...
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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.