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Date of source: Thursday, February 19, 2015
The British newspaper, the Financial Times, wrote that the Islamic State (Dā‛ish) is purposefully planting the seeds of sectarian discord in the region. The newspaper added that Dā‛ish would rejoice in the event that Muslim Brotherhood leaders are sentenced to death. This way ISIS will be able to...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Military expert and retired colonel in the US Army, Peter Manūr said in an interview with CNN that ground forces need to be sent to Libya to fight ISIS and save the country from its current status as a failed state. He added that ground interventions are needed in Syria and Iraq as well. He pointed...
Date of source: Monday, February 16, 2015
ʿAbd al-Rahman YŪsIf (son of the Islamic Missionary Yusūf al-Qardāwī) as well as other members of the Muslim Brotherhood, attacked the Egyptian President ʿAbd al-Fatāh al-Sīsī, holding him responsible for the killing of 21 Egyptian Copts in Libya at the hands of ISIS. Yusūf said in a comment on his...
Date of source: Monday, February 16, 2015
The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights condemned the killing of 21 Coptic citizens of Egypt in Libya at the hands of ISIS and offered its condolences to the families of the victims. The organization emphasized the necessity of cooperation on a regional and international level and asked for the...
Date of source: Monday, February 16, 2015
Bishop Yū’anis, the Chief Bishop and one of the members of the papal delegation charged with participating in the funeral for the victims of Dā‛ish’s massacre in Libya, said that the souls of the victims were priceless to God, Egypt and the Church in light of their commitment to their faith until...
Date of source: Monday, February 16, 2015
Prime Minister Ibrāhīm Mahlab and a delegation of Ministers visited the Church of Our Lady the Virgin Mary, in the village of al-‛Ūr in the north of al-Minyā province, to offer their condolences to the families of the 21 Egyptian Christian Martyrs in Libya who were killed at the hands of ISIS....
Date of source: Monday, February 16, 2015
Websites connected to ISIS reported that the organization’s fighters had kidnapped and slaughtered 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya. They said the kidnappings came as revenge for Muslim women who were exposed to persecution at the hands of "the Copts in Egypt." The extremist organization specified...
Date of source: Monday, February 16, 2015
Prime Minister Ibrāhīm Mahlab and Interior Minister General Muhammad Ibrāhīm accompanied Egypt’s President ‛Abd al-Fatāh al-Sīsī on a visit to Saint Mark’s Cathedral in Cairo to offer their condolences to Pope Tawādrūs II for the deaths of the Egyptian martyrs in Libya at the hands of ISIS. Mahlab...
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Excerpts: "WASHINGTON — Nearly 30,000 foreign recruits have now poured into Syria, many to join the Islamic State, a doubling of volunteers in just the past 12 months and stark evidence that an international effort to tighten borders, share intelligence and enforce antiterrorism laws is not...
Date of source: Monday, March 23, 2015
Fears that Islamic State kidnapped 46 Egyptians in Libya
There is still no trace of the 46 Egyptians who disappeared between July and September 2014. However the fact that most of them were Egyptian Copts makes a kidnapping by Islamic State a likely scenario and resembles the kidnapping and...
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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.