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Date of source: Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Dr. 'Isām Sharaf, Prime Minister, inaugurated the Virgin Mary Church in Imbābah after construction was completed. The construction process lasted 22 days, with 24 hours of daily work.
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Date of source: Friday, June 3, 2011
Is Islam responsible for the recent increase in sectarian violence against Coptic Christians? AWR Chief Editor Cornelis Hulsman responds in this week's editorial.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 24, 2011
A Coptic bishop called on the authorities to expedite procedures to issue a license for a "controversial church" in Ain Shams. "More than 2,000 Coptic families in Ain Shams are waiting for a license for the church to hold their prayers after a pledge by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf to open the...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Ashraf Edward, a lawyer representing the Virgin Mary Church in the Ain Shams neighbourhood of Cairo, said the church's legal committee will present a request to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, the interior minister and the cabinet that the church be reopened. The church is one of many that...
Date of source: Sunday, May 15, 2011
According to the article at hand, Prime Minister 'Isām Sharaf has decided to re-open 16 churches – a decision that complies with an earlier ruling of the National Justice Council to solve the country’s sectarian problems. Interior Minister Mansūr al-'Īsawī demanded a speedy implementation of Sharaf...
Date of source: Saturday, May 14, 2011
Hundreds of Copts joined the protest which started on Sunday 8, 2011 in front of Maspero in response to massive sectarian violence in Imbābah.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Prime Minister 'Isām Sharaf has referred Muslims and Copts, who are suspected to have triggered Saturday's sectarian clashes in Imbābah, Cairo, to the Supreme State Security Court.
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Date of source: Monday, May 9, 2011
The Egyptian government on Sunday vowed to beef up security around churches and use anti-terror laws against those fomenting sectarian sedition after 12 people died in clashes outside a church between Muslims and Christians in an area near Cairo.
Date of source: Sunday, May 8, 2011
Date of source: Wednesday, May 4, 2011
'Isām Sharaf visited Qena, where he met clerics and asserted that Egypt is not a place for fitnah tā'īfiyah.
He then headed to the conference room to deliver a speech for Qena's residents, but salafists and some remnants of the former regime's dissolved party, the National Democratic Party (NDP),...
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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.