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Date of source: Friday, July 20, 2007
Michael Munīr will meet with a leading NDP member, during his visit to Cairo, to discuss with him issues of concern to the Copts and believes that the laymens’ demands are legitimate.
Date of source: Monday, July 23, 2007
Bishop Mūsá enjoys great popularity among youth and young bishops but faces opposition from senior bishops.
Date of source: Thursday, July 19, 2007
Coptic thinker Kamāl Zākhir Mūsá asserted that Copts enjoy more freedom of religion than Muslims, in a symposium organized by the Scientific and Culture Association.
Date of source: Saturday, July 21, 2007
The South Cairo Court holds a hearing today for a lawsuit filed by victims of the sectarian incidents of Muḥarrām Bik, demanding that the Ministry of Interior provide them with five million Egyptian pounds in compensation.
Date of source: Friday, July 6, 2007
The Coptic laymen’s group intends to issue a statement calling for the amendment to the rules that govern the next papal election, and to confine the post to monks who have not been ordained as bishops.
Date of source: Friday, June 22, 2007
Outrage and a desire for revenge against the regime prevailed within the church after the regime broke its promise to allocate a number of seats to the Copts in the Shūrá Council’s mid-term elections.
Date of source: Monday, June 25, 2007
The Middle East Christian Association has sued both the Ministers of the Interior and of Justice. This was done in disagreement to the release of the suspects of al-Kushh village sectarian violence which happened in 1998 and 2000 and left 21 Copts dead and dozens injured.
Date of source: Sunday, June 10, 2007
New incidents of sectarian violence erupt in Alexandria. Many churches were attacked and numerous sources provided different reasons for the attacks. The president of the Middle East Christians sent an announcement to the president of the republic asking him to work toward activating citizenship...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 5, 2007
The Coptic laymen’s group is scheduled to submit the notification documents for a new society entitled, ‘Right to Citizenship.’
Date of source: Thursday, April 19, 2007
Security forces in Asyūt, Upper-Egypt, violate presidential rulings about building and restoring churches in the governorate. The governor of Asyūt established eight conditions that seemed to have made the affair more complicated.
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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.