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Date of source: Saturday, July 31, 2010
This article discusses a truce which took place between Bishop Agathoun and General Ahmad Diyā' al-Dīn, governer of Minia, on the issue of the Archbishopric of Maghāghah.
This truce was a result of the efforts of some religious officials in the state security service.
Date of source: Saturday, July 31, 2010
This article discusses the story of the fugitive wife of the priest of Dayr Mawās. A source from the church said that she went to stay with her cousin, her aunt's daughter, for five days.
In addition, she met her uncle's son who had converted to Islam. This story raised concerns for the church that...
Date of source: Saturday, March 26, 2011
Sharl Qiryaqis, an activist, released an electronic statement stating that youths refuse to accept the Muslim Brotherhood's invitation to talk, basing that the Brotherhood's invitation to meet Copts is an initiative on the basis of religion.
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Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awā said that Islam does not know religious state and called for criminal trials to those who cut off the Coptic citizen's ear, describing them as criminals.
He also said that the 'Atfih church was the first one to be torched in Islamic history.
He added that secularism is not...
Date of source: Saturday, July 31, 2010
This article discussed the dispute over twenty acres of land between Faiyum Archbishopric and five squatters.
Conversely, the article showed that the land is from the archbishopric's property.
Date of source: Saturday, April 2, 2011
Sayīd Farīd, a salafī preacher, called for applying Islamic sharī‘ah and cutting off thieves' hands instead of giving them jail time.
He also said during a Friday sermon to flagellate adulterers and adulteresses instead of just imprisoning them.
Farīd also wished that all women wear the niqāb,...
Date of source: Saturday, April 2, 2011
Muhammad Mahdī ‘Ākif, former Murshid (Guide) of the Muslim Brotherhood, said that the MB does not mind an elected Christian to lead the group's Freedom and Justice party.
‘Ākif rejected the idea of a woman becoming the MB murshid because it causes exhaustion to women, according to him.
He pointed...
Date of source: Saturday, July 31, 2010
This article discusses the incident of the fugitive wife of the priest of the Monastery of Mawās.
It is mentioned in the article that following the announcement of her return, she disappeared again.
The author believes that this incident has become a mysterious puzzle.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Copts have gone through a day of fear over rumors on the internet and satellite channels regarding salafists kidnapping and assaulting women.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 29, 2011
A total of 1 death and 8 injuries were the result of an exchange of fire between Salafists and the citizens of Qasr al-Bāsil in Atsā, al-Faiyum governorate.
Salafists destroyed two coffee shops yesterday which made residents of the village seek help from the Armed Forces.
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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.