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Date of source: Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Bishop Dāniyyāl, Bishop and Abbot of Saint Paul Monastery in the Red Sea, confirmed that all the losses caused by a fire last night at the monastery's headquarters in Hadā’iq al-Qubbah area are material and there are no casualties.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 16, 2019
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) condemns the closure by the security services of the Coptic Church of Anbā Kārās in the village of Naga’ al-Ghafīr in Sohāg governorate after dozens of Muslim citizens surrounded it and chanted anti-Coptic slogans against Christian citizens.
Video: Coptic anger in ‘Alī Basha,’ al-Minya after village celebrates the return of a Muslim convert
Date of source: Wednesday, June 5, 2019
A state of anger is coasting among Copts in ‘Sammālūṭ’ in al-Minya after "Faransah ʿAbd al-Sayyid", a 26-year-old female Christian-to-Muslim convert and her Muslim husband were allowed entry to there village amid increased security presence.
Date of source: Saturday, September 14, 2013
Daljā village witnesses an unstable security situation and demonstrations in support of the ousted president Muhammad Morsi (Mursī). Security forces have been absent since the regime of the Muslim Brotherhood was overthrown (Author not mentioned, “Copts United”, Sept. 14). Read original text in...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Attacks against Copts
Bishop Silwanis, the caretaker of the Virgin Church in Diljā, stated that 5 Coptic families have returned to the village after they were evicted from it. He said that the total number of Coptic families evicted numbers at about 150 families. The bishop stated that the general...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Al-Sayyīd al-Tāhir al-Hāshimī, a member of Ahl al-Bayt World Assembly and the Chairman of the Hashemites in Beheira, criticized the statements of Bishop Jeremiah during a seminar in the Coptic Cultural Center. Bishop Jeremiah stated that amending the Article 3 of the Constitution to read “non-...
Date of source: Monday, September 30, 2013
Bishop Makarios of al-Minya was the victim of an attack by unknown assailants that lasted for an hour and a half. He was continuously attacked with gunfire, after he took refuge in a nearby house. Fortunately he was not injured in the attack (Yūsuf al- Biblāwī, “Copts United”, Sept. 30). Read...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Attacks on Copts
A report in al-Dustūr states that the reason the violence started in Diljā in Minya governorate was due to the hallowing that some Coptic women have started as a sign of happiness at the ouster of Mursī. As a result, Mursī’s supporters went to their house, evicted them, and set the...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Bishop Makarios, the Bishop of al-Minya, stated that there are various phases to complete the renovation of the churches and the buildings belonging to the Church. We are now in the phase of examining these buildings, he said. The Church has designated a representative to assist the parties...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Counselor Tāmir Fārūq, the Attorney General for the South Minya Prosecution, has ordered a team from the prosecution in al-Minya to examine and assess the damages done to churches and Copts’ property in al-Minya. A group from the public prosecution started interrogating the defendants who were...
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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.