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Date of source: Monday, December 20, 2021
A Coptic family cried for help to President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī after the disappearance of their daughter Sāra Tawfīq ʾAyūb. on December 12, 2021, the 21-year-old Christian girl disappeared in mysterious circumstances, while she was on her way to the church and meet her fiancé.
Date of source: Saturday, September 11, 2021
In response to complaints received on social media, the Crisis Management Team of the Egyptian Cabinet have intervened with regards to the sinking basement of the Church of the Virgin Mary in Maadi, resulting from the rising water levels of the Nile. The necessary authorities from state agencies...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Witnesses shared videos on social networking sites of the demolition of a church in the village of ‘Basṭara’ in al-Buḥayra (Beheira) governorate. This comes following a removal order by the Damanhūr city council in cooperation with security forces. This resulted in clashes between Coptic citizens...
Date of source: Monday, September 6, 2021
The Ministry of Interior issued a statement revealing the circumstances of the abduction of a six-year-old boy from the village al-Shāmiyya who was playing in front of his house when two unknown men wearing masks on a black motorcycle kidnapped him.
Date of source: Sunday, September 5, 2021
Three gunmen on a motorbike kidnapped the Coptic child, Amīr Nadī ʿIzzat Yūsuf, in front of his house in the village of Shāmiya, the centre of Sāḥil Salīm. His father, Nadī ʿIzzat , was shot trying in vain to pursue the kidnappers, but sustained no serious injuries.
Date of source: Sunday, September 5, 2021
The waters of the Nile flooded the lower floor of the Church of the Virgin Mary in Maadi [Maʿādī], due to the high water-level of the Nile. This led to the sinking of the basement, some rooms, and the walkway of the church, and it also threatened the structural integrity of the ancient church.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 1, 2021
The Diocese of Samāllūṭ headed by Archbishop Pavnotios [Bifinūtiyūs], thanked the head of the “Fund for Honoring the Martyrs and Victims of the Missing and Victims of War, Terror and Security Operations”, for including the Coptic martyrs in Libya in their care.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 31, 2021
On Monday, August 30, Canadian police released a statement announcing the arrest of a 35-year-old woman named Kathleen Panek, on August 26. The police charged her with arson in connection with a fire that destroyed the St George Coptic Orthodox Church in British Columbia, western Canada.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 6, 2021
The Coptic Church commemorated the martyrdom of the two martyrs of terrorist attacks in al-ʿArīsh, Northern Sinai, Rev. Fr. Mīnā ʿAbūd and Rev. Fr. Rāfāʾīl Mūsā.
Date of source: Sunday, June 20, 2021
Rev. Fr. Armiyā ʿAbdu thanked General Hishām Farīd, the commissioner of the Banī Suwayf police station, and Ashraf al-Khūlī, head of the investigations of the Banī Suwayf police station, for their success in containing a sectarian dispute.
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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.