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Date of source: Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Residents of al-Khusūs have confirmed that the majority of the Muslims arrested have no connection to the event and were arrested unjustly after security forces stormed their homes and threatened the families with weapons.
Maj. Gen. Mahmūd Yusrī, Director of al-Qalyubia Security Department, denied...
Date of source: Sunday, March 17, 2013
A Coptic Church in Benghazi has been subjected to new attacks. Unknown assailant set fire to the building and looted the place. This is the second attack in a short period of time. Libyan investigators have also completed their investigation of four Egyptian detainees held on charges of...
Date of source: Sunday, March 17, 2013
On Friday Mar. 15, the Pope met with representatives of Coptic movements at the St. Marks Cathedral in al-'Abbāsīyyah. One of the leaders of the Coptic Youth Union explained that a delegation of representatives has travelled to Tripoli to investigate the case of Coptic prisoners held on charges of...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Massive Christian protests broke out in a number of Pakistani villages after extremist Muslims burned down more than 100 Christian homes. This was in response to an accusation against a Christian for offending the Prophet Muhammad. Christian protesters destroyed the windows of buses and clashed...
Date of source: Thursday, February 28, 2013
Doctor Najīb Jubrā’īl, head of the Egyptian Union of Human Rights Organization, has requested a meeting with Pope Tawadros to reform the Clerical Council. Jubrā’īl has requested that more civilians, such as lawyers, psychologists, and social workers, participate in the Council. In addition, he...
Date of source: Thursday, February 28, 2013
Unknown assailants set fire to a church in Nigeria, damaging the building and its contents. The recently-built church is the subject of some local controversy over the ownership of the land the church is built on (Author not mentioned, al-Yawm al-Sāb’, Feb. 28, p. 2). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Thursday, February 28, 2013
Four Copts and one Muslim were murdered in Burj al-‘Arab area in what appears to be a crime motivated by personal rather than religious reasons. The five victims were farm workers, who had apparently insulted, abused, and expelled from the farm a newly hired farm worker, Taha Mūsá. Mūsá has since...
Date of source: Thursday, February 28, 2013
The Administrative Court at the Council of State has repealed a Mubārak-era law relating to church building. Law number 291 from 2005 gave governors the authority to issue licenses to Christian religious communities regarding the building, expansion, refurbishment, or demolition of existing...
Date of source: Thursday, February 28, 2013
Abū Maqār Church (Saint Macarius Church) in Shubrā al-Khaymah witnessed a new crisis between Copts and Salafists opposed to the construction of a service or ceremonial building, affiliated with the church. Salafist groups have attacked the church and blocked construction workers. A representative...
Date of source: Sunday, February 3, 2013
Karīm Kamāl, president of the union, stated that the recent violence, unprecedented in the Egyptian society, has jeopardized media outlets when the perpetrators blocked the Production Media City and blocked the judges from accessing the Supreme Constitutional Court. The latest curfew imposed on...
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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.