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Date of source: Tuesday, June 18, 2013
The Supreme State Security service has concluded its investigations into the explosions at the Church of Saint Mark and Saint Peter on January 1 2011 which killed twenty people and injured close to a hundred. The lawyer for the victims, Joseph Malāk, said the investigations into the issue had...
Date of source: Saturday, June 1, 2013
Judge Mustafá Musharaf will oversee the trial of 33 suspects at Banhā Criminal Court today (June 1, 2013), who are charged with instigating sectarian incidents at Khusūs. The suspects are accused of the illegal use and possession of weapons, the endangerment of public safety, the agitation of...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 21, 2013
The ethnic reconciliation session in Matāy (al-Minya governate) have completed the reconciliation between the people of the village of Manbāl, after a group of youths attacked the Prince Tadros Church and smashed up two pharmacies, some shops and cars owned by Copts, during a fight between Muslims...
Date of source: Thursday, May 16, 2013
The villages of the Manbāl and Manshā'at Manbāl live in suspense following the clashes that erupted on May 14 between Muslims and Copts. The military were called in to contain the clashes and six young Muslims suspected of starting to incidents and violating two pharmacies and a church were...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 28, 2018
On August 13, 2018, a group of interns from CAWU went on a day trip to Maghāgha, Dayr al-Garnūs, and Banī Mazār, with the aim of becoming acquainted with Coptic culture and daily life in the area. Although the trip took on a somewhat improvised nature (our original plan of visiting the village of...
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: Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Ahmad ‘Isá, Director of al-Khusūs Prosecution, ordered that the prime suspect in the violence of al-Khusūs, Najīb Samīr Iskandar, remand under custody for four days pending investigation into the murder of a Muslim man, Muhammad Mahmūd, which ‘allegedly’ led to the eruption of violence between...
Date of source: Monday, April 8, 2013
Before the service, hundreds of Christians were protesting in the street, chanting slogans against the Muslim Brotherhood. It seems as though unknown assailants attacked the protestors, firing birdshot and throwing Molotov cocktails at the mourners and the cathedral grounds. Some protestors...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 27, 2013
The Libyan Ambassador to Egypt has said relations between Egypt and Libya will not be affected by the current diplomatic crisis over the imprisoned Copts and demonstrations outside the Libyan Embassy. He also mentioned the ongoing negotiations over the release of some of the detainees. The...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 27, 2013
An official source has confirmed that some of the Copts imprisoned for proselytizing in Libya will be freed within hours. Three of the prisoners will be released with a fourth being held until the investigation into his case is finished (Zīyyād Hasan and Sanīyah Mahmūd, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, Mar. 27...
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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.