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Date of source: Monday, April 10, 2017
Yesterday's attacks on two Coptic Orthodox Churches were heartbreaking. The boards of the Center for Arab-West Understanding (CAWU) in Egypt and the Arab-West Foundation (AWF) in the Netherlands call the terrorist attacks on Coptic Orthodox Churches in Tanta [Ṭānṭā] and Alexandria [Al-Iskandariyyah...
Date of source: Monday, March 13, 2017
The TV show “Masāʾ DMC” presented by Ayman al-Ḥuṣarī, reported that a village belonging to the city of al-Ibrāhīmiyya in al-Sharqiyya governorate does not have a single school to serve the community. The lack of a proper village school forces parents to send their children to the local mosque,...
Date of source: Sunday, March 12, 2017
The Forum for Dialogue of Cultures of the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services held an intellectual meeting entitled "Egypt for all Egyptians" in one of the hotels of Miṣr al-Jadīda
Date of source: Thursday, April 28, 2016
In an interview with Al-Ahram newspaper, Counselor Munsif Najīb Sulīmān, legal advisor to the Coptic Church, discussed a number of important Church-related issues. The Houses of Worship law featured prominently in the discussion.
Date of source: Saturday, April 23, 2016
The Bahraini King Ḥamad Bin ʿĪsā Al- Khalīfah, expressed his pleasure in visiting the Cathedral of St. Mark in al-'Abbāsīyyah for the first time, praising the role of the Egyptian Church in national history.
Date of source: Sunday, April 24, 2016
Dr. Wajdī al-Najdī, the owner of the mosque of the Virgin Mary in Minya, said that the works of construction in the mosque were completely finished. al-Najdī continued that some of the construction work for the hospital annexed to the mosque is still remaining, stressing that it will be concluded...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 26, 2016
The Egyptian Minister of Tourism, Muhammad Yaḥyā Rashīd, attended the Mass of the Egyptian church of Mar Mina in Dubai, to participate in the celebration of the Easter Feast with the Copts. His visit also came on the sidelines of his participation in the International Tourism and Travel Exhibition...
Date of source: Monday, April 25, 2016
Nādir Marqus, a member of the General Congregation Council (the Milli Council) of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria, said that a young man breached the church of St. Mary in al-Maʿ ūrah Beach area, east of Alexandria, on Monday. The man smashed the suspended cross on its facade and the...
Date of source: Thursday, April 21, 2016
Nadīr Shukrī, Spokesman of the Copts Front for Support of Egypt, warned of the development of a situation on Friday in Al-Hūsainiyya city in Al-Sharqiyya Governorate. After a Christian man killed a Muslim girl, incitement erupted against the Copts and the incident was exploited by terrorist groups...
Date of source: Sunday, April 17, 2016
Dr. Muḥammad Mūkhtār Jumʿah, the Minister of Awqaf, said on Sunday, that the Ministry will publish a book in the few coming weeks under the title “The protection of churches in Islam”, which was prepared by a group of specialized scholars.
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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.