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Date of source: Thursday, August 2, 2012
Clashes erupted Wednesday (August 1, 2012) between Muslims and Christians in the village of Dahshūr, al-Badrashīn, Giza governorate, after a Muslim was killed by a Christian makwagī (a man ironing clothes in a shop in Egypt for a living) two weeks ago (July 26, 2012).Mu’āz Muhammad breathed his...
Date of source: Friday, August 3, 2012
A team from the attorney’s office has inspected the damage in Dahshūr village after the sectarian incidents there. The investigation revealed that eight houses had been damaged as well as four shops. The room of the church verger was destroyed, as was a soft drink depot. [Yāsmīn al-Tayyār, al-...
Date of source: Saturday, August 4, 2012
Security agencies in Giza identified 16 suspected perpetrators involved in the incidents in the troubled village of Dahshūr, where Copts’ stores and houses were pillaged and burnt during the past few days. [Muhammad Shūmān, al-Ahrām, Aug. 4, p. 4] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Mu’āz Muhammad breathed his last breath affected by his wounds after a dispute broke out between a Coptic ironing man and a Muslim client in which Mu’āz was hit by a Molotov Cocktail passing by the area coincidently. [Ahmad ‘Abdullah and Muhammad al-Bahrāwī, al-Misrī al-Yawm, August 1, p. 3] Read...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 31, 2012
The United States of America welcomed the democratic transitions occurring in North Africa and the Middle East, especially in Egypt, Libya and Tunis. However, in the Department of State annual report, the U.S. expressed its concerns over religious minorities in these countries, including Christians...
Date of source: Monday, July 30, 2012
Dr. Safwat al-Bayyādī, the head of the Coptic Evangelical Church and member of the constituent assembly that is drafting a new constitution for post-revolution Egypt, rejected demonstrations by some Coptic activists to urge churches to quit the panel. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Akhbār, July 30, p. 5...
Date of source: Friday, July 27, 2012
The higher organization of the so-called Coptic State, formed by some expatriate Copts in the United States who seek the division of Egypt and establishment of an independent state for Copts, appealed in a letter to the World Bank and U.S. President Barack Obama to avoid sending foodstuffs to...
Date of source: Sunday, July 29, 2012
Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs Mike Hammer said Washington would deal with “satisfaction” with Egyptian President Muhammad Mursī and the Muslim Brotherhood. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām, July 29, p. 1] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Saturday, July 28, 2012
Dozens of Copts protested inside the St. Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-'Abbāssīyah on Friday (July 27) to appeal to the Coptic Orthodox Church representatives to withdraw from the constitution-writing assembly which they termed as "sectarian". ['Imād Khalīl, al-Misrī al-Yawm, July 28...
Date of source: Thursday, July 26, 2012
President Muhammad Mursī endorsed a decision appointing former Deputy Governor of Cairo Samīr Marqus as an aide to the president amidst welcome in Coptic circles that praised Marqus’s political and intellectual savvy. [Hadīr Subhī and Manāl Sulaymān, al-Misryūn, July 26, p. 3] Read original text...
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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.