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Date of source: Sunday, May 22, 2011
Copts will end their almost two-week protest at the Egyptian State TV building on 22 May 2011, said Metias Nasr, priest at the Virgin Mary Church in Ezbet al-Nakhl and a leader of the protest. The majority of protesters heeded Nasr’s call and the stage set up for speeches was dismantled. Arguments...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 18, 2011
On May 17, 2011, Giza's prosecution began an investigation into the kidnapping of Raghdah Sālim 'Abd al-Fatāh from the Maspero area, her subsequent detention and a cross tatoo being tatooed into her hand with a cross.
Raghdah's mother had contacted al-Wafd, fearing for her daughter who fainted...
Date of source: Monday, May 16, 2011
Pope Shenouda III called on Christians to”immediately” end their week-long protests outside the official TV building on 15 May 2011, a day after clashes near the Cairo Nile left 78 injured. Clashes broke out after an altercation between a young Muslim and Coptic Christians who have been staging a...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 17, 2011
General Tantāwī of the Supreme Council for the Armed Forces stated the most urgent needs of Egypt rest in its economic and security stabilization. He promised he would not allow any forces to divide the national unity of Egyptians along religious lines, mentioning specifically that sit-ins...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 17, 2011
A 19-year-old Muslim girl, Raghda Sālim 'Abd al-Fattāh, in exclusive statements to al-Wafd, the mouthpiece of the al-Wafd Party, said she was kidnapped in the area of Maspero on March 15, 2011 and has never returned home before March 18, 2011.
Date of source: Saturday, May 14, 2011
Hundreds of Copts joined the protest which started on Sunday 8, 2011 in front of Maspero in response to massive sectarian violence in Imbābah.
Date of source: Monday, May 16, 2011
In al-Hayāh, page 2, May 16, 2011, a score of Egyptians, mostly Copts, were injured in clashes that erupted between participants in a protest around the television building in Maspero area. Un-known people attacked the protest on May 14, 2011, where a number of cars and stores were set on fire....
Date of source: Sunday, May 15, 2011
AWR's Managing Director Hānī Labīb writes an article about his experience in Maspero when he visited the Copts protest, protesting against Imbābah incidents where two churches were burned by salafists.
Date of source: Sunday, May 8, 2011
Date of source: Friday, March 25, 2011
Copts protested in Maspero on March 25, 2011 objecting the ignorance of some of their demands.
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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.