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Date of source: Monday, December 24, 2012
The high turnout among Copts in the second phase of the referendum puts doubt on the announced results that came as 17 percent who said “yes” to the Constitution in the second phase (most likely because Copts would have voted for “no”).
Date of source: Wednesday, August 22, 2012
In Rose al-Yūsuf, ‘Alā’ al-Hīnī writes about a case in al-Minya governorate where security services have succeeded in ending a sectarian conflict by holding a reconciliatory meeting between Muslims and Christians in the village of Dār al-Barshā. This meeting came after an outbreak of violence...
Date of source: Thursday, August 23, 2012
Calm was restored at Dayr al-Birshā village of Mallawī Township, al-Minya governorate after security forces pacified a Muslim-Christian fitnah that had sparked there. The fitnah was flamed by an argument between two members of the family of ‘Abd al-Qādir and the family of Abū ‘Azīz that then...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Yesterday afternoon the U.S.Congress Foreign Relations Committee held (Oct. 1) a formal hearing on the violation of human rights in Egypt and theattacksonChristiansandchurches. This was in the presenceofBishopAngaelos, Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church of England.The session included a hearing...
Date of source: Thursday, September 12, 2013
Inhabitants of Diljā repeated their complaints about the security situation in the village and the continuing displacement of Coptic citizens by Muslim Brotherhood supporters. Father Ayūb Yūsif from Mar Girgis Church in the village said that the number of Coptic families who have been displaced...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 10, 2013
A Coptic accountant of Nasser Social Bank has been kidnapped in Matāy in al-Minya governorate. The kidnappers intercepted his car and threatened him with firearms. A 33-year-old employee and a Kūm-Matāy village resident, Osama Muhībb Jonan Josef, has been reported kidnapped. His brother, 26,...
Date of source: Monday, June 18, 2012
The village of al-Qays, Banī Mazār town, was the scene of a squabble between a Jamā’ah member and a Copt over the latter’s shooting on camera supporters of Muslim Brotherhood’s presidential candidate Muhammad Mursī outside the voting station while directing voters to cast their ballots in favor of...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The village of al-Jamhūd in the Upper Egyptian governorate of al-Minyā has seen a tense day after a Coptic young man converted to Islam. Several local residents said 32-year-old Ayman Yūsuf ‘Ayyād’s family forced him into the house of his mother’s family and tried to bring him to reverse his...
Date of source: Monday, May 14, 2012
A Copt’s conversion to Islam in al-‘Adawah town, the Upper Egyptian governorate of al-Minya, sparked unrest between Muslim and Christians on Sunday (May 13).
Dozens of members of Islamist groups gathered outside the ‘Adawah police station to protect 32-year-old man Ayman Yūsuf Sa’d from his...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 3, 2013
An investigative report on al-Minya sectarian violence between villagers of al-Hiwārtah, which has a Muslim majority, and Nazlit ‘Ābid, which has a Christian majority, appeared in al-Wafd. Copts in Nazlit ‘Ābid have denounced the death of ‘Abd al- Massīh ‘Ayād Fānūs. Girgis, one of the victims of...
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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.