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Date of source: Sunday, September 1, 2013
A young Coptic man was shot to death and a second one has been kidnapped in Daljā village in Dāyr Mawās district in southern al-Minya governorate. Supporters of the ousted president looted and ignited Virgin and Bishop Abraham Monastery, which includes three churches. Buildings belonging to the...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 6, 2013
On August 5, security services in al-Minya discovered the body of a man killed in the clashes which broke out between a number of Copts and Muslims in the village of Banī Ahmad al-Sharqiya in al-Minya governorate because of a pro-army song. Muhammad Ahmed Muhammad ‘Abd al-Hamīd, 30, resident of...
Date of source: Saturday, August 3, 2013
In a different incident, security forces in al-Minya stepped up their presence in front of vital facilities after unknown persons distributed a flyer threatening to attack public facilities and churches in Minya if sit-ins of Morsi supporters were dispersed up by force.The flyer refers to a...
Date of source: Saturday, August 3, 2013
In a different incident, security forces in al-Minya stepped up their presence in front of vital facilities after unknown persons distributed a flyer threatening to attack public facilities and churches in Minya if sit-ins of Morsi supporters were dispersed up by force.The flyer refers to a...
Date of source: Friday, January 27, 2012
Coptic candidates for the Shūrá Council, the Upper House of Egypt's parliament, in al-Minya started an intensive campaign amidst a heated climate of competitiveness among the parties.
The Free Social Constitutional Party fielded a Coptic candidate, Sa'īd Bushrá Sulaymān while famed Coptic lawyer...
Date of source: Saturday, May 4, 2013
Yesterday (May 3, 2013), thousands of Copts took part in the Good Friday Prayer in churches and monasteries in Daqahlia Governorate whilst Dr. 'Alī 'Abd al-Rahmān, the governor of Giza, visited the Coptic Catholic Diocese Headquarters to offer praise for Easter. Meanwhile today (May 4),...
Date of source: Sunday, October 30, 2011
The Parliament candidates list asserted that ten Copts are running in the upcoming parliamentary elections in al-Minya governorate. Three of them are on the individual lists system and seven are on the parties' list system.
Coptic candidates are on the Reformation and Development Party (RDP) or "...
Date of source: Saturday, August 20, 2011
Dr. 'Alī al-Silmī, deputy prime minister, said that a document on the basic principles of the Constitution will be like a road map for Egypt towards a modern democratic civil state, based on the citizen, the rule of law, and the devolution of power.
Date of source: Monday, August 8, 2011
Security apparatuses in al-Minia's governorate controlled clashes between Muslim and Coptic youth that took place on August 6, 2011, in front of Saint George's Church in Nazlat Faraj Allah village, al-Minia governorate. Tight security measures were taken to avoid further clashes.
Date of source: Sunday, July 3, 2011
'Alā' Al-Sharqāwī, president of the prosecution in al-Minia governorate, decided to release the three brothers accused of participating in the kidnapping of two underage women who disappeared on June 12, 2011.
Both young women denied that they were kidnaped.
On the other hand, a conciliation...
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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.