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Date of source: Sunday, March 31, 2002
The Coptic residents of one of Egypt´s new towns filed an application to the Minister of Housing for the allocation of land to build a church because there is no church in their town that includes six mosques. The Minister agreed and they started the procedure to obtain a permit. Then a mosque...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 12, 2002
The security authorities referred 47 Muslim and Christian defendants, who perpetrated the riots in the village of Beni Walmis, to the prosecution of Minya. The prosecution examined the location of the incident where it found damages in the church building. Also, six houses situated near the church...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 15, 2006
According to the author, building churches is a controversial issue, over which many Muslim-Christian clashes erupt.
Date of source: Monday, January 30, 2006
Some priests and a number of Coptic villagers demonstrated in front of the police station of the Saft al-Laban village, al-Minyā, calling for the return of the 22-year-old Kristen, allegedly claimed to have been abducted and raped.
Date of source: Sunday, January 9, 2005
The Christians and Muslims of the village of Damshāw Hāshim recently witnessed sectarian violence between a majority of Muslims and a minority of Christians, united by poverty. Alienated by unemployment, idleness and penury, the young are full of a hatred that does not distinguish between religions...
Date of source: Friday, January 7, 2005
The problem started in July of last year, when a Christian family started building a house in Damshāw, and rumor spread that the family was building a church for the Christian residents of the village.
Date of source: Monday, December 4, 2000
Egyptian authorities imposed power on a village in Minia governorate after the eruption of fights between Muslims and Copts. The Ministry of Interior issued a statement denying that this incident has any political or sectarian motives. A fight had occurred between some members of a Muslim family...
Date of source: Sunday, April 16, 2000
Al-Ashmounain village in Al-Minya governorate is one of the main stations of the Holy Family. In spite of its historic importance, the security forces shut down the church in 1986 for "security reasons". What is really amazing is that when the people asked to re-open and restore the church, their...
Date of source: Sunday, March 12, 2000
The letter of the Bishop of Deir Mawass in Minya governorate to Watani newspaper, which was published under in the article titled: "The Echoes of the Statement of the Hundred", provoked rage in the hearts of Muslims and Christians together. They protest that his narration of the matter he relates...
Date of source: Saturday, January 22, 2000 to Friday, January 28, 2000
... There were a good number of people with interests - inside and outside - messing with many things, and dealing with what happened in Al-Kosheh as spoils to be taken, even if they had to start more fires in it!
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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.