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Date of source: Monday, July 14, 2014
More than 150 Copts were kidnapped for ransom last year nine of which were killed, according to the Maspero Youth Foundation for Development and Human Rights. The Diocese of Minya stated that the number of Copts kidnapped in Minya alone reached 100 Copts, due to the inaction of the police.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Counselor Fu’ād ‘Abd al- Mun’im Riyād, the head of the 30 June Fact Finding Commission, said that the commission is prepared to send a delegation to interview Copts abroad in cases they accept to give a testimony before the commission
Date of source: Friday, July 11, 2014
Hāttim Anan, the Head of the Anāniyah Sufī Order and brother of Samī Anān, former Chief of Staff, has denied that Copts have boycotted the party that Samī Anān is planning to establish under the pretext of being involved in Maspero.
Date of source: Monday, July 7, 2014
A new controversy has started among Copts pertaining to the call of Nūr Party to Copts to nominate themselves on the lists of the party. While those who agreed with the call of the Nūr Party stated that allying with them is better than allying with the Mubārak regime members, those who rejected the...
Date of source: Sunday, June 29, 2014
The Fifth Conference on Coptic Assimilation ended yesterday in WashingtonD.C., headed by Magdī Khalīl, writer, analyst, and member of the board of directors of the Organization of Coptic Assimilation. The conference aimed to address the situation for minorities in societies worldwide, but in...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Majdī Khalīl, spokesman of the Coptic Solidarity Association, said that the organization will convene a conference on June 26- 27 about the Eastern Christians.
Date of source: Monday, June 2, 2014
Date of source: Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Security forces made a security cordon around ‘Izbit Yaqūb in Samalūt, north of Minya governorate after clashes were renewed between the Muslims and Christians due to a circulating rumor that a Copt’s house was transformed to a church.
Date of source: Saturday, August 4, 2012
The announced government lineup has augmented Copts’ agonies after the percentage of standard representation of Copts in the successive governments in Egypt – at least two ministers – was reduced.
The government of Hishām Qandīl does not have any Coptic presence except Nādyah Zakhārī, the minister...
Date of source: Friday, July 27, 2012
A well-informed Coptic source said the representation of Copts in the new government being formed will not be changed, adding there are only two Coptic ministers in the new cabinet lineup, Munīr Fakhrī 'Abd al-Nūr, the minister of tourism, and Nādyāh Zakhārī, the minister of scientific research....
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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.