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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: Sunday, May 15, 2011
The Coptic Orthodox Archbishopric has issued a declaration expressing its sorrow for the fitnah sparked between Muslims and Christians in Imbābah. They appealed to the State's apparatuses to protect the peace in the country and apply the law.
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: Thursday, May 12, 2011
Islamic thinker Muhammad Salīm al-'Awā said that the man who hosted 'Abīr in Imbābah incidents affirmed that 'Abīr told him she did not pray in a year, and that if she returns to her Christian husband, there will be no harm involved except that she will be with a husband that she does not love.
He...
Date of source: Thursday, May 12, 2011
In the absence of firm political and social action, the events in Imbābah may not be the last episode of sectarian strife.
An activist says Muslims and Christians are living in a state of acute polarization, in which you can easily find Christians who think that all Muslims are violent and Muslims...
Date of source: Thursday, May 12, 2011
Many women have staged a peaceful rally to denounce the latest deadly sectarian violence that occured in Imbābah.
The participants stressed the values of citizenship and tolerance and denounced the sectarian clashes.
The purpose of the rally, organized by the Cairo-based Egyptian Centre for Women's...
Date of source: Thursday, May 12, 2011
The death toll from sectarian clashes in Imbābah on 7 May rose to 15, said the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR), blaming the attacks on security vacuum (including the spread of illegal weapons) and a rise in Islamist extremism.
However, according to the organization, there “can be no denial...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Hundreds of Copts yesterday continued their strike outside the official TV building for the third day on Cairo Nile Corniche over recent sectarian violence, as revolutionaries are planning a march in support of national unity on Friday. The message of the march will be that Muslims and Christians...
Date of source: Monday, May 9, 2011
According to the article at hand, the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) announced on Monday, May 9, 2011, that the organization's report on sectarian clashes in Imbābah mainly holds security forces responsible for the incident, citing their slow response to unfolding events.
The NCHR will...
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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.