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Date of source: Friday, October 12, 2012
A fact-finding commission, set up by the National Council for Human Rights, embarked on Thursday (October 11) on probing the conditions of Christian families in Rafah after reports some of them were forced to relocate to other areas following threats by outlaw groups.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Bishop Quzmān of North Sinai said Copts in the border governorate are between four thousands and five thousands and are indispensable part of the fabric of Sinai, adding Copts in this area do not feel they are being discriminated against. [Muhammad al-Bahrāwī, al-Misrī al-Yawm, Oct. 10, p. 2] Read...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Armored security patrols are in place to secure all of the troubled Egyptian city of Rafah, said a military source, adding news reports about a shooting attack on a Copt’s house on Saturday (October 6) were bare of truth.
Date of source: Sunday, October 7, 2012
Reactions varied over President Muhammad Mursī’s visit to the city of al-‘Arīsh on Saturday (October 6), which was paid under tight security measures, while Coptic families in Rafah denied media reports about a meeting with Mursī.
Date of source: Sunday, September 30, 2012
The displacement was also condemned by tribal chiefs and politicians in Sinai, blaming the state and the absence of its role in Sinai and appealing to the displaced Christians to return to their homes.
Date of source: Sunday, September 30, 2012
The National Council for Human Rights also denounced the displacement of some Coptic citizens of Rafah, North Sinai, upon threats by “outlaws jeopardizing order and the state itself and clashing with the values and principles of human rights”.
Date of source: Sunday, September 30, 2012
Nine Coptic families in Egyptian Rafah started packing up and leaving to the city of al-‘Arīsh following recent threats a few days ago as some members of those families said they are relocating to ‘Arīsh after the governor approved to send them there, where there are no dwelling places available.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 7, 2012
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) expressed its condolences to families of the Egyptian border guards who were killed on Sunday (August 5) night in an attack on a post at Rafah city on the Egyptian-Israeli border.
30-Egyptian churches denounce the terrorist attack in Rafah, Coptic movements hold Morsi accountable
Date of source: Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Egyptian churches have denounced the attack that took place in Rafah, Sinai, and led to the death of 16 officers and men. Bishop Pachomius, Coptic Orthodox Acting Patriarch offered his condolences to the Egyptian people.
Date of source: Monday, November 3, 2014
Fādīah ‘Abd al-Saīd migrated from Rafah to Asyut because she suffered under the harassment by terrorists despite the fact that Copts and Muslims were of one family in al-‘Arīsh and both wished to delete the box “Religion” in the national ID cards (
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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.