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Date of source: Wednesday, June 27, 2012
The verdict passed by al-Minya Criminal Court on May 21 convicting 12 Copts and sentencing them to life imprisonment while acquitting eight accused Muslims in the same case, known as the Abū Qurqās sedition case, has caused widespread anger among the Copts. Arab-West Report asked intern Cassie...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Kees, Cornelis Hulsman, a prominent Dutch reporter who has been covering Egypt's news, especially those related to the Egyptian Coptic community since 1976. Hulsman is seen in the Netherlands as one of the one of the reference figures and experts in the Egyptian affairs. Hulsman is invited to...
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Date of source: Thursday, March 22, 2012
In post-Revolutionary Egypt the government is in a weakened state with little or no capacity to enforce laws. Many citizens have chosen to take advantage of this power vacuum to construct churches, mosques, and other buildings in their villages. This article highlights construction in several...
Date of source: Saturday, October 22, 2011
Fathī Sa'd Jum'ah, Secretary-General of the Free Social Constitutional Party in al-Menya, lodged a complaint accusing Nādī 'Ātif Shākir, a political activist and an executive director of the Center of Justice and Development for Human Rights, in the Upper Egyptian governorate of releasing...
Date of source: Friday, August 20, 2010
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III met with Ahmad Diyā’ al-Dīn, al-Minya governor. A source from the papal seat stated that they discussed the crisis of the new Maghāghah bishopric and that the governor was keen that Copts are not subject to persecution, but he must implement the law.
For his part,...
Date of source: Saturday, July 17, 2010
A dispute between a Coptic researcher and a bishop over the approval of a dissertation on the Coptic language.
Date of source: Friday, February 11, 2011
Date of source: Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Cornelis Hulsman's farewell speech given at Cairo University in June 2009.
Date of source: Sunday, March 21, 2010
This article gives a summary of the life and work of Coptologist and archaeologist Girgis Daoud (1930 – 2010).
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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.