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Date of source: Saturday, August 11, 2012
Bishop Pachomius announced on August 10 the list of 17 candidates for the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch seat. They are seven bishops and ten monks:
Date of source: Tuesday, May 6, 2014
A Copt in Sohag has given an example of national unity.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 4, 2014
n Tuesday, the trial of 119 Muslim Brothers was re-started. The men are accused of provoking riots throughout the governorate and burning the Mary Girgis Church after their sit-ins at Midān Rābi’ah and Midān Nahdah had been dispersed. Furthermore, the prosecution of Sūhāj has accused them of...
Date of source: Monday, April 28, 2014
The phenomena of attacks launched against Copts and their belongings and lives have reemerged. This is happening especially after a number of fatwás have been issued against them and in some hot areas such as Minya, Qena, Sohag and Aswan. These places have witnessed attacks against Copts in the...
Date of source: Friday, February 28, 2014
In al-Marāghah, Suhag, the hometown of the seven Christian Egyptians who were killed in Libya, seven Muslim families decided to postpone their sons’ weddings in solidarity with the families of the victims. Furthermore, thousands of Muslims went to churches raising slogans in support of the...
Date of source: Thursday, July 24, 2014
Anonymous perpetrators kidnapped 26-year old Coptic farmer, ‘Bolbol,’ from his farm near the village of Mashtah in Suhag. His father, Jamīl Zakī, issued the report regarding his son’s kidnapping at the local police station and the investigation is ongoing to find the perpetrators.
Date of source: Saturday, July 19, 2014
26 Christians suffered from an acute case of food poisoning on their way home from a school trip to visit the churches of Alexandria, Beheira, and Cairo. The trip, organized by Fr. Bakhūm Gaballāh, priest of the St. Bakhūm church in the village of al-Suām’ah in Suhag, was intended for the students...
Date of source: Sunday, July 13, 2014
Father Basilous, deputy of the Monastery of Saint Bola, and Father Pham Antoni and deputy of the monastery of St. Anthony in Nāssir City in Sohag donated 300 cartons of food containing large quantities of rice, pasta, sugar, tea, oil, to the imams 6 mosques in Nāssir City, for distribution to the...
Date of source: Monday, January 6, 2014
"There is no God but Allah. The Christians are the enemies of Allah." Chants echoed by people wearing heavy beards, who described themselves as brothers and raised the title as Muslims. They carried arms, batons, iron bars and Molotov cocktails in their hands. They went to the Coptic Orthodox...
Date of source: Friday, May 23, 2014
The Misdemeanor Appeals Court in Sohag governorate has ruled four years of imprisonment and a 10,000 LE fine for a teacher convicted of contempt of religion
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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.