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Date of source: Tuesday, March 19, 2013
In an interview with al-Misrī al-Yawm, Bishop Būlā of Tantā, affirmed the Church’s position that as a religious body it should not interfere in politics by supporting one party over another; however, he also spoke out against boycotting the upcoming election. The Bishop also noted that, while the...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 19, 2013
A number of Egyptian Copts returning from Libya after being detained for alleged Christian proselytizing, have requested pressing charges against the Libyan government and demanded compensation for the physical and moral insults to their religion while detained in Libyan prison. Lūqā Yūnān, 27,...
Date of source: Sunday, March 17, 2013
A Coptic Church in Benghazi has been subjected to new attacks. Unknown assailant set fire to the building and looted the place. This is the second attack in a short period of time. Libyan investigators have also completed their investigation of four Egyptian detainees held on charges of...
Date of source: Sunday, March 17, 2013
On Friday Mar. 15, the Pope met with representatives of Coptic movements at the St. Marks Cathedral in al-'Abbāsīyyah. One of the leaders of the Coptic Youth Union explained that a delegation of representatives has travelled to Tripoli to investigate the case of Coptic prisoners held on charges of...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Egypt’s Human Rights Council listened to ‘Ātif Nādī Habīb, one of the Christians who was detained in Libya, along with 36 other former detainees. Habīb said they were accused of proselytisation and subjected to torture after they were seen with their bibles (Walā’ Ni'matallah, Hibah Amīn and...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 5, 2013
The Libyan government began forming a committee to investigate the attack of an Egyptian church in Benghazi. The government has said it will take the necessary actions to secure the Church and its residents. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the International Cooperation Libya have condemned the...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Najīb Jubrā’īl, head of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights, said that the five Coptic detainees are: ‘Izat Hakīm, ‘Isá Ibrāhīm, ‘Adil Shākir, Shirīf Ramsīs, and ‘Imād Sidīq. He added that the detainees are being tortured by the Libyan Preventive Security Unit and have to be released immediately. ...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Below is the full text of the article as it came in Associated Press:
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Four foreigners were arrested in Libya on suspicion of distributing books about Christianity and proselytizing, a Libyan police spokesman said on Saturday.
Police spokesman Hussein bin Hamid said the...
Date of source: Thursday, January 3, 2013
Last Saturday, December 30, hundreds of Copts attended the funeral service of Ashraf Sāmī ‘Adlī, the 26-year-old killed in the bombing attack on Saint Mary’s and Saint George’s Coptic Orthodox Church of Misrata city, Libya. Bishop Pachomius led the funeral mass; Bishop Samuel and a large number of...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Minster of State for Foreign Affairs, Muhammad ‘Amr, condemned the explosion of a building affiliated with the Egyptian Church in the Libyan City of Misrata that left two Egyptians dead and two wounded.
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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.