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Date of source: Saturday, March 26, 2011
Hundreds of Copts resumed their protest on Kūrnīsh al-Nīl district in front of Maspero for hours demonstrating for their demands.
Their demands are:
releasing the detainees arrested in the previous protest [Copts had protested before following the incident of ‘Ātfīh, then they ended their sit-in...
Date of source: Saturday, March 26, 2011
Although the bombed Coptic church in Alexandria will be completely restored by Easter, recent incidents, like the burned down church in Helwan, act as reminders of anti-Coptic forces within the country.
Copts complain about still existing unfair Church building laws that, by discriminating between...
Date of source: Saturday, March 26, 2011
Sūl village of ‘Ātfīh in Helwan governorate had witnessed a sectarian incident when a group of Muslims demolished and burned the Church of the Two Martyrs, Saint Mina and Saint George.
Date of source: Saturday, March 5, 2011
Dr. Muhammad Badī', the Murshid [Guide] of the Muslim Brotherhood Group, praised the role of the Armed Forces played in mollifying a fitnah tā'ifīyah in Sūl village of 'Ātfīh in Helwan governorate.
He said that this fitnah was sparked by the former regime and the State Security Agency to abort what...
Date of source: Saturday, March 12, 2011
Father Philopater Jamīl, a defrocked priest and editor of al-Katībah al-Tībīyah (Theban Legion) publication, revealed the involvement of elements of the National Democratic Party (NDP) in igniting the crisis of the Church of the Two Martyrs, Saint Mina and Saint George in Sūl village of 'Ātfīh,...
Date of source: Sunday, March 13, 2011
Coptic protesters in Maspero denied that one of their demands was to have Article 2 of the constitution that states the Islamic sharī'ah is the principal source of legislation canceled.
Date of source: Sunday, March 13, 2011
Muslims and Copts in Sūl village of 'Ātfīh, Helwan governorate, southern Cairo, held a national conciliatory meeting to support citizenship.
Date of source: Saturday, March 12, 2011
Muhammad Mustafá Shirdī comments on the rumors about allegedspells found inside the Church of the Two Martyrs, Saint Mina and Saint George, in Sūl village of 'Ātfīh, Helwan governorate.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 22, 2011
The article at hand announces that Coptic Christians plan renewed protests over an apparent delay in arrests of people who were involved in a church burning in 'Ātfīh (Helwan) earlier this month.
Since demands formulated by Copts during previous demonstrations have not been met yet, Coptsunited.com...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Now is the time to discuss sensitive issues, fears and requirements made by the Copts, to achieve real national unity. Calls these days for the formation of political parties on Christian or Islamic grounds pose a threat to national unity. They would only strengthen fanatics.
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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.