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Date of source: Sunday, May 4, 2008
Comments on sectarian tensions during the time that Copts are celebrating Easter.
Date of source: Sunday, August 10, 2008
The crisis between Abū Fānā Monastery and Minia governorate last week acquired ominous proportions after it appeared that a settlement of sorts had been reached. The author records the abuses that have been perpetrated against the monastery in reaching and executing this settlement.
Date of source: Friday, July 18, 2008
Claims pronounced by the National Council of Human Rights that sectarian strife and conflict is on the rise in Egypt, using Abu Fana as an example.
Date of source: Sunday, November 25, 2007
The author discusses a dispute between 29 Coptic families who were evicted from their land under the premise that it was state owned, and presents the opinion of the region’s governor on the issue, as well as Watani International’s critique of the way in which the dispute is being handled.
Date of source: Friday, November 2, 2007
Muslim and Christian men of religion were absent from the reconciliation session in Samālūṭ. Parliament members and public leaders in the city gathered and led the reconciliation.
Date of source: Sunday, October 14, 2007
The article discusses a dispute between a church and a mosque over a plot of land, and to whom it legally belonged.
Date of source: Sunday, October 7, 2007
The author discusses the problems that have arisen based on the Land Reclamation Law that was passed in 1961, and how this law is impacting Egyptians that were originally able to live on a lot of land allocated to them by a generous land-owner, who have thrice had their homes torn down since then.
Date of source: Sunday, March 11, 2007
The article tells the story of a criminal in Minya who has been forging false IOU notes. He used the notes to blackmail his victims into paying him significant amounts of money. At the end of the article, the author asks the audience to consider why most of his victims are Copts.
Date of source: Sunday, June 18, 2006
In a letter sent to the editor-in-chief of Rose al
-Yousuf, the inhabitants of
the provincial towm of Maghāgha, al-Mīnyā, asked Pope Shenouda
to set up a fact-finding
committee to investigate the activities of Bishop Aghathoun, whom they say provoked
clashes with a number of
Christian clergy.
Date of source: Thursday, May 25, 2006
The review
focuses on a feast celebrating the anniversary of the Virgin Mary’s stay in Upper Egypt during the
visit of
the Holy Family to Egypt, attended by two million Coptic and Muslim visitors.
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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.