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Date of source: Wednesday, April 29, 2020
The Libyan authorities dealt a painful blow to terrorist Islamist organizations supported by Turkey and Qatar in Libya after arresting Muḥammad Muḥammad al-Sayyid, otherwise known as Abū Khālid or Muḥammad al-Sinbakhtī. He is considered the most important element in planning to blow up churches in...
Date of source: Friday, March 6, 2020
In the village of Jaʿawīr, the center of Mallawī in al-Minyā governorate, cooler heads prevailed in containing a sectarian crisis that would have spread if not for the culture of love and pluralism among the people in the village and rapid security intervention. The source of the anger was an...
Date of source: Thursday, March 5, 2020
A Coptic family in the village of al-Kashḥ, the center of Dār al-Salām in Sūhāj governorate, called on President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī to release Jirjis Rāḍī Jirjis Murqus from prison.
Date of source: Saturday, January 11, 2020
The Minyā Criminal Court sentenced three people, accused of stripping the clothes off a Coptic woman in May of 2016, to ten years in prison. The court sentenced the defendants in absentia, since they did not respond to the court’s attendance notification.
Date of source: Sunday, February 9, 2020
The mayor of al-Karam village, which lies in al-Minyā governorate, held a reconciliatory session in his house including Copts and those accused of burning houses of Copts in May 2016. Participants in the session expressed their support for peace, an inclusive understanding of what it means to be...
Date of source: Sunday, February 2, 2020
Videos of two men dancing and singing while being dressed up in monastic clothes appeared on social media. While some viewers considered the videos to be targeting Copts it later turned out that the two men did not intend to ridicule Christianity. Instead, they were working on a Christian film...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Prime Minister Dr. Muṣṭafā Madbūlī presided over a meeting of the committee in charge of legalizing churches. The meeting was attended by the ministers of justice, housing, and of parliamentary affairs, as well as representatives of the relevant authorities.
Date of source: Monday, February 10, 2020
The criminal court in al-Minyā decided to delay a judgment to April 16th for the arson case of Coptic homes in the village of al-Karam, the center of Abū Qurqāṣ in al-Minyā. This came after today’s session where Copts from the village provided testimony in court. The Copts in front of the judge...
Date of source: Sunday, February 2, 2020
Dishnā prosecution in Qinā governorate renewed the detention of two Copts and six Muslims from the village of Fāw Baḥarī for another 15 days under pending investigation of incidents that happened New Year’s Eve. Copts in the village were prevented from praying, and one of Copts’ homes was burnt...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 14, 2020
The cassation court has set April 1st as the date for the first sessions in the re-trial of the two former monks accused of killing Bishop Epiphanius [Epīphaniyyūs], head of St. Macarius monastery (dayr Abū Maqār) in Wādī al-Naṭrūn, after petitions were presented by the monks’ defense team.
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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.