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Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 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: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 16, 2020
Bishop Bafnūtiyyūs, bishop of Samāllūṭ, emphasized that the Coptic martyrs of Libya provided an epic and strength for the Christian faith in the face of Dāʿish and demonstrated to the world the truth of their steadfast faith. According to him, history will continue to remember the day that these...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 28, 2020
AWR reader Henk Glimmerveen asked us on October 2019 to view the documentary titled “The Valley of Salt,” broadcasted on October 18 by the Evangelische Omroep (EO, Evangelical Broadcasting Company). The parents of the filmmaker, Christophe Magdy Saber [Christophe Majdī Ṣābir], both Coptic...
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This paper begins by reviewing Egypt’s post-2011 transition prior to 2013, which includes briefs on the 2011-2012 parliamentary elections, the 2012 presidential elections, and unrest and sectarian violence during the period between Ḥusnī Mubārak’s overthrow and the summer of 2013.
Date of source: الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 28, 2020
The appellant judge of the Dishnā Court decided to discharge two Copts and six Muslims in Fāw Baḥarī village, Dishnā province in Qinā governorate, after reaching a reconciliation between the two parties.
Date of source: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 24, 2020
It has been reported that on Monday morning that the Egyptian authorities executed 8 prisoners who had been sentenced under military case no. 165 for 2017 in Alexandria governorate. They had been charged with carrying out ‘church bombings’ also known as ‘the twin Palm Sunday bombings’ that targeted...
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 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: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 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: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 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: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 17, 2020
Muḥammad ʿAwaḍ, a Muslim extremist, tried to kill Rafīq Karam, a Copt and owner of a car workshop on in al-Marj with a switchblade, cutting him deeply in the neck very close to his neck arteries. ʿAwaḍ did this all while directing insults and abuse towards Copts, and describing them as non-...
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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.