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• Abilene Reporter-News
ABILENE, TEXAS - The interactions between Coptic Christians and Muslims over several centuries will be the subject of an upcoming lecture series at McMurry University.
Bishop Anba Suriel, Ph.D., Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles, Southern California and Hawaii, will be the speaker for "Lectures on Christian-Muslim Relations in Egypt," presented Feb. 7-8 at Matthews Auditorium in Old Main.
The first lecture, starting at 7 p.m. Feb. 7, will be "Copts and Muslims: From Early Islam to the Ottoman Period."
Two lectures will be presented Feb. 8, at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.: "Copts and Muslims in the Early Nationalist Movement (1879-1919)" and "Cooperation or Co-existence? Modern Developments in the 20th and 21st Centuries Between Copts and Muslims."
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