Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 24, 2013
It is usually a benefit that your house is next to the church that you attend, unless it is in al-Minya; here you are under continuous threat and in the range of Molotov cocktails.
Amīr Tādrus Orthodox Church and the Coptic school opposite the church were burnt on August 14 by unknown armed men...
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 24, 2013
Bishop Makarios, General Bishop of al-Minya governorate, in an interview, stressed the necessity of prosecuting offenders. He also said that the government must work to combat terrorism and stressed that burning of churches has no relation to Islam.
When speaking about June 30, he said that the...
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 24, 2013
In the city of Mallāwī in al-Minya governorate that winessed several clashes, the feelings of anger grew. Here Muslims and Christians have been working together to extinguish the fire that was burning the churches.
Tāmir Ibrāhīm, a Muslim and an eye witness to the Evangelical Church’s burning,...
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 24, 2013
Al-Minya
Two reporters from the newspaper al-Watan went to al-Minya to see the crumbling ruins of the churches that were recently attacked by assailants. A summary of some of their impressions follows:
Between a heap of burnt copies of the gospel, Zarīf Wahīb Yannī, director of the Evangelical...
Date of source: الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 23, 2013
A brawl among Muslim and Christian neighbors in the village of Saft al-Laban in al-Minya governorate resulted in the death of a Muslim man, some injured, the burning and looting of three Christians’ houses and cattle. Witnesses say the dispute first started next to the village's bank. After the...
Date of source: الخميس, آب (اغسطس) 22, 2013
The day before yesterday, three Copts were shot dead; the security services have so far not been able to identify the killers. The victims are from two Christian-majority villages. The Security Directorate of Asyut was notified by the al-Qūsīyah central hospital that they had received the bodies of...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 21, 2013
The Salafī Call and the Nūr Party blamed the Muslim Brotherhood and its leaders for the violence and bloodshed, and has asked young members of the organization and their allies not to attend their protests, nor to act in support of their criminal rhetoric. Dr. Ahmad Khalīl, deputy leader the Nūr...
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 4, 2013
A number of Diaspora Copts in the U.S. are organizing a celebration in front of the military attaché building in Washington, Sunday, October 6, to show support for the Egyptian army and to counteract the plans of the Muslim Brotherhood supporters to hold a demonstration there at the same time (...
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 24, 2013
Other news
Yāssir Burhāmī, Vice President of the Salafī Call, stated that the statement, “Religion is for God and Homeland for all” is religiously correct, conditionally. If what is meant is that religious actions have to be dedicated to God, but the homeland is vast enough to include Muslims and...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 6, 2012
Islamic satellite channels threatened those protesting outside the Presidential Palace, finding this to be the only way to confront the million-man protest off the presidential palace called “Last Warning”.