Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 11, 2009
Thirty monks from Muharraq monastery in Asyut have staged a sit-in in the grounds of a villa that they believe belongs to the monastery. They claim that the monastery has been the rightful owner of the villa since 1926 when it was given as an endowment to the monastery.
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 14, 2010
The Criminal Court has ruled in favor of 19 people who had been arrested in the sectarian riots in Dayrūt, Upper Egypt. The decision was met with relief by the detained and their families and but Copts expressed their fear of new incidents in the absence of penalties.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 8, 2009
The governor of Asyut highlights the danger of sectarian incidents and notes that the Dayrūt incident was criminal and not sectarian.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 8, 2009
The attorney in Asyut extends the detention of the people involved in the Dayrūt riots.
Date of source: الأربعاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 2, 2009
An AWR team traveled to Beni Suef to investigate the incidents at ‘Izbat Bushrá, and gained an initial report of what happened.
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The purpose of the visit to the city of Beni Suef, located approximately two hours south of Cairo by railroad, was to clarify the situation within ‘...
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 20, 2009
Press review based on: Al-Wafd, September 20, 2009 (p. 7); Al-Miṣrī al-Yawm, September 19, 2009 (p. 3); Al-Dustūr, September 18, 2009 (p. 1), September 19, 2009 (p. 14), September 21, 2009 (p. 12);
An armed man stabs a Coptic man to death in a village in Munūfīyah, and continues on his...
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 6, 2009
The Egyptian press shed light on two sectarian clashes that took place in two different villages. The first one took place in ‘Izbat Girgis upon Muslims’ protests against Christians’ prayers in a house close to a mosque, and the other inKafr al-Barbarī where a Muslim man was killed in clashes with...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 28, 2009
In this article, Jayson Casper argues that some of the media reporting on the recent sectarian incident that took place in Daryūt, in Upper Egypt was sensationalist. He believes that newspapers use eye-catching headlines to draw readers in even though this can mean exaggerating the actual events...
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 22, 2009
Bishop Mīkhā’īl, the archbishop of Assiut has stepped down as the abbot of Saint Macarius Monastery after 65 years in service.
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 12, 2009
The assistant to the Egyptian minister of interior comments on recently reported news on the killings of two Christian men.