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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.
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.
The governor of Asyut highlights the danger of sectarian incidents and notes that the Dayrūt incident was criminal and not sectarian.
The attorney in Asyut extends the detention of the people involved in the Dayrūt riots.
An AWR team traveled to Beni Suef to investigate the incidents at ‘Izbat Bushrá, and gained an initial report of what happened. Article full text: 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 ‘...
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...
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...
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...
Bishop Mīkhā’īl, the archbishop of Assiut has stepped down as the abbot of Saint Macarius Monastery after 65 years in service.
The assistant to the Egyptian minister of interior comments on recently reported news on the killings of two Christian men.

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