Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 14, 2017
As a Muslim, I have been deeply concerned about relations between Christians and Muslims in Egypt in light of the recent attacks against the Coptic community. In fact, in the wake of the Minya bus attack and the Palm Sunday church bombings, I felt that the Muslim community in Egypt wasn’t vocal...
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 29, 2015
Bishop Bafantīūs said in a Church sermon that the followers of ISIS that massacred 20 Egyptians in Libya wanted to sow terror in the minds of Christians and Egyptians. He added, “they also wanted to sow discord between Egypt’s Christians and Muslims through their message in the video.” For his part...
Date of source: الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 20, 2011
Al-Minya's new governor, Maj. General Samīr Sallām, gave the thumbs up to embark on procedures to license the construction of a new archbishopric and annexes over an area of 4300 meters in the city of Maghāghah, capping a 14-month-old crisis.
Archpriest Ezra Fanjarī, the deputy head of the...
Date of source: الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 13, 2010
Bishop Aghathoun releases himself from the agreement with the governor and considers the destruction of the old bishopric as an insult.
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 14, 2010
The bishop of Maghagha states that he will appeal to a supreme authority to put en end to the conflict between him and the governor of Minia.
Date of source: الأحد, آب (اغسطس) 8, 2010
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Our reading of the Cairo papers this week takes us to the weekly, State-owned al-Mussawar and the file it recently published on “Do Copts hate the July Revolution?” In his article entitled, “Copts under Jamāl 'Abd al-Nāsir,” Midhat Bishāy attempted to cite both the...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آب (اغسطس) 3, 2010
The author announces the end of the conflict between the national party representatives.
Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 30, 2010
Following his dispute with the governorate of Minia over the construction of a new Cathedral, Bishop Aghathon declined to attend a meeting called for by the governor and renewed his threat to stage a protest in front of 'Abāsīyah Cathedral in Cairo.
He also confirmed that his steps are supported by...
Date of source: الأحد, آب (اغسطس) 1, 2010
Thousands of Copts from Maghāghah and al-Adawa in Minia, Upper Egypt, staged a sit-in at the bishopric grounds in Maghāghah last Monday to protest what they saw as unjust, humiliating treatment at the hands of Minia governor Ahmad Dīyā’ al-Dīn.
Heading the protest was Bishop Aghathoun, Bishop of...