Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 17, 2010
The Times of London’s report on Naj‘ Hammādī, quoting Bishop Kirollos as saying “It is all religious now. This is a religious war about how they can finish off the Christians in Egypt.” It relays his version of events, which he famously retracted following a meeting with Qena Governor Majdī Ayyūb...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 17, 2010
Watani International reporter Nader Shukry heads to Naj‘ Hammādī and gets caught up in the rioting which followed the shooting of six Copts. Shukry includes the change in the tone of Bishop Kyrillos statements which followed the visit to the bisphoric by Qena governor Magdi Ayyub, and also suggests...
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 25, 2009
The author sheds light on the conflict between General Majdī Ayyūb of Qina and Bishop Kyrillos of Naj‘ Hammādī.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 13, 2009
A number of revenge conflict stories have made the headlines in recent weeks. Worryingly however it seems that those involved are starting to direct their anger toward members of reconciliation committees who are trying to help solve the conflict.
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 16, 2009
The author questions the efficiency of the congenital reconciliation sessions that are held after conflicts. A reconciliation agreement was violated in Qina, Upper Egypt when a man took revenge by killing a man, breaking the conventional reconciliation procedures.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 11, 2009
A man has been fined and sentenced to a month in prison for trying to remove the niqāb of a woman that he thought had stolen a mobile phone from his shop.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 30, 2007
The victims of the attacks against Coptic property were compensated for the damages they incurred, and a reconciliation session was held in Isnā. Egyptian journalists call for a realistic and objective treatment of the increasing sectarian tension in the country.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 30, 2007
The article looks at the aftermath of the sectarian violence in Ísna and comments on the statement from the Egyptians against Religious Discrimination group that condemns the incidents and suggests ways to avoid further sectarian tension in the future.
Date of source: الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 22, 2008
A recent international conference on Christianity and outsets of monasticism is held in the Archangel Michael Monastery in Qena’s Niqādah desert.
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 21, 2007
A state of tranquility prevailed the city of Isnā in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Qena, which witnessed chaotic acts carried out by a Muslim mob who attacked Coptic properties last week. Officials have estimated that the damages will amount to 1, 265,000 Egyptian pounds, and have decided to...