Al-Minyā always appears to be at the center of sectarian attacks targeting Christians or their places of worship, incited either from building new churches, rumors of an illicit interfaith love affair like in the “Lady of al-Karam” incident, or Facebook posts interpreted as insulting Islam.  According to a report by the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), al-Minyā ranks first in number of sectarian incidents in Egypt over the last ten years. But why?