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Music teacher sentenced to 6 months in jail for “contempt of religion”
Date of source: Sunday, January 28, 2024
The al-Nuzha Misdemeanor Court sentenced musician Aḥmad Ḥijāzī to six months in prison and a bail of 2,000 Egyptian pounds (roughly $64.65) on charges of contempt of religion after he appeared in a video singing verses the Holy Qurʾān to the tune of the oud.
Journalist Sarah ʿAllām Accused of “Insulting Pope Tawāḍrūs” Referred to Circuit Specializing in Publication Matters
Date of source: Saturday, September 12, 2020
The criminal court in Dokki [al-Duqqī], Giza, referred the lawsuit being raised by Bishop Aghāthūn, bishop of Maghāgha and al-ʿIdwah, against journalist Sāra ʿAllām to the circuit specialized in publication matters.  Aghāthūn accused ʿAllām of insulting and defaming Pope Shinūda and Pope Tawāḍrūs...
22. The investigations of the al-Warrāq prosecution revealed that the attack was planned only hours before its execution
Date of source: Wednesday, October 23, 2013
The investigations of the al-Warrāq prosecution revealed that the attack was planned only hours before its execution, which lasted for three minutes. There were three assailants, two on the motorcycle and a third who drove the private car that blocked the road in order to stop cars from passing (...
38. The Imprisonment of 11 Member of Muslim Brotherhood for an Attempt of Assassination and Burning a Church
Date of source: Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Counselor Ahmad al- Bulqī, Attorney of the North Giza Prosecution, has ordered the imprisonment of 11 defendants for 15 days pending investigations.
21. October Church investigations: defendants have given investigators information
Date of source: Sunday, February 2, 2014
The three defendants in the attack on the Virgin Mary Church in the 6th of October City have given the investigators information on the seventh colleague who participated in the attack on the church (Muhammad al- Qamāsh, al- Misrī al- Yawm, Feb. 8). Read original text in Arabic.   
16. The third defendant in the attack on the Virgin Mary Church in 6th of October confesses
Date of source: Friday, February 7, 2014
A judicial source stated that the third defendant in the attack on the Virgin Mary Church in 6th of October City has confessed during the interrogations that the leader for their jihadist cell was responsible for planning, obtaining weapons and collecting the executors. The defendant was present...
6. Renewing the detention of one of those accused of killing "Shī’ah Abu Salem" 45 days
Date of source: Tuesday, December 24, 2013
The Giza Criminal Court headed by Justice Majdī Mursī decided to renew the detention of the sixth defendant in the Shī’ah killing case, for 45 days (Muhammad al-Qammāsh, al-Masry al-Yawm, Dec. 24). Read original text in Arabic.
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