Date of source: Thursday, November 3, 2011
A state of disgruntlement prevailed in Coptic circles in the governorate of Luxor in general and Armant city in particular after the prosecution released persons suspected of involvement in setting the camps of Christians celebrating the Saint George festival on fire.
Date of source: Monday, July 26, 2010
The people of Luxor celebrate the mūlid of al-'ārif Billāh Sīdī Abū al-Hajjāj al-Luqsurī, the founder of the hajjājī sūfī method. The rituals are taken from ancient Egypt. However, Abū al-Fadl Badrān, a scholar of the sūfī tradition, denies the existence of a similarity between the rituals of the...