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Today’s overview includes yet another quarrel between two Muslim and Christian families only nearly a week after the Dahshūr crisis first stirred by a burnt shirt was settled. However, this quarrel in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Sohag has some similarity to the Dahshūr problem; a trivial...
بعد الأحداث الطائفية التي وقعت بقرية كفر درويش التابعة لمركز الفشن جنوب محافظة بني سويف بشهر، و بالتحديد في شهر يوليو/تموز 2015، تم لقاء صحفي بين القمص هاتور عبد الله، راعي كنيسة السيدة العذراء بالقرية و بيني بصفتي نائب رئيس مركز تقارب العرب و الغرب. كان برفقتي الباحث الأمريكي ماثيو أندرسون. و قد...
This interview was conducted in July 2015 with Father Hātūr ʿAbdullāh [Hathur ʿAbdullah], pastor of the Church of The Holy Virgin in Kafr Darwīsh, district of al-Fashn, Beni Suef governorate, around a month after reports about sectarian strife in his village. The interview was arranged through...
A delegation from several political parties and movements, including the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), is paying a visit to the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate in Sohag to offer assurances for Christians and ask them to vote for FJP leader Muhammad Mursī. [Khālid Hassan, al-...
A fire broke out in the rest house of the Free Methodist Church Nāh'dat al-Qadāsah, Sohag Governorate when stove fire increased during food preparation due to strong winds.   Peter Talꞌat, a student at the Faculty of Science, who serves at the church, said that there is no criminal action behind...
Security forces in Sohag returned a Christian man to his family after a dangerous gang kidnapped him two days ago. Filing a report on his missing brother, Majdī Amīn told the police that the gang had asked for 500 thousand Egyptian pounds as ransom in exchange of returning his 32-year old brother...
Sohag Misdemeanor Court sentenced Coptic teacher to six years in prison for disdaining religion by publishing offensive cartoons for Prophet Muhammad and defaming President Mursī. The culprit Bīshūy al-Bihayrī, 33-years-old, is an English teacher in Sohag. The article has no link online.  
Dr. Muhammad Badī', the Muslim Brotherhood's (MB) Murshid [Guide], said that Islam is the only assurance for all human beings and will protect the doctrines of non-Muslims. He assured that there is no deal between the MB and the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF). Furthermore, Badī' said...
Eleven satellite channels broadcasted a live television program presented by Muhammad Sābir called “‘Āisha’s News”. The program’s aim is to respond to the false claims and offences made against ‘Āisha by Shiite Yāsir Al-Habīb. Various leading Sunnī figures were guests on the program, including the...
Sohag Criminal Court postponed the hearing of Al-Kosheh case to the session of April 6 to examine the testimonies of one of the witnesses for the prosecution.

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