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In the governorate of Dakahlia Counselor Mansūr Saqr, Head of the Criminal Court in Dakahlia, has stepped down from the trial of 19 men accused of killing a taxi driver. Residents of his village Sandūb gathered outside the court in Mansura to protest against the most severe punishment. General...
 Twelve members of the Muslim Brotherhood have been arrested by security services over the burning down of a BaptistChurch in Binī Mazār, in Minya. The men were also accused of assaulting public and police buildings in Minya. 
Clashes occurred between Muslims (who are a majority) of Manbāl village and Christians (who are a majority) in Manshā'at Manbāl village due to a bag of water that was thrown by a Muslim youth at a young Coptic girl, which sparked violence injuring two Copts and smashing two pharmacies, two shops...
Clashes erupted when Khālid Muhammad Mahmūd Mūsá, 32-years-old, a farmer, fired shots from a machine gun that targeted Mājid Munīr Labīb ‘Abd al-Misīh, 36-years-old, a female tailor. ‘Abd al-Misīh died right away after being shot at the chest. An argument occurred on May 9 evening between ‘Abd al-...
On the sidelines of the national unity meeting in al-Minya, Governor Ahmad Diyā’ al-Dīn stressed that his meeting with Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III did not tackle the Maghāghah Bishopric crisis. The governor pointed out that the meeting has upset plans by some Copts to bring pressures to bear...
 A priest called Azra Fakhry states that Pope Shenouda asked the bishop of Maghagha not to obligate in the agreement with the governor and he will solve the problem.  
The crisis of Maghāghah in relation to the inflexibility of the bishopric and the governor appears to have no end.    
 An underage Coptic girl disappears in Minia, and hearsay accuses a Muslim individual of kidnapping her.
 The alleged disappearance of a priest’s wife in Upper Egypt is discussed in the article. 
This article details the celebrations of the “Ascension Night,” where nearly 2 million Muslims and Christians participated.

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