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21. Assiut Governor submits sectarian strife report to Prime Minister
Date of source:
Assiut Governor, Maj. General Ahmed Hammam Attiya, submitted a detailed report to Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif on the so-called incidents of sectarian strife in Assiut during a recent meeting of the Governors Council.
20. First news about conversion of a priest’s wife to Islam appears in Egyptian media
Date of source:
On December 6, four newspapers reported about the rally of dozes of Coptic youth at the St. Mark Cathedral in protest of what they called ?the absence of a Coptic priest’s wife? who was forced to convert Islām. Wafaa Costantine, the wife, belongs to the town of Abū al-Matameer in the Delta...
37. Egyptian Police Protect Coptic Girl?s Kidnappers; Christian Father Denied Access to Teenage Daughter
Date of source: Wednesday, October 27, 2004
An Egyptian Coptic Christian teenager kidnapped a month ago by Muslims who claim she?s converted to Islam is being refused direct access to her Christian family, her elder brother near Cairo asserted today.
21. Was converted girl kidnapped?
Date of source: Saturday, November 20, 2004
After Compass Direct claimed Ingy Edwar, a young Christian woman, was kidnapped, AWR made its own research. AWR found no evidence she was kidnapped.
33. Those disappearing girls
Date of source: Sunday, December 31, 2006
The author discusses the increasing phenomenon of Coptic girls converting to Islam, and considers the reasons behind these conversions.
4. A priest accuses a young man of forcing his daughter to convert to Islam under the influence of drugs
Date of source: Monday, February 19, 2007
A priest filed a report in Madīnat al-Salām police station in which he accused a young Muslim of kidnapping his daughter and forcing her to embrace Islām under the influence of drugs.
23. A Muslim lawyer attempts to force his Coptic client to convert to Islam
Date of source: Monday, January 22, 2007
A Coptic businesswoman has filed a complaint before the general prosecution against her Muslim lawyer, accusing him of handing over important documents to her disputants in order to force her to embrace Islām.
4. A Christian from Minia converts to Islam before disappearing… state security demanded that another Christian avoid any village inhabited by Copts for fear of igniting sectarian sedition
Date of source: Monday, January 15, 2007
The cases of Christian conversions to Islām are now increasing which may lead to sectarian strife.
39. Bishop of Naj‘ Hammadi accuses security forces of complying with a Muslim man who leads an organization to oblige poor Christians to convert to Islam. The accused man asserts that the bishop is lying
Date of source: Wednesday, August 1, 2007
A document is issued by the bishop of Naj‘ Ḥammadī following the conversion of two Coptic men to Islām. The bishop accuses fundamentalist Islamic groups of exploiting the poor financial circumstances of some Christian young men to oblige them to convert.
43. Sectarian strife in al- Sinbillawin after a Muslim girl was allegedly kidnapped by a Christian man in collaboration with Christian employees at the Civil Status Department
Date of source: Monday, December 4, 2006
Al-Sinbillāwīn city in Daqahlīyah governorate is experiencing sectarian strife after the disappearance of a Muslim girl. A Christian man and Christian employees in the Civil Status Department are suspected of involvement in the kidnapping.

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