Date of source: Sunday, October 18, 2009
Sidhum continues his series of articles about the difficulties Copts face in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Minya. In this article Sidhum focuses on Coptic NGOs and states that such societies are often used by Coptic congregations when there is no church nearby. The article highlights the case...
Date of source: Sunday, August 16, 2009
The article comments on recent sectarian incidents that have taken place in Minia and links them to the need to pass a unified law for building houses of worship.
Date of source: Sunday, October 11, 2009
Sidhum continues his series of articles that look at instances of persecution against Copts in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Minya. In this article he investigates the case of a church in the village of Safaniya in Adawa which has no toilets and the case of Nazlet Ramadan, also in Adawa, which...
Date of source: Sunday, October 4, 2009
In his article Yūsuf Sidhom differentiates between the sectarian incidents that take place between Muslims and Copts and real cases of persecution that affect masses of Copts. He argues that the problems for Copts in the governorate of Minya are particularly bad and states that the file on them...
Date of source: Sunday, November 8, 2009
The rights pertaining to houses of worship are one of the core areas of conflict between Muslims and Christians in Egypt and are a source of grievance for many Christians. Sidhum explains the cases of two such cases involving Christians’ legal rights in detail in this article, one from 1923 and the...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Sidhom comments on the Parliament’s refusal to discuss a unified law on building places of worship for the fifth year in a row.
Date of source: Sunday, July 5, 2009
al-Faris writes of the isolation of Copts in Society, the need for more churches, and the controversial 'Master Yacoub'.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Seven Egyptian parties submit a document to the government that includes a general framework for solving Coptic problems.
Date of source: Sunday, October 25, 2009
’A unified law for building worship places... necessity and impediments’ was the title of a seminar that was recently organized by the Egyptians Against Religious Discrimination group. Members of Parliament, human rights activists, public and media figures attended the seminar and it was led by the...
Date of source: Sunday, October 25, 2009
Al-Wafd discusses the unified law for building houses of worship.