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The ordination of a priest in ‘Udaysāt might open the door to a new wave of sectarianism. Hanī al-A‘sar investigates the surrounding circumstances.
The author reports on the arrest of four relatives of persons held in custody on charges of taking part in the sectarian clashes in al-‘Udaysāt village in Upper Egypt.
The prosecution of Qinā has renewed the detention of 12 defendants accused of involvement in the sectarian strife that took place in the village of al-‘Udaysāt, south of Luxor.
The authors write about the recent violence related to the inability of many Christians to build churches in Egypt. They purport that these incidents could lead to more incidents if circumstances do not change in Copts’ favor soon.
This review tackles the clashes that erupted between Muslims and Copts in a village in al-‘Ayyāt, the Governorate of Gīza, after a group of Copts turned an old house there into a church.
A fact-finding commission’s report about the incidents of al-‘Udaysāt contained some testimonies by Copts on the attacks Muslim villagers waged on a small church in Upper Egypt, in which two Copts were killed.
Yousuf Sidhom returns to an issue he feels has been neglected, given the dramatic incidents in Egypt in the last six months, that is the problem with religious identity and ID and voting cards.
Father Shenouda Marqus welcomes President Mubārak’s decision to annul the Hamāyounī Decree, which required a presidential permission for the simple repairs to church buildings.
The author comments on a few websites that he believes raise inappropriate questions about the religious situation in Egypt.
The author of the article mocks at the way some prominent figures of politics and religion rationalize matters.

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