Date of source: Friday, April 3, 2015
The governor of al-Minyā, donated the first 1000 Egyptian Pounds toward the building of a church in Samāllūt. He said that his donation came as “an Egyptian citizen, not as the governor of al-Minyā.” In addition, ʿĀtif Amīn, a man from a Muslim family in the village, donated 500 Egyptian Pounds for...
Date of source: Thursday, February 26, 2015
Tawadros inaugurated the new church of virgins and martyrs. Besides Tawadros, a number of representatives from the Christian community of Egypt attended the prayer.
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Date of source: Thursday, September 17, 2015
Upon the interference of Hūsām al-Dīn Imām, the Governor of Dakahlia, an end to the crisis over construction of the annexed administrative building to the “Virgin Mary Church” in the Torīl district of Al-Mansūrah East / Dakahlia was set.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Violent clashes occurred off Virgin Mary Monastery at Jabal al-Tayr in Samallūt Township of al-Minya Governorate, between security forces and Copts from the village. Protesters threw stones at the police while the police responded with tear gas. A number of five people were arrested and two...
Date of source: Thursday, March 22, 2012
In post-Revolutionary Egypt the government is in a weakened state with little or no capacity to enforce laws. Many citizens have chosen to take advantage of this power vacuum to construct churches, mosques, and other buildings in their villages. This article highlights construction in several...
Date of source: Monday, March 12, 2012
A state of disgruntlement was sparked among a number of Coptic Orthodox bishops who were absent from last week’s meeting at the Saint Mark Cathedral to discuss names of possible presidential hopefuls and others to represent the church in the constitutional assembly, according to a source inside the...
Date of source: Thursday, February 9, 2012
On February 1st, Elizabeth Kendal, an international religious liberty analyst and advocate, published an article titled, “Egypt: The Gross Insecurity of the Dhimmī,” for Assist News Service (ANS), an online publication based out of California. Her goal in the article is to advocate for the...
Date of source: Saturday, December 10, 2011
Lex Runderkamp, the journalist responsible for the “news report” of NOS-TV on the tensions surrounding a church under construction in Mārīnāb, responded to the commentary about his film in Arab-West Report in a text I promptly translated for Arab-West Report and gave to Lamīs Yahyá, author of our...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Following the NOS reporting and responses I asked Lamis Yehya, who had joined me in the visit to Mārīnāb to come to our office in Cairo.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Veteran journalist Lex Runderkamp visited Egypt to report about what happened on September 30th in Mārīnāb. He reported for Dutch TV, in prime time, on November 26th [Title: “Conflict between Copts and Muslims is complicated”].