Date of source: Monday, June 18, 2012
In the midst of all these political crises and economic slowdown, there is actually no voice by intellectuals as their unity and solidarity to defend the Arab destiny are absent. [Yūhannā Qultah, al-Ahrām, June 18, p. 10] Read original text in Arabic
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Bahāʾ al-Dīn Ḥassan [Bahay Hassan] is an Egyptian Human Rights defender who has led the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, CIHRS. Since he has received death threats for his work, he is currently living in France. Najād Barʿaī [Negad Borai] also works in the field Human Rights...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 6, 2012
The governor had asked Mustafá Muhammad ‘Abd Allāh to accompany a delegation visiting churches to congratulate Copts but he violated instructions and refused to do so. [Māhir ‘Abd al-Sabūr, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, June 6, p. 2] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The village of al-Jamhūd in the Upper Egyptian governorate of al-Minyā has seen a tense day after a Coptic young man converted to Islam. Several local residents said 32-year-old Ayman Yūsuf ‘Ayyād’s family forced him into the house of his mother’s family and tried to bring him to reverse his...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Meanwhile, the Abū Tisht prosecution in the Upper Egyptian governorate of al-Minya ordered the investigative custody of Kamāl ‘Abd al-‘Azīm ‘Abd al-Jawwād for four days on charges of kidnapping 13-year-old Coptic student.
The kidnapper was arrested by Muslim locals in a village after they ambushed...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Meanwhile, Mājid Rīyād, the legal advisor for the church, said 14 bishops have applied their papers so far to vie over the papal position of the St. Mark Church, including Bishop Mūsá of Youth, Bishop Bīshūy, Secretary of the Holy Synod, Bishop Makarius of al-Minya and Bishop Raphael, General...
Date of source: Sunday, March 18, 2012
“Non-Muslims are free to their own faiths and we have to offer them amity and peace if they do not fight us,” said ‘Awwā during a rally next to the al-Fayoum cultural center on Friday (March 16), adding only true believers (Muslims) will apply the Islamic sharī’ah and be fair between Muslims and...
Date of source: Saturday, April 28, 2012
The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) in the Upper Egyptian governorate of al-Minya under ‘Ādil Ramzī held a commemorative ceremony in tribute to Pope Shenouda on the anniversary of the 40th day of his death.
The ceremony was attended by representatives of Muslim and Christian civil society...
Date of source: Sunday, December 15, 2013
The sectarian strife between Nazlit ‘Ābid and Hiwārtah in al-Minya, that has left 4 dead and many others injured, has ended. A reconciliation session was held yesterday in the village of ‘Arab al-Shaykh Muhammad. It was held under the auspices of the Egyptian Council for Egyptian and Arab tribes...
Date of source: Saturday, November 30, 2013
About 18 central security forces’ Lorries have besieged the villages of Nazlit Ābid and al-Hiwārtah of al-Minya due to renewed clashes there which led to the death of three and the injury of 33 others. This was triggered by building a fence around a house of a Copt. Security forces have arrested 26...