Date of source: Sunday, February 7, 2010
This article deals with the palace of Heshmat Pasha, owned by the Abadir family, in Minya. The family decided to donate the land to the Church to be a new parish, but the Muslim Brotherhood attacked and held the palace until negotiations finally ended, granting the palace and the grounds as a...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Over four days this week Al-Misrī al-Yawm published on four days this week a journey in the tracesing of the Holy Family’s journey in Egypt from the Delta to Asyut. The first episode depicting the the journey in Sinai was published last week.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 12, 2010
CIDT’s Jayson Casper discusses the role of the difficulties surrounding church building in perpetuating interreligious conflict in Egypt, referring to the example set by Fr. Yu’annis.
Date of source: Friday, November 20, 2009
Two Muslim cousins shot four Coptic men from the same family leaving two of them dead after sustaining 140 shots.
Date of source: Sunday, October 11, 2009
Thirty monks from Muharraq monastery in Asyut have staged a sit-in in the grounds of a villa that they believe belongs to the monastery. They claim that the monastery has been the rightful owner of the villa since 1926 when it was given as an endowment to the monastery.
Date of source: Thursday, January 14, 2010
The Criminal Court has ruled in favor of 19 people who had been arrested in the sectarian riots in Dayrūt, Upper Egypt. The decision was met with relief by the detained and their families and but Copts expressed their fear of new incidents in the absence of penalties.
Date of source: Sunday, November 8, 2009
The governor of Asyut highlights the danger of sectarian incidents and notes that the Dayrūt incident was criminal and not sectarian.
Date of source: Sunday, November 8, 2009
The attorney in Asyut extends the detention of the people involved in the Dayrūt riots.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 28, 2009
In this article, Jayson Casper argues that some of the media reporting on the recent sectarian incident that took place in Daryūt, in Upper Egypt was sensationalist. He believes that newspapers use eye-catching headlines to draw readers in even though this can mean exaggerating the actual events...
Date of source: Sunday, March 22, 2009
Bishop Mīkhā’īl, the archbishop of Assiut has stepped down as the abbot of Saint Macarius Monastery after 65 years in service.