Date of source: Sunday, November 1, 2009
Yusuf Sidhum summarises the information included in his previous four articles about the discrimination practised against Copts in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Minya. Sidhum uses the backdrop of his recent articles to highlight the crucial need for the unified law for houses of worship to be...
Date of source: Sunday, November 1, 2009
The author mentions four sectarian conflicts that took place in Minya in less than a year. He notes that the four conflicts are related to the issue of building or restoring Christian houses of worship.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Ni‘mah disappeared shortly after her 18th birthday. The people of Mallawī are protesting against the security apparatus for not keeping promises to bring her back after nine months missing.
Date of source: Sunday, February 7, 2010
This article is a tribute to the life of Adly Abadir, a prominent Copt in Egypt, who died in 2010. Adly Abadir was born in 1920 to a prominent family in Upper Egypt. He studied in Cairo and became a successful businessman both in Egypt and abroad. He was also one of the founding members of Watani....
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: Friday, January 22, 2010
The author reflects on and offers an in-depth analysis of the incident of Naj‘ Hammādī, in an attempt to answer the question “Who killed the Copts?”
Date of source: Wednesday, January 20, 2010
The author traces sectarian events which took place in some Egyptian governorates as the most probable inflamed places for future incidents.
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: Sunday, October 18, 2009
Father Makarius hails the peaceful Muslim-Christian relations in Abū Qurqās and refers to Copts’ patriotism.