Date of source: Saturday, April 26, 2014
For the second week in a row, the Endowment Department in Minya failed to put the mosques of the Jamā’ah al- Islāmiyah under control. Last week this made Endowment Ministry officers file a complaint in the police station against Muhammad Yaqūb, a popular Salafī preacher. The same incident recurred...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 29, 2014
About 37 Muslim Brotherhood members were sentenced to death, while 491 others have had jail sentences of 25 years of jail. 683 members were sentenced to death pending the opinion of the grand muftī, including the supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Muhammad Badī’.
Date of source: Saturday, May 3, 2014
Rev. Tharwat Qādis, head of the elections committee in the Evangelical Synod of the Nile, announced the results of the elections of the Evangelical Community Council.
Date of source: Thursday, May 1, 2014
The Appropriations Subcommittee in the US Congress has rejected to send financial assistance to Egypt, in protest against the judicial ruling that has sentenced hundreds to death in Minya.
Date of source: Monday, April 28, 2014
The conflict resolution committee in Matay center north of Minya held a reconciliation session between the family of the Coptic teacher who was killed by the family of a Muslim student who was caught smoking in school .
Date of source: Monday, April 28, 2014
The phenomena of attacks launched against Copts and their belongings and lives have reemerged. This is happening especially after a number of fatwás have been issued against them and in some hot areas such as Minya, Qena, Sohag and Aswan. These places have witnessed attacks against Copts in the...
Date of source: Monday, April 21, 2014
The churches of Egypt have celebrated yesterday the Day of Resurrection (Easter). Governors of al-Minya and Fayyum visited churches in their respective governorates.
Date of source: Saturday, April 19, 2014
Salafīs have stopped Shaykh Muhammad ‘Iz al-Dīn Abd al-Sattar, First Deputy for preaching affairs, Ministry of Endowments, from entering al-Rahmān al-Rahīm mosque in MutāhrahVillage, Abū Qurqās district, Minya. Instead they allowed Shaykh Muhammad Ya’qūb to give the Friday sermon.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 30, 2014
After he has saved 491 Muslim Brotherhood members from death, the naming that some Muslim Brotherhood sympathizers have given Shaykh Shawqī ‘Allām, Grand Muftī of Egypt, is no longer applicable.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 1, 2019
On December 31, Egyptian President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī announced that a high counter-sectarian commission is to be formed and its work put immediately into effect. The presidential decree came after a police man shot dead a man and his son in Minya, which was the most recent incident after a...