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Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III will announce on May 4, 2011 new details in the Kāmīliyā Shihātah crisis. Bishop Aghabius of Dayr Mawās said he was ready to testify in the Kāmīliyā case. On the other hand, Shaykh Abū Yahyá said that Bishop Ahghabius is going to be a suspect according to the CD...
 Some Internet sites claim the conversion of Kāmīliyā, the wife of Dayr Mawās' priest, to Islam and the Azhar's refusal to authorize it. Father 'Abd al-Masīh denies the reports.  
Pope Shenouda puts an end to three thorny issues: the crisis of the Bishopric of Maghāghah and the Unified Law on Personal Status for non-Muslims, and finally the judgment of the priest of Dayr Mawās.      
Pope Shenouda puts his final touches on the personal status law and may meet with the priest of Dayr Mawās and his wife.    
Copts in the Egyptian media 42 Our reading of the Cairo papers this week takes us to the weekly, State-owned al-Mussawar and the file it recently published on “Do Copts hate the July Revolution?” In his article entitled, “Copts under Jamāl 'Abd al-Nāsir,” Midhat Bishāy attempted to cite both the...
AWR obtained a paper that was distributed on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 during protests by salafists in front of the Council of State, the Supreme Administrative court, demanding the release of Kāmīliyā Shihātah, a Christian woman who reportedly converted to Islam and was detained inside a church. [...
 The alleged disappearance of a priest’s wife in Upper Egypt is discussed in the article. 
The article highlights the disappearance of a priest’s wife in Upper Egypt.  The Orthodox priest of St. George's Church, Dayr Muwās, reported the kidnapping of his wife to the security services in Minya. He accused the security services of neglect and they promised her return within 48 hours. On...
Sectarian tension has escalated to a frightening extent and the state does not deal seriously with the issue and does not enforce the role of law. Bells rang in Dīr Abū Nawwās celebrating the return of Kāmīliyā Shihātah, the priest’s wife who was returned to her husband by force, as though they...
The Dayr Mawwās district awaits the results of the National Democratic Party’s electoral complex. Candidate Ibrāhīm Ilyās says that promises to calm the current sectarian tension, along with allowing visits to previously prohibited tourist sites, dominate the votes. Current representative, ‘Alā‘...

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