Date of source: Sunday, January 17, 2010
Mahmūd Sa‘d comments on the Azhar's grand Shaykh’s visit to Naja‘ Hammādī, pointing out that such formal visits do not resolve sectarian issues.
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
Sidhum continues his series of articles about the difficulties Copts face in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Minya. In this article Sidhum focuses on Coptic NGOs and states that such societies are often used by Coptic congregations when there is no church nearby. The article highlights the case...
Date of source: Thursday, August 6, 2009
A Coptic man riding his motorbike hits a Muslim girl playing on the street. The accident angered the girl’s Muslim family who quarreled with the Coptic man.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 5, 2009
The author casts light on the issue of removing the religion field from the personal ID card and its effects on the civilian society.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Human rights head says Minia officials negligent in addressing fitnahs.
Date of source: Saturday, July 18, 2009
A Muslim’s dead body is found in the grounds of Deir Abu-fana Monastery
Date of source: Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Bishop Bīshūy comments on current issues in the Coptic Orthodox Church and society, including Muslim-Christian relations.
Date of source: Saturday, October 3, 2009
Although he is a former official in the Ministry of the Interior, General Ahmad Diyā’ al-Dīn the governor of Minya has failed to put an end to the sectarian incidents taking place among Copts and Muslims through wisdom. Instead he uses violence and suppression to deal with such crises.
Date of source: Sunday, October 25, 2009
A number of appeals have been launched in different issues in the Supreme Administrative Court which is headed by Muhammad Ahmad al-Huaynī and have been either postponed or referred to another chamber in the court.