Date of source: Saturday, February 28, 2009
A Coptic teenager escaped from her family home intending to marry a 20 year old young Muslim man. Copts demonstrated angrily and the prosecution released the couple. The teenage girl is said to have been sent to a monastery in Cairo to be taken care of.
Date of source: Sunday, July 27, 2008
A press conference to explain Abū Fānā has been postponed until mid-August when Bishop Demetrius will have returned from the U.S where he is visiting Pope Shenouda.