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28. Security apparatus in Assiut order that a wooden cross be removed from in front of a church door
Date of source: Sunday, March 30, 2008
A wooden cross in front of a church in Assiut arouses Muslims’ discontentment and the security asked the church to remove it.
40. The Wayli prosecution requests the removal and the arrest of Pope Shenouda
Date of source: Sunday, December 16, 2007
The prosecution of al-Waylī suburb has called for the removal Pope Shenouda from his office and calls for him to be arrested after he ignored a prosecution summons three times.
37. Murjan ‘Aziz Murjan: "I am the head of the Pentecostal Church and we do not have the right to criticize the Orthodox Church. Bishuy’s declarations are a big mistake
Date of source: Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Bishop Bīshūy’s declarations are irresponsible and the Pentecostal Church respects Bishop Bīshūy. The Coptic Orthodox Church, declared Mūrjān ‘Azīz Mūrjān, head of the Pentecostal Church.
36. Sectarian strife erupted in al-‘Umraniyah after Tuk Tuk drivers abducted and raped a mentally ill Coptic girl and the State Security investigation team continues to surround the area in order to prevent clashes between Copts and Mus
Date of source: Monday, July 9, 2007
Al-Umrānīyah area in Giza [part of greater Cairo] is experiencing sectarian strife after three Tuk Tuk drivers abducted, raped, and detained a mentally ill Coptic girl in an unknown place.
43. Leaflets call a bishop of the Egyptian Church ‘The Corrupt Priest’ and accuse him of filming women in indecent situations to blackmail them. There is also a warning of a conspiracy to assassinate Pope Shenouda through the use of poison
Date of source: Monday, May 28, 2007
A group calling itself ‘The Group of Purification from the Vices of the Corrupt Priest’ has recently distributed leaflets accusing a priest of having sexual affairs and filming women in indecent situations in order to blackmail them.
16. In documents: Head of a Christian denomination in Egypt asks Australia to grant political asylum to an Egyptian fugitive accused of swindling on the pretext of being persecuted by state security for helping converted Muslim women
Date of source: Monday, May 21, 2007
The head of the Pentecostal denomination, ‘Azīz Morgan, sent several letters to the Australian Government to save Rev. Karam Girgis who escaped to Australia after being sentenced in absentia to three months in prison.
28. The strangest report: The feminine relations of a Christian youth in a village visited by the American ambassador threaten national unity
Date of source: Monday, February 5, 2007
A threat of sectarian sedition arises in Suhāj and Assiut governorates due to a dispute between Muslims and Christians over livestock, as well as rumors of a Christian man having inappropriate relations with women in his village.
31. Release of Muslim Brotherhood’s leaders provokes criticism of the group
Date of source: Monday, December 11, 2006
Although the Criminal Court has issued a verdict canceling a decision of the High State Security Prosecution putting two prominent Muslim Brotherhood leaders, Dr ‘Isām al- ‘Iryān and Muhammad Mursī, under house arrest, many criticized the group for adhering to a vague political and religious...
44. Christian accuses wife of running away with a Muslim man; wife asserts she went to Syria to spread the word of Islam
Date of source: Monday, December 4, 2006
The area of al-Salām is experiencing a new sectarian conflict since a Christian man reported to the police that his wife, who had converted to Islām, ran away with a Muslim man to Syria.
61. Copts abduct a Christian young man after he embraced Islam. Security forces impose curfew on Assuit’s village of Bahij
Date of source: Monday, October 9, 2006
Sectarian tension erupted in Assuit’s peaceful village of Bahīj after Yūsuf Fathī Ni‘nā‘, a Copt, declared his Islam amidst strong opposition from his family.

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