Last Tuesday, a delegation from the American Congress visited Assiut. The delegation was received by General Ahmed Hammam, the governor of Assiut, and a delegation of religious and political leaders in the Lillian Thrasher orphanage. The Egyptian delegation assured the visitors that "What is reported abroad about Copts’ problems is not true... There are no problems between Muslims and Copts who live in peace. You see everything and you have to convey the true picture to the American people."