According to a source of the church, in the last three months there have been differences between Christians and a neighboring Muslim family. A nursery was being built for the children of the village, but the family complained that the noise was bothering them.

Shaykh Abū Bakr ‘Abd al-Hādī of al-Faiyum explained that this kind of behavior was unacceptable and emphasized the need for legal actions against those involved in the attack against the church (Michelle ‘Abdullah, al-Watan, Feb. 17, p. 1). Read original text in Arabic.