According to the distribution manager of al-Misrīyūn, the newspaper was sold out nationwide on said Wednesday. Eyewitnesses confirmed that Copts were buying dozens of copies and setting them on fire. There were also areas where copies of the newspaper were not being sold altogether. These areas include al-‘Abbāssīyah, ‘Ain Shams, ‘Izbat al-Nakhl, Hilmīyat al-Zaytūn, Beni Suef, Asyut and the area of al-Is’āf Downtown and in certain offices in Zamālik and al-Muhandisīn and Misr al-Jadīdah.

At the same time, the recently converted Muhammad al-Shamās, who provided facts and evidence mentioned in the article, received calls in which he and Dr. Ahmad Muhammad Mustafá were “allegedly” threatened with liquidation and slaughter. He added that he was threatened to give all the names of the reporters who were involved in the publication of the article. He also noted that he had received information from anonymous sources that work within the Church. According to him this indicates that the orders to withdraw all copies of al-Misrīyūn issued on said Wednesday came directly from the Church.

Following the threats, the newspapers filed a complaint with the Public Prosecutor against all the names mentioned in said article. The complainant asked that an urgent investigation is started and that legal actions are taken (Mustafá al-Bahār and Husayn ‘Uthmān, al-Misrīyūn, Mar. 1, p. 1). Read original text in Arabic.

(Author’s note: readers should be aware of a possible level of bias in this article.Taking into consideration that al-Misrīyūn is an Islamic newspaper, the validity of this article can be questioned).