The security agency in Sharm al-Sheikh has found the girl that caused numerous attacks on the St. George Church in Kom Ombo in Aswan Governorate. In response, the Archpriest, Abānūb Wahīd Rā’ī, exclaimed how everyone can now see that the Church did not play any role in the abduction of this woman.
The woman sent word home to her family in which she confessed her marriage to a Muslim man and stressed that she was not kidnapped. Additionally, she promised to publish the marital documents as soon as they are issued.
In another development, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II officially opened the screening of the film “Opinion”, which talks about the life of the late Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III.
Also, a source from the Church confirmed that the National Committee of Churches has decided to boycott the parliamentary elections. He expressed that division of the constituents, especially in Shubrā and al-Zaytūn, was reason for the boycott.
Finally, Dr. Najīb Jubrā’īl, President of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights Organisation, stated that prominent Coptic figures have refused to meet with the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. In a statement to Kerry they said that Copts could not hold open the door to Washington to achieve its interests in Egypt (Rānīyā Nabīl, Mājī Jamāl, Fātimah Khālid, al-Sabāh, al-Misrīyūn, al-Yawm al-Sābi', March 4, p. 3). Read original text in Arabic.
