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Saint Pākhūm’s church in Qina is under threat.
Mustafa Bayyūmī analyses the images of God’s prophets used in the novels of Najīb Mahfūz.
Nearly 100 Copts from one extended family were displaced from their homes in the Upper Egyptian village of Hijāzah, Qinā governorate, after a fight with a neighboring Muslim family, Shīrīn Rabī‘ says.
The author reports that for the first time in Egypt a Christian cleric is facing Qur’ān accusation that could send him to prison. The matter involved a dispute between two businessmen which Bishop Kyrillos intervened in. However he is now facing accusations of breach of trust over the matter.
Families of eight Christian girls, who disappeared suddenly, talked to Sawt al-Umah, saying that their daughters might have converted to Islām and married Muslims.
The author reports on the latest incident of arresting a citizen on allegations of breaking into a church in Qena.
The author spoke about Qinā governor Majdī Ayoub Iskandar, who is the third Christian governor in the history of Egypt, the reasons for his appointment and his view of Muslim- Christian relations in Egypt.
Sectarian sedition has ripped through al-Fāw village, al-Qinā governorate, after news spread that Coptic villagers were on their way to reestablish the Virgin Mary Charity, affiliated to the Ministry of Social Solidarity.
Two reportedly missing Coptic girls, Mary As‘ad Jirjis and Marcelle Samou’īl Qiddīs of Naj‘ Hammādī have been recently found at the house of Karīma al-Sayyid Muhammad who informed the police of the girls’ presence after reading about their disappearance in the newspapers.
Bin Laden and his terrorist followers, who escaped from Egypt, imagined that Egypt could be a stage for their malicious operations. Their first target was to strike the symbols of the state, the cultured and the intellectuals, and to create a moral dread within Egyptians. Their second target was...
Sawt al-Umma presents a special report on the economic and social conditions of Upper Egyptians. The report clearly accuses the Egyptian regime of neglecting the grievances of these people and of being unjust in dealing with Upper Egypt’s governorates.
CSI’s focus on defending the religious freedom of persecuted Christians seems to lead them to very quickly interpret any incident, or rumor of an incident, as persecution. As a response, the author suggests that, rather than sending protest letters to the respective governments, international...
The author discusses the ongoing problems concerning national identity cards, which are now being computerized, and the difficulty of rectifying minor mistakes.
The prosecution of Qinā has renewed the detention of 12 defendants accused of involvement in the sectarian strife that took place in the village of al-‘Udaysāt, south of Luxor.
The Supreme State Security Court started hearing the lawsuit in which Anwar Hamid Abbas, an Egyptian fundamentalist who was extradited by America, is the defendant. Egyptian authorities took strict security measures to secure the court session.
Qena Criminal Court is hearing the case of an archeological dispute between the Supreme Council of Antiquities and Father Sarabamoun, the abbot of Al-Fakhouri Monastery and the secretary of the Coptic Orthodox Metropolitan of Esna. Father Sarabamoun is accused of damaging the archeological features...
The article is about a research made by Dr. Aishaa, Mahmoud Abdel Aal, Egyptian archeology professor at the Kulayet Al-Banat [faculty of young women] of Ain Shams University on the authenticity of footprints attributed to Prophet Muhammad and Jesus Christ found in Egyptian churches and mosques. The...
A delegation of the Norwegian churches paid tribute to religious co-existence in Egypt, saying that Egyptians have managed to create an umbrella under which Muslims and Christian can live. They added that they saw examples of coexistence in markets and in the streets.
In a statement sent to al-Sharq al-Awsat, former head of the London-based al-Mujāhidoun Movement, Anjem Choudary has announced that a conference on jihād in Palestine is scheduled for February 19. According to Choudary, the conference is also due to discuss the new anti-terrorism law, which will...
AWR’s American intern writes about 220 years of religious freedom in the U.S., arguing that one standard must be applied to all.

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