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Shubrāh al-Khaymah erupted after the unfortunate events in the region following the harassment by some of the Christian youth in the area of a Muslim girl. Both a Muslim and a Christian died.

The Sohag civil defense unit was able to put out the fire that ravaged nine homes, belonging to both Christians and Muslims, and a bakery in the village of Awlād Yahya in Dār al-Salām.

Muslims and Christians clashes re-erupted on June 27, 2011, in al-Fath area in Shubrā al-Khaymah (Qalyoubia governorate) following the burial of two bodies of Muslims, shot by Christians on June 26, 2011.

Police forces arrested seven Muslims and Christians, where a policeman was injured.

The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) held a public conference on May 28, 2011, in Shubrā al-Khaymah, to improve their image after they missed the second revolution of anger on Friday, May 27, 2011.

Dr. Muhammad al-Biltājī fawned over Copts, assuring the MB's commitment to defend them.

 Efforts continue to resolve the issue of Church in 'Ātfīh. The church of Two Martyrs St. Mina and St. George was set on fire by angry Muslim young-men, after seeing a Muslim girl with a christian young-man called 'Āshraf Labīb. The church is located in Sūl village of 'Ātfīh (Governorate of Helwan) [Click here to read the full story of the church.]

Martyr Mīnā Nabīl, christian young man from 25 January Youth. He and other like him are a proof of Copts' contribution in the uprising protests by Egyptian youth.

Mīnā's father relate how he died: Mīnā participated in 25th January protesting, he decided to go next day (day of his death), he took many water bottles to serve protestors who are exhausted, when an unknown bullet shot to his head and ended his life.

Bishop Murcus, Archbishop of Shubrā al-Khaymah, said that they didn't object, as a church, the participation in the protests, because they can't prohibit the expression of opinion, "but we warned from infiltrators, and warned against sabotaging," according to Bishop Murcus.

Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah and al-Qanātir recently held a conference entitled, "Adaptation of Technology and Media in Church Education."

Bishop Marqus, who heads the Media Technology and Telecommunication Committee, says that the church is preparing a special, confidential network on the Internet that will serve to unify Egyptian parishes.

A number of Coptic men have signed an announcement calling to cancel any Christmas celebrations in Egypt.

The article discusses the need for non-partisan reporting and removing emotions from articles, using Arab-West Report to exemplify the importance of such.

A new controversy has erupted after a Coptic counselor proposed an amendment over the current church bylaw on electing the patriarch.