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 Dr. Najīb Jibrā'īl, the president of Egyptian Union Organization for Human Rights, denied any church interference in Christine and Nancy issue in al-Minya. Both girls converted to Islam. Jibrā'īl called on the church not to interfere in this issue.  
Lawyer Najīb Jabrā’īl said his client Kāmīliyā Shihātah will not appear in the June 14, 2011 session at the State Council’s Administrative Judiciary Court in a case filed to demand that her whereabouts are disclosed. “I expect the court to turn down the case and close it once and for all on the...
More than one thousand Copts protested on June 14, 2011, in Minya demonstrating the kidnapping of Nancy Majdī Fathī, 14-years-old, and Christina 'Izzat Fathī, 17-years-old, after they attended prayers on Sunday, June 12, 2011. Residents of the village said that the two girls went out on Sunday,...
  Is Islam responsible for the recent increase in sectarian violence against Coptic Christians? AWR Chief Editor Cornelis Hulsman responds in this week's editorial.      
The Military Judiciary decided on May 28, 2011, to refer 'Abīr Fakhrī Tal'at, sedition-monger in Imbābah, with all other culprits, to the Supreme State Security Court.  
The Administrative Judiciary Court decided to postponed Kāmīliyā Shihātah's case to June 14, 2011.  Counselor Najīb Jabrā’īl Mīkhā’īl, Coptic lawyer, Head of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights Organizations (EUHRO), said that the court did not summon Shihātah and that the trial is about...
Usāmah Haykal comments on criticism against al-Wafd for publishing the story of Raghdah, reportedly kidnapped by Christians.  
Archpriest Mattias Nasr, Priest of the Virgin Mary Church in 'Izbat al-Nakhl, assured Copts refusal of international protection for Copts in Egypt. Archpriest Mattias refused inspecting houses of worship for weapons,  considering it offensive. He also denied that the attack of churches in Imbābah...
Bishop Armiyā, Secretary of Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III, said the church has nothing to do with the disappearance of Kāmīliyā Shihatah, who, he said, is an adult person who is responsible for her actions. "Kāmīliyā has affirmed that she has not converted to Islam and that she was not detained...
 Muhammad 'Abd al-Qudūs writes that 'Abīr Tal'at's testimony in the investigations will make her a victim rather than the criminal. He added that were Egypt a free country, then a person would convert to whatever they liked without fearing that the church may detain them, or a group of Islamists...

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