Date of source: Sunday, October 18, 2009
Sidhum continues his series of articles about the difficulties Copts face in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Minya. In this article Sidhum focuses on Coptic NGOs and states that such societies are often used by Coptic congregations when there is no church nearby. The article highlights the case...
Date of source: Sunday, October 11, 2009
Sidhum continues his series of articles that look at instances of persecution against Copts in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Minya. In this article he investigates the case of a church in the village of Safaniya in Adawa which has no toilets and the case of Nazlet Ramadan, also in Adawa, which...
Date of source: Friday, August 7, 2009
A reconciliation was achieved in al-Huwaslīyah in Minia and 40 detained were accordingly released.
Date of source: Sunday, August 2, 2009
Motorbike-cow collision causes sectarian clash in Upper Egypt
Date of source: Sunday, July 26, 2009
40 detained in Minia governorate sectarian strife
Date of source: Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Human rights head says Minia officials negligent in addressing fitnahs.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Reviewer: Nuhayr ‘IsmatMājid ‘Atīyah gives a brief history of eminent Christian figures whose villages are named after them.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Mājid ‘Atiyah wonders why a village with a Christian name had its name changed.
Date of source: Saturday, October 3, 2009
Although he is a former official in the Ministry of the Interior, General Ahmad Diyā’ al-Dīn the governor of Minya has failed to put an end to the sectarian incidents taking place among Copts and Muslims through wisdom. Instead he uses violence and suppression to deal with such crises.
Date of source: Sunday, October 4, 2009
In his article Yūsuf Sidhom differentiates between the sectarian incidents that take place between Muslims and Copts and real cases of persecution that affect masses of Copts. He argues that the problems for Copts in the governorate of Minya are particularly bad and states that the file on them...