Date of source: Saturday, January 11, 2020
On Saturday, Pope Tawāḍrūs II was received by general Ṭāriq Al-Faqī Governor of Sūhāj, general Ḥasan Maḥmūd, Security Chief of Sūhāj, and a number of senior security officers and bishops of the diocese in Sūhāj. Pope Tawāḍrūs II’s pastoral visit will last until January 16 and will include visits to...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 16, 2019
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) is condemning the Egyptian security services for closing the Coptic Church of St. Karas the Tourist [al-Anbā Kārās al-Sāʾiḥ] in the village of Najaʿa al-Ghafīr in the Sūhāj governorate after dozens of Muslim citizens surrounded it and chanted anti-...
Date of source: Friday, June 2, 2017
Dr. Ayman ‘Abd al-Mun’im, Governor of Suhāj, said that the quarrel which took place on Thursday evening in the village of Bayt ‘Allām in Jirja was a dispute between a Coptic owner of a grocery store and a Muslim youth from the village. The fight was caused by a dispute over priority purchase, ‘a...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 27, 2016
On Wednesday, Sohag Investigation, in conjunction with national security officers, arrested a teacher in the Tahtā region on charges of joining the Muslim Brotherhood Group.
Date of source: Monday, May 16, 2011
Security appartuses controled a sectarian crisis in two villages in Sohag where an argument turned physical between Muslims and Chrsitians.
Four Coptic young men had assaulted a Coptic young woman. Muslims tried to convince them to admonish them, which turned into a clash with weapones that...
Date of source: Monday, July 27, 2009
A new Bishop is assigned in Jirjā in the presence of wide public and governmental representation.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Copts celebrate the saints’ feasts despite the decision forbidding the celebration of mawalid.
Date of source: Thursday, April 2, 2009
Young people attack Bahā’īs’ houses in an Upper Egyptian village.
Date of source: Sunday, February 22, 2009
Digging work under a church went too deep into the building’s foundations resulting in the collapse of three buildings and the death of eight people.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 20, 2006
The crisis of al-Kushh village which changed its
name
to al-Salām, in Sohag governorate, seems to experience a breakthrough after Bishop Wīsā,
the bishop of al-Bilīnā, issued a decree to pardon the fourteen suspended priests.