Date of source: Friday, August 9, 2013
Due to a new rumor claiming that Copts had attacked a Muslim house and set it on fire, the clashes began again in Banī Ahmed al-Sharqīya. This led to a security alert to contain the clashes (Hasan 'Abd al-Ghafār, al-Yawm al-Sābi', Aug. 9).Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Monday, October 22, 2012
In an attempt to appease the tense atmosphere in the village of Banī Hassan al-Ashrāf, al-Minya governorate, a 'urfī (informal) conciliatory session was held in coordination with security agencies to settle sectarian unrest between two Coptic and Muslim families. [Teresa Kamāl and 'Alā' Sarhān,...
Date of source: Monday, May 5, 2014
Dr. Muhammad Mukhtār Jum’ah, Minister of Endowments, stated in an interview that the reason for his request to the Ministry of Justice to grant the right of judicial arrest to the inspectors of the Ministry of Endowments is to increase the control of the Ministry over the mosques and stop any...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 3, 2013
An investigative report on al-Minya sectarian violence between villagers of al-Hiwārtah, which has a Muslim majority, and Nazlit ‘Ābid, which has a Christian majority, appeared in al-Wafd. Copts in Nazlit ‘Ābid have denounced the death of ‘Abd al- Massīh ‘Ayād Fānūs. Girgis, one of the victims of...
Date of source: Saturday, March 17, 2018
Shaykh Mahmūd Tawfīq, director of the mosques of al-Minya’s religious endowments, and Rev. Kamāl Rushdī, representative of the Evangelical Church, encouraged participation in the presidential elections, and voting for President ‘Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī, during the scheduled presidential elections on...
Date of source: Thursday, November 16, 2017
Siwa Conference 2017 Part 6/12: Dr. Ṭāriq ʿAbduh [Tarek Abdou]
Date of source: Sunday, June 4, 2017
Commenting on the recent terrorist attack against Copts in Minya, Upper Egypt, Nā’ūt gives examples of true religious believers who pursue convergence and tolerance with other faiths.
“Every Friday,” Nā’ūt writes, “Father Aldo Danieli, parish priest of the church of Santa Maria Assunta in the...
Date of source: Sunday, January 15, 2017
Tomorrow (Monday), The Coptic Evangelical Commission for Social Services will organize a forum for cultural dialogue under the title “Together Against Violence” at the Commission’s headquarters in Arḍ al-Sulṭān in al-Minyā.
Date of source: Sunday, April 16, 2017
Security organs of the al-Minyā Directorate in Upper Egypt have deployed female police officers to protect houses of worship including churches and monasteries, in accordance to a plan put into place to confront any hostile acts during the celebrations of Easter.
Date of source: Friday, June 2, 2017
According to Akhbār al-Yawm, the Coptic Al-Wasat Movement cited the Holy Synod as saying that terrorism drives us towards loving all.