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The inhabitants of the city Dayr Mawwās and the village of Diljā stood up against the supporters of the deposed former president, Morsi, blocking them from storming into and attacking the churches of Virgin Mary and Saint Abram (Ibrā’ām), during Saturday night (July 27) demonstrations. Amjad ‘Izzat...
Security agencies on Wednesday (February 15) contained a sectarian fitnah in al-Ismā’īlīyah village in the Upper Egyptian governorate of al-Minya, where Muslim and Christian local residents exchanged hurling stones after priests and more than 100 Copts entered two houses and turned them into two...
Security apparatuses in al-Minia's governorate controlled clashes between Muslim and Coptic youth that took place on August 6, 2011, in front of Saint George's Church in Nazlat Faraj Allah village, al-Minia governorate. Tight security measures were taken to avoid further clashes.
 An underage Coptic girl disappears in Minia, and hearsay accuses a Muslim individual of kidnapping her.
Ni‘mah disappeared shortly after her 18th birthday. The people of Mallawī are protesting against the security apparatus for not keeping promises to bring her back after nine months missing.
A reconciliation was achieved in al-Huwaslīyah in Minia and 40 detained were accordingly released.
Human rights head says Minia officials negligent in addressing fitnahs.
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...
The state security forces prevented Christians from praying in a church and has refused to give them authorization to do so under the pretext of Muslims’ objection to the establishment of a church there.
A new sectarian threat in a village in Minia and the mayor asserts that the security apparatus is in full control over the issue.

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