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  Two news reports have stoked sectarian tensions in Upper Egypt in recent weeks. The first involves two young Coptic girls who were allegedly kidnapped and forced to convert to Islam. The second involves a protest at a church were Muslims reportedly threatened to kill the priest...   There is a...
The Administrative Court decided not to hand down a decision on Kāmīliyā Shihātah's case, filed by the Islamists lawyer's association demanding that Shihātah's location be revealed, until the completion of the Public Prosecution's investigation. [Reviewer's Note: News story was also covered in Rose...
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...
The Islamists bar association demanded on June 14, 2011, the presence of Kāmīliyā Shihātah and Wafā' Constantine in the Administrative Judiciary Court, and that in order to pacify fitnah, their religion should be announced.  
The President of the Administrative Judiciary Courts announced that the freedom of religion is not a cause of conflict that has to be presented in front of the judiciary. The judiciary is not responsible for announcing whether or not Kāmīliyā converted to Islam. Read original text in Arabic  
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...
The Council of State courts witnessed clashes and attacks from rivals or defendants in many cases and challenging cases. Armored vehicles from anti-riot security cordoned off the main street leading to the council.  
A church source, from the Papal See, assured that Kāmīliyā Shihātah, Dayr Mawās priest's wife, will appear before the prosecution on May 24, 2011 after being summoned on May 14, 2011. The source said that the decision came after discussions with a number of legal consultants for the Coptic Church,...
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...

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