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Three incidents ring the bell of sectarian strife in Alexandria. Two of them are education related and the third is the disappearance of a Coptic teenager.
In an unprecedented step, a Coptic daughter of a priest resorted to the family court to ask for a divorce in a violation of the Coptic Orthodox Church tradition that divorce cases must first be approved by the church.
A number of Coptic citizens from the Upper Egyptian village of al- Kushh complained to Pope Shenouda III, accusing clergymen from al-Kushh’ church of violating its regulations and of appropriating some of the church’s money.
The author notes how officials have tried to use Islamic preaching in mosques to confront the huge public support for Hasan Nasr Allāh, the leader of the Hizb Allāh. He reports on different reactions to this order.
Nearly 480 people, including 314 members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood have been arrested on charges of organizing unauthorized demonstrations in support of the judges, who blew the whistle on election fraud.
A Coptic husband has accused, in a police report, an Evangelical pastor of having a secret relationship with his wife.
Sawt al-Umma presents a special report on the economic and social conditions of Upper Egyptians. The report clearly accuses the Egyptian regime of neglecting the grievances of these people and of being unjust in dealing with Upper Egypt’s governorates.
The five-day disappearance of Hāydī Samīr Hakīm, 21, from al-Fashn village, Beni Suef governorate has prompted Coptic villagers to stage a sit-in in the local church, calling on security officials to investigate the matter.
Hanīn says that he discovered that when he was engaged to Yahya, she was married to a Muslim man named ‘Abd al-Fattāh.
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