Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 16, 2013
Violence in Daljā
Security forces have initiated a search in Daljā Village in al-Minya in order to capture Issām Abdal Maguīd, a leader of al-Jamā’ah al-Islāmīyah accused of burning churches. Security forces supported by the armed forces have entered Daljā today (Author Not Mentioned, al-Yawm al-...
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 16, 2013
Bishop Paul, the representative of the Orthodox Church in the Constituent Assembly (also known as the Committee of 50), stated that he has not yet made a final decision on Article 219 of the suspended constitution. The article that has explained the principles of sharī’ah has been left by the...
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 15, 2013
Coptic parents in Asyut are alarmed. They fear for the lives of their children. The school year starts while the situation is still under tense and with political controversies current. Out of fear of attacks or kidnapping, parents demanded a postponement of the start of the school year by at least...
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 14, 2013
The 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks did not pass in an honorable manner for the anti-Islamic American Priest Terry Jones. He was arrested by Florida police yesterday before he could commit another crime against Islam. Jones had decided to burn about 3,000 copies of the Holy Qur'ān.
Jones had...
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 14, 2013
Daljā village witnesses an unstable security situation and demonstrations in support of the ousted president Muhammad Morsi (Mursī). Security forces have been absent since the regime of the Muslim Brotherhood was overthrown (Author not mentioned, “Copts United”, Sept. 14). Read original text in...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 6, 2012
Patriarch Ignatius IV Hazim, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, suffered a stroke that led to his death on December 4 in Lebanon, away from his birthplace, Syria
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 24, 2013
The Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h.) protected the People of the Book (i.e. Jews, Christians, and Muslims) so protect them, and protect their houses of worship. Yet hands of destruction have reached Egypt’s churches, there is nothing for the Christians to do except commit themselves to the Bible’s...
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 24, 2013
Asyut
St. George’s Church in Asyut was one of the churches that were saved from being completely destroyed. The altar and the place where hymns were recited during celebrations was burnt and black smoke dyed the church’s walls and columns.
Tens of congregation members accompanied Father Yūhanā in...
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 24, 2013
It is usually a benefit that your house is next to the church that you attend, unless it is in al-Minya; here you are under continuous threat and in the range of Molotov cocktails.
Amīr Tādrus Orthodox Church and the Coptic school opposite the church were burnt on August 14 by unknown armed men...
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 24, 2013
Bishop Makarios, General Bishop of al-Minya governorate, in an interview, stressed the necessity of prosecuting offenders. He also said that the government must work to combat terrorism and stressed that burning of churches has no relation to Islam.
When speaking about June 30, he said that the...