Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 19, 2010
The article at hand revolves around the death sentence against Hammām al-Kamūnī, who killed six Coptic worshippers coming out of a church last Christmas, on January 6, 2010. While the article criticizes the court’s slow examination, it welcomes the harsh sentence, which sets an example of how...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 18, 2011
On Sunday, an emergency tribunal sentenced Hammām al-Kamūnī to death for his part in last year’s slaying of seven people outside a church in the Upper Egyptian town of Naj‘ Hammādī. * Egyptian newspaper coverage of the court ruling continued on Tuesday, but on a more limited scale than in previous...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 17, 2011
Last Tuesday, an off-duty Egyptian police officer allegedly shot six Coptic Christians who were travelling on a train in Samallūt, a small town in the southern Egyptian province of Minya. An elderly man died in the attack.
While some government officials have been quoted in various reports as...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 17, 2011
An Egyptian emergency tribunal has sentenced Hammām al-Kamūnī to death for his part in the Christmas killing of six Christian worshippers and a Muslim police officer outside a church in Naj‘ Hammādī in January of 2010. Al-Kamūnī ‘s sentence will now be sent to the Grand Muftī for confirmation.
Date of source: الخميس, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 23, 2010
The author queries why pro-regime writers have suddenly turned their guns on the Copts, lumping them together with the Muslim Brotherhood and Muhammad al-Barād‘ī.
"Is the reason perhaps the al-‘Umrāniyyah events, the arrest of Copts, and the Pope's seclusion?" Kamāl asks.
"We have learned that when...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 17, 2010
With the parliamentary elections on the horizon, says Ahmad, the question arises as to whether Copts themselves have decided to stay out of politics or whether they were forced to do so by the state. Secular leader Kamāl Zākhir says that Coptic reluctance to participate in the elections goes back...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 13, 2010
Copts for Egypt spokesman Hānī al-Jazīrī announced that the group is getting ready to run a campaign against National Democratic Party candidate ‘Abd al-Rahīm al-Ghūl, who has been linked to the Naj‘ Hammādī massacre in which seven people were killed while celebrating Christmas. Hānī told al-Dustūr...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 2, 2010
Tribalism floods the Naj‘ Hammādī and Farshūt districts, especially against candidate ‘Abd al-Rahīm al-Ghūl. His opponents are trying to use his alleged involvement with suspects of the Naj‘ Hammādī incident against him. Al-Ghūl insists the Naj‘ Hammādī incident will have no effect on the elections...
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 17, 2010
Bishop Kyrillos of Naj‘ Hammadi said he was ready to testify in the Naj‘ Hammādī massacre case if summoned for Sunday's session. He said that he expected a just sentence by the court against the perpetrators of the notorious massacre. Meanwhile, Kyrillos says he does not expect the court to...
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 4, 2010
This article looks at a new grassroots movement among the Coptic Diaspora which was established in Washington this past weekend. Almost 100 Coptic Christian community organizers from around the globe gathered to discuss religious freedom in the Middle East and future lobbying efforts for the rights...