Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 8, 2010
Al-Wafd interviews Christian thinker, Dr. William Wīsā, concerning the reasons and solutions for fitnah in Egypt.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 3, 2010
Marina Ihab reviews Watani International colleague Nadir Shukry’s book about reconciliation sessions. In his book, Shukry documents 19 sectarian cases which have undergone traditional reconciliation sessions that resulted in the culprits being freed while the victims never receive justice.
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 7, 2010
The national committee against sectarian violence was established in the aftermath of the attacks of Naj‘ Hammādī.
Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 20, 2010
Al-Wafd interviews Abū al-‘Illā Mādī, Secretary General of al-Wasat Party, asking about reasons and solutions for fitnah in Egypt.
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 21, 2010
This article describes the Arbaeen Mass which commemorated the fortieth day after the death of the six Coptic victims in Nag Hammadi. Many religious and important political figures were present, but strangely most local political persons were absent. The event was invitation only, but a tent was...
Date of source: الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 19, 2010
Al-Wafd interviews Bahyy al-Dīn Hasan, human rights activist, asking about reasons and solutions for fitnah in Egypt.
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 21, 2010
Al-Wafd interviews Jamāl As‘ad, a Christian thinker, asking about reasons and solutions for fitnah in Egypt.
Date of source: الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 19, 2010
Pope Shenouda dedicates a poem to the memory of the victims of Naj‘ Hammādī, and hopes for a fair court ruling.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 1, 2009
Watani International reflects on the recent sectarian incident in the town of Dayrūt in Asyut. It looks specifically at the aftermath of the incident and the riots in the town after the police decided to extend the detention of the Muslim men who were charged with killing a Coptic man. Watani...
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 2, 2009
Dayrūt is threatened by the peril of sectarianism. People from the Upper Egyptian village appear to have a bad track record with the security forces and Islamist attacks. A considerable number of people from the village believe that the church is hiding Romānī, the young Coptic man who distributed...