Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 17, 2010
A report on the riots which followed the killing of six Copts in Naj‘ Hammādī: The clashes occurred as mourners received the bodies of the dead from the hospital, and after burial services. Protesters in Nag Hamadi, about 40 miles north of the ancient ruins of Luxor, attacked a police station with...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 10, 2010
Many social problems turn to take a sectarian dimension in Egypt. The reason is the absence of a strict application of the law and the reliance on conventional reconciliation sessions that do not treat the motives of the problems.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 10, 2010
The author highlights the fire of sectarianism burning in Egypt. He notes two incidents as sectarian elements in Egyptians’ daily life.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 17, 2010
Le Figaro reports on Najc Hammādī and places these attacks in a context of an extended period of anti-Coptic sentiment in Egypt.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 17, 2010
Following the killing of 6 Christians in Najc Hammādī, Watani International publishes reports rioting in nearby Bahgura, where Coptic shops and homes were reportedly attacked and set alight.
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 21, 2010
The Manager of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Status Husām Bahjat criticizes the state's reaction towards the late incidents of Nagj‘ Hammādī. He believes they failed to deal wisely with the incidents either before or after they erupted.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 17, 2010
Asia Times covers the Najc Hammādī incidents, linking the attacks to the alleged rape of a Muslim teenager in Farshūt. The article also picks up on reports of anti-Christian shouting in the town.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 17, 2010
Following the tragic incidents of Naj‘ Hammādī, an angry Youssef Sidhom asks “Where is President Mubarak?” Focussing on the report to the president by the NCHR, Sidhom asks the regime to intervene to protect Copts from future attacks and to apply the law without discrimination so that justice is...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 17, 2010
Watani International reporter Nader Shukry heads to Naj‘ Hammādī and gets caught up in the rioting which followed the shooting of six Copts. Shukry includes the change in the tone of Bishop Kyrillos statements which followed the visit to the bisphoric by Qena governor Magdi Ayyub, and also suggests...
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 16, 2010
Freedom House considers Egypt a not-free country for violating citizens’ rights.