Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 14, 2010
In the wake of the Najc Hammādī killings prevailing Egyptian sentiment has asserted the essential unity between Muslim and Christian, presenting the Christmas massacre as an aberration of the norm. The dominating idea is that Egypt is a country with two religions, but one culture. Muslims and...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 16, 2010
Two days ago the Coptic community of Egypt witnessed a unique event. On Sunday, February 14, Valentine’s Day, a rally was organized downtown by over two hundred Coptic participants in protest over the Naga Hammadi killings on Christmas Eve and the subsequent handling of the case by the government....
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 21, 2010
The recent killings in Nag Hamadi have engendered various reactions throughout Egyptian society. Some have cursed the darkness, while others have closed up their eyes and ears altogether. Some, however, have been spurred to action, but sensitivity, distance—geographically and culturally, and...
Date of source: الأربعاء, شباط (فبراير) 10, 2010
CIDT’s Jayson Casper speaks to Sheikh Ahmad al-Sayih, a professor of Islamic doctrine at Al Azhar University who is originally from the governorate of Qena, about the attacks against Coptic Christians in Nag Hamadi.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 23, 2010
On Monday 15th February, the AWR team held a meeting in our office with a member of Bishop Marcos’ delegation which had travelled to Nag Hammadi, who wished to remain unidentified. We met this source through an earlier visit with Bishop Marcos, in order to discuss our organization’s proper response...
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 8, 2010
Hulsman wrote an article about the shooting in Upper Egypt for the Reformatorisch Dagblad. The church editor changed it substantially and added material from other sources. Hulsman has, therefore, added some comments in the text. Hulsman also gave a radio interview on January 7 to the Dutch radio 1...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 23, 2010
In the aftermath of the Izbet Bushra incidents, this paper considers the following questions using results from a questionnaire carried out amongst monks in the region: What are the community patterns necessary to avoid the occurrence of religious tension? Though the practical question is not...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 13, 2010
Al-Maydān reports about Maoris Sādiq’s request to impose international supervision on Egypt.
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 14, 2010
The Head of the American Coptic National Assembly Maoris Sādiq ignites an instigation campaign against Egypt under the pretext of defending the rights of the Copts in Egypt.
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 6, 2009
The attorney gives Christian converts to Islam who re-embraced Christianity the right to practice all ecclesiastical rites and activities.