Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 12, 2009
The assistant to the Egyptian minister of interior comments on recently reported news on the killings of two Christian men.
Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 28, 2009
A Coptic teenager escaped from her family home intending to marry a 20 year old young Muslim man. Copts demonstrated angrily and the prosecution released the couple. The teenage girl is said to have been sent to a monastery in Cairo to be taken care of.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 21, 2008
A church building that belongs to the Evangelical Church collapsed in an upper Egyptian village at Asyūṭ governorate. The pastor of the church was living on the second floor and was saved with his family.
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 20, 2008
The author discusses the crisis of the Holy Virgin Monastery in Assiut and decree no. 163 of 2008. This decree was issued on March 10, stating that an area of 13 feddans was sold to the monastery. She also talked about the consequences of the failure to carry out this decree.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 31, 2007
Seven sit-ins were staged in Egypt’s churches in 2007. The following lines describe some of them and Christian clergymen and laymen’s reactions to them.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 15, 2008
The author discusses marriages between Muslims and Christians, drawing on the opinions of sociologists and psychologists as to why people are falling in love across religious lines and why this seems to be such a problem in Egyptian society.
Date of source: السبت, تموز (يوليو) 21, 2007
A music video entitled, ’Awil Mā-Shuftik’ [When I First saw you], caused uproar for addressing a love relationship between a young Muslim and a Christian girl.
Date of source: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 22, 2007
The sectarian sedition which occurred in Alexandria and moved from Muharram Bik to al-‘Asāfrah and al-Jaysh Street in al-Dikhīlah could also move to other places if the individuals responsible are not exposed and punished.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 29, 2007
The following article lists examples of Muslim-Christian incidents since 1996 with an analysis of the different causes leading to such unfortunate incidents. This report was presented to the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Council for Human Rights.
Date of source: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 6, 2006
Hanā’ Hammād presents the report of the fact-finding mission of the Association for Human Rights Legal Aid on the sectarian sedition that ripped through Darb al-Nasāra, Luxor on January 18, 2006.