Date of source: Friday, May 20, 2011
Al-Minya's new governor, Maj. General Samīr Sallām, gave the thumbs up to embark on procedures to license the construction of a new archbishopric and annexes over an area of 4300 meters in the city of Maghāghah, capping a 14-month-old crisis.
Archpriest Ezra Fanjarī, the deputy head of the...
Date of source: Friday, August 20, 2010
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III met with Ahmad Diyā’ al-Dīn, al-Minya governor. A source from the papal seat stated that they discussed the crisis of the new Maghāghah bishopric and that the governor was keen that Copts are not subject to persecution, but he must implement the law.
For his part,...
Date of source: Monday, August 16, 2010
The crisis of Maghāghah in relation to the inflexibility of the bishopric and the governor appears to have no end.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 11, 2010
The author assures that the United States of America is more tolerant in treating other religions than Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, August 1, 2010
Thousands of Copts from Maghāghah and al-Adawa in Minia, Upper Egypt, staged a sit-in at the bishopric grounds in Maghāghah last Monday to protest what they saw as unjust, humiliating treatment at the hands of Minia governor Ahmad Dīyā’ al-Dīn.
Heading the protest was Bishop Aghathoun, Bishop of...
Date of source: Sunday, August 1, 2010
Over a series of four editorials printed last October, I tackled the practices exercised by Minia local authorities against the Copts in the governorate. A file I had received from the bishopric of Maghāghah and Adwah in Minia was packed full of details that could be described as collective...
Date of source: Monday, July 26, 2010
After the end of the priest’s wife crisis, Miny witnesses a new crisis after more than 500 Copts demonstrated in Maghaghah bishopric protesting against the governor’s decision to suspend the license of the building of a new bishopric.
Bishop Aghathoun asserts that Copts will protest until they get...
Date of source: Monday, July 26, 2010
A crisis broke out yesterday between the Minya governorate and the Maghāghah bishopric because of the disagreement over the licenses to build the new bishopric. Maghāghah Copts organized a peaceful demonstration protesting against suspending the licenses and threatened to escalate the issue to Pope...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 27, 2010
The Dayr Mawwās district awaits the results of the National Democratic Party’s electoral complex. Candidate Ibrāhīm Ilyās says that promises to calm the current sectarian tension, along with allowing visits to previously prohibited tourist sites, dominate the votes. Current representative, ‘Alā‘...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Ni‘mah disappeared shortly after her 18th birthday. The people of Mallawī are protesting against the security apparatus for not keeping promises to bring her back after nine months missing.