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A dispute over land and a housing complex in a small town north of Cairo is saturated with tensions between its Muslim and Christian inhabitants.  
حذر القس بيمن شاكر عدل كاهن منطقة ميت نما والقرى المجاورة لها من نشوب احداث طائفية في منطقة قليوب مؤكدا تجاهل الجهات المسئولة ازمة بناء سور حول قطعة ارض مملوكة لمطرانية شبرا للاقباط الارثوذكس منذ 8 اعوام برجاء الضغط هنا للدخول على النص الاصلي للمقال
The author laments the difficulty involved in constructing service buildings with any suspected connections to a church. He blames security for this and waits for a unified place of worship law, along with several other Egyptians.
The article sheds light on a demonstration held by a group of Mīt Namā’s residents protesting against being whipped out of their land. The piece of land was meant to hold a building for church services. The furious crowd wanted to meet the pope but did not succeed.
The author writes about the planned new church and social service center on land belonging to the Bishopric. The building was denied by authorities after a long delay and the land was usurped by a previous owner. The people of Mit-Namā still wait for approval to build their much needed church.
The Supreme State Security Prosecution referred Ahmed Ibrahim Abu Shousha and his 13 followers to court upon the public prosecutor’s bill of indictment, which contained charges of contempt of religion.
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