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Attacks against Copts Bishop Silwanis, the caretaker of the Virgin Church in Diljā, stated that 5 Coptic families have returned to the village after they were evicted from it. He said that the total number of Coptic families evicted numbers at about 150 families. The bishop stated that the general...
Al-Sayyīd al-Tāhir al-Hāshimī, a member of Ahl al-Bayt World Assembly and the Chairman of the Hashemites in Beheira, criticized the statements of Bishop Jeremiah during a seminar in the Coptic Cultural Center. Bishop Jeremiah stated that amending the Article 3 of the Constitution to read “non-...
Bishop Makarios of al-Minya was the victim of an attack by unknown assailants that lasted for an hour and a half. He was continuously attacked with gunfire, after he took refuge in a nearby house. Fortunately he was not injured in the attack (Yūsuf al- Biblāwī, “Copts United”, Sept. 30). Read...
Attacks on Copts A report in al-Dustūr states that the reason the violence started in Diljā in Minya governorate was due to the hallowing that some Coptic women have started as a sign of happiness at the ouster of Mursī. As a result, Mursī’s supporters went to their house, evicted them, and set the...
Bishop Makarios, the Bishop of al-Minya, stated that there are various phases to complete the renovation of the churches and the buildings belonging to the Church. We are now in the phase of examining these buildings, he said. The Church has designated a representative to assist the parties...
Counselor Tāmir Fārūq, the Attorney General for the South Minya Prosecution, has ordered a team from the prosecution in al-Minya to examine and assess the damages done to churches and Copts’ property in al-Minya. A group from the public prosecution started interrogating the defendants who were...
The kidnappers of Dr. Rāmī Ibrāhīm Gād, who had been kidnapped in Kawm Amyū in Aswan, have released him after having received a ransom of 150,000 pounds from his family. Four armed gunmen had kidnapped the doctor then called his family and demanded 1 million pounds for his release (Abū al-'Azz...
Villagers warded off an attempt by supporters of the ousted president to storm the church in Kūm al-Zahīr in Abū Qurqās district (al-Minya governorate). Clashes and heavy shootings took place between the two sides, leading to a failed attempt to storm the church, with no people hurt or lives lost....
The “Coptic Scream” movement launched a campaign called “No to Brotherhoodization of Education”. 
  Pope Tawadros II stated in an interview on the al-Haya satellite channel that the Muslim Brotherhood did not pressure him to support them in the elections, but that the Head of the Office of President of the Republic requested him to visit former president Morsi, which he refused. 

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