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Victim of 2016 assault in Karam Abu Omair praises Criminal Court’s ruling
Egypt

Victim of 2016 assault in Karam Abu Omair praises Criminal Court’s ruling

An Egyptian Coptic woman has praised the Minya Criminal Court’s 10-year-sentence in absentia on Saturday of three of her assaulters,…
Calm returns to Upper Egypt village after sectarian clashes
Egypt

Calm returns to Upper Egypt village after sectarian clashes

  Peace returned to Dimshaw Hashim village in Minya on Friday after eight days of sectarian clashes between Muslims and…
Atfeeh building not licensed church and demolition order was issued for it: Sources
Egypt

Atfeeh building not licensed church and demolition order was issued for it: Sources

A demolition order had been issued for the church building in the Atfeeh area of Giza five days prior to…
Security in Minya contains sectarian strife between Muslims and Christians
Egypt

Security in Minya contains sectarian strife between Muslims and Christians

The security forces in Minya governorate contained sectarian clashes in Kom el-Loufi village of Samalut city after anonymous attackers set…
Pope Tawadros says age-old religious unity is under attack
Egypt

Pope Tawadros says age-old religious unity is under attack

Pope Tawadros II, the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, has said Egyptian Muslims and Copts are firmly united and…
51 arrested for Delga violence
Egypt

51 arrested for Delga violence

Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat has ordered 51 defendants be detained for 15 days pending investigations for their alleged role in…
Raided Minya village now under control: police
Egypt

Raided Minya village now under control: police

Security forces have regained control of the Minya village of Delga in Upper Egypt, according to the Interior Ministry's Criminal…
Security forces invade Minya village
Egypt

Security forces invade Minya village

Army and police forces invaded Delga, a village in Minya, with helicopters and APCs on Monday, arresting eight suspected supporters…
Sentences in absentia against Copts and Muslims in Minya sectarian clashes
Egypt

Sentences in absentia against Copts and Muslims in Minya sectarian clashes

The Supreme State Security Court on Sunday sentenced in absentia 11 Copts to 25 years in prison, and five years…
Update: 23 houses belonging to Copts burned down
Egypt

Update: 23 houses belonging to Copts burned down

The situation has heated up in Naga Hassan village, west of Luxor, after the killing of a Muslim man and…
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