21 acres owned by Copts in Galaa village were destroyed and set on fire by unknown people in 8 months in Galaa village, Minya. However, police have charged nobody with the attacks!

A customary reconciliation session was held on Friday between Muslim and Coptic families in Sharona Island, Minya, where both families decided to wavier the police reports in order to release 9 defendants arrested in the clashes.

Wahid Shenouda, coordinator of protest against wrong way to handle church financial problems in front of St. Mark Cathedral in Abbasiya on September 9 denied the protest is against the Pope, and assured that it comes to fix wrong situation in the diocese and Personal Status Law.

5 people were injured and 8 were arrested in sectarian clashes between Muslims and Christians in Sharona village in Minya.

Security forces in Cairo managed to arrest the most dangerous element accused of kidnapping the Copts in Nag Hamadi.

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi will start a tour of Asia on Sunday, visiting Singapore, China and Indonesia, the presidency said in a statement on Saturday.

Sixteen people, led by a former officer who had been fired, were referred Saturday by the prosecution to a “terrorism-specialized” court after they “were proven to have been in touch” with the Islamic State group (IS,) Youm7 reported.

Peter Greste in absentia and Mohamed Fahmy were sentenced to 3 years in prison, while their Egyptian colleague Baher Mohamed was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison Saturday morning for “reporting false news.”

Coptic Orthodox Church invited Coptic young people to participate in a survey to know what they need from the church, and encourages them to talk about their problems and how the church can help solving them.

Maspero Youth Union refused calls by some people to demonstrate against the Church on September 9 to achieve a list of demands to put pressure on the church.

Copts of Egypt coalition denounced calls to demonstrate against the church leaders on September 9 assuring that they only aim to make a cheap show or bargain.

A young Coptic man was killed in a quarrel with Muslim neighbors in Minya. Ashraf Thabet, 33 years old, was killed affected by his wounds after he was stabbed several times by a knife. Police were reported and the matter is currently under investigation.

Dr. Abdullah Bushra, lawyer for the Coptic child was accused of contempt of Islam "Maher Fayez Habib" said that reports of national security police assured that he was provoked by Muslim young people who insulted Christianity first.

Prosecutors proved that answer sheets of the Coptic student Mariam Malak were changed to get zero in her final exams of secondary school.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, is going to visit Diocese of Los Angeles next October.

Minya security forces were able to arrest the killers of Coptic farmer. They confessed that they killed the victim by stabbing him several stab wounds because of a financial dispute between them.

Beni Suef Misdemeanor Court remanded the custody of the Coptic student accused of insulting Islam through his Facebook page for extra 15 days to complete 100 days in prison.

Two masked men riding a motorbike fired guns toward two police officers called Ramadan Badr Hassan Ragab and Ahmed Abdullah Abu Enein.