Egyptian intellectual Tarek Heggy said that Egypt will lose nothing in case the institution of Al-Azhar is closed down.

Gen. Salah Ziada, Minya governor, continued to violate the law and encouraging the fanatics to disrespect it. This came after he held several customary reconciliation sessions between representatives of Muslims and Christians at the village.

Father Ezra Fangary, Deputy of Megaga Diocese, said they held a meeting with Salah Ziada, governor of Minya, concerning attacking the church of St. Joesef and insulting Christian sanctities by security forces.

Dr. Kamille Seddik, member Milli council of Alexandria, said that the attack, which targeted a church of Angel Raphael in Hanovil, Alexandria, aimed to terrify the Copts and cause a state of panic among them.

Father Ezra Fangary, was summoned on Sunday, April 5, to testify as a witness in attacking the church of St. Joesef and insulting Christian sanctities.

Copts at Galaa village were prevented from celebrating Palm Sunday after militants had assaulted lands of the Copts and attacked their houses.

Samalot security forces arrested 28 people from Galaa village after the clashes yesterday in which 7 Copts were injured and several shops owned by Copts were demolished.

Diocese of Megaga in Minya filed a report on the public prosecutor in Megaga after police had attacked a 7 years old church that they used previously to protect it.

Coptic people of Abnoub and New Assiut celebrated yesterday the inauguration of St. John in Abnoub after it was demolished during the events of teh dispersal of Rabaa Adawia and Nahda sit-ins.

Maj. Gen. Salah Ziada, governor of Minya, and Abba Pfnotios, Bishop of Samalot, laid today the basis of the Church of the martyrs in the village of Al Awr in Samalot, Minya province, during a great celebration.

In a meeting with the governor of Minya Gen. Salah Ziada, Muslims and Christians of Awr village, agreed to build the church of the Martyrs in a different place in the village on a piece of land that belongs to Samalout diocese.

Gen. Salah Ziada, governor of Minya, held a meeting with Muslims and Copts of Awr village in Samalut in the presence of clergy from the village.

Copts in Galaa village have decided to demonstrate in Cairo after several fanatics have stopped building the church, however the due permits were optioned and the church have been already serving the Copts for 38 years.

A Coptic businessman donated a piece of land to build the Church of the 21 martyrs of Libya to be built in their birthplace at Al Awar village in Samalout.

Maged Wadie, head of Saving the Egyptian Heritage Society, filed petition in court to prevent Wadi Rayan highway project that penetrates a Coptic monastery and threatens several antiquities in that area.

Monk Paul of Wadi Rayyan said that the new road at the monastery is going to split the monastery in two parts and will reach the top of the mountain then goes down, which exceeds the global road specifications.

The monks of the Monastery of St. Macarius of Alexandria at Wadi Rayyan have sent two letters to the Pope in which they assert their obedience to the church and the Pope.

Father Mina el Kes, Priest of Menshat Kais village, Beni Mazar, said that Emad Yakoub was tortured to death by armed militias in Libya after he was targeted for being Christian as the militias saw the tattoo of the cross on his hands.

Assiut Security Directorate is investigating Ashraf Halaka, gang leader that kept terrorizing the Copts and imposing royalties on them.

Family of new Coptic victim in Libya, Milad Yacoub, appealed to President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi to intervene and return the body of their son.

Copts in Galaa village, Minya, are waiting for police to convince the extremists to allow rebuilding a church. Father Dawod Nashed, deputy of Samalout Diocese, said that we’re waiting for police to fulfill their promise, especially as the church is already existing 38 years ago. We only seek a church to pray!