Kidnappers of the Coptic minor girl, Mariam Maher Youssef, confessed they had kidnapped the girl and moved her to Cairo, but she could escape before the force her to convert to Islam or get married to one of them.

A group of fanatics have seized a piece of land owned by Copts in Qasaba village, Samasta, Beni Suef. The aggressors tried to sell the land for 150.000 LE per carat.

Church delegation of some priests in Beni Suef with a large delegation of Muslim clerics offered condolences in the military funeral of the police martyr, Captain Mohammed Essam.

A resident Copt in Algalaa village in Samalout, Minia Governorate, said that there are growing phenomenon of taking-off and Destroying the agricultural lands that are owned by Copts in the village during the last two days.

Abba Gabriel, bishop of Beni Suef, offered his sincere condolences for all members of the Egyptian people in the death of Martyr Hisham Barakat, Egyptian prosecutor and the heroes and martyrs of the army in Sinai, during his weekly sermon in Beni Suef Bishopric.

Muslims and Christians in the village of Kar Darwish cooperated with fire police department to extinguish the fire broke out at a home owned by a Coptic man called Azmy Samuel Girgis.

Mayor of Kafr Darwish apologized for all Coptic Christians after his agreement to expel 5 Coptic families from the village for a week and allowing them to return their homes by a customary reconciliation session, after accusing their son of contempt of Islam on his page on "Facebook".

Faiz Habib, father of the accused Coptic student of contempt of Islam, Maher Fayez Habib, said on his page on Facebook that he was permitted to return to his home and his family in the village of Mianah, Ahanasia center in Beni Suef, after an absence lasted for month and a half.

Abd- Allah Boshr , lawyer of Maher Fayez Habib, the Coptic boy who was accused of contempt of the Islamic religion , told Copts United that Maher’s detention was renewed for an additional 45 days.

Maher Youssef, father of kidnapped minor Coptic girl called Mariam Maher Lateef 17-year-old, resident in Daheli village, in Beni Suef, sent a distress to General Magdy Abdel Ghaffar, Egyptian Minister of Interior, to complain about the disappearance of his minor daughter since last Wednesday and to complain that police did not arrest the accused persons though he reported about them officially.

Abba Gabriel, Bishop of Beni Suef, said during his weekly sermon in Diocese of Beni Suef, in the presence of a large number of priests and congregation of the diocese that he joined the reserve military service as an officer in the great Egyptian army, after he finished his study in the university.

Abdullah Boshra, lawyer of the kidnapped Coptic girl's family, said that the prosecution of Samasta in Beni Suef listened to statements of the father and uncle of the Coptic minor girl who disappeared since early Wednesday and promised to return the girl to her family this week.

Father Hator Boshra, pastor of Virgin Mary Church, in Kafr Darwish village, center of Fashn in Beni Suef Governorate, said that the church is going to hold national unity breakfast table in the coming days on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan, in the presence of representatives of the Muslim families in the village and a number of security and executive leadership.

Judge of oppositions Court of Beni Suef is going to decide on Saturday whether or not to extend custody of Mahr Fayez, Coptic young man accused of contempt of Islamic religion.

A Coptic minor girl called Mariam Maher Lateef 17-year-old, was kidnapped today in Beni Suef.

Supreme Criminal Court in Minya governorate decided to postpone the trial of five accused Copts in the sectarian strife of Abu Qurqas to another session next December.

Fayez Habib, father of Maher, the Coptic student who was imprisoned on charges of contempt the Islamic religion, complained that police did not allow him to see his son till now, in spite of taking all the legal procedures.

Ahmed Maher, mayor of Kafr Darwish village, left his position as a mayor after his resignation to General Mohammed Abu Taleb, director of security Beni Suef.

Unidentified persons burned a home owned by a Copt called Gamil Menssa, resident in Mianah village, Ahnasia center, in Beni Suef, without knowing the motivation of the attack.

A Coptic Christian man called Isaac Ibrahim, lives in Chenera village, in Fashn center, in Beni Suef, accused some elements of MB terrorist group of burning his clothes shop which led to damages in the whole of the shop.

Oppositions Court judge in Beni Suef decided to remand custody of Maher Fayez Habib, the accused Coptic boy of contempt of Islam for another 15 days.