A group of Bedouins took over a piece of land belongs to a Coptic family at Amerya village at Alexandria while carrying machine guns to frighten the people.

Copts for the home association, headed by Karim Kamal, issued a statement on Tuesday to call the Egyptian Diaspora in the United States of America to demonstrate before the UN building in New York City, during the visit of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to America, delivering his speech before the General Assembly of the United Nations. He called the demonstrators to form human chains in support of the president.

Killer of priest’s father in Abu Qurqas was arrested. Police were reported last week that Mariam Saad, 75 years old, was killed and her jewelry were stolen.

Rudolf Hundstorfer, Austrian Minister of Social Affairs, Labour and Consumer Protection, is going to meet next Monday with members of the Council of the Arab Austrians Union in Vienna to discuss migration and asylum issues and employment of foreigners.

Father Poktor Nashed, priest of St. Mary Church in Amiriya, Alexandria, called police to move and save the Copts in the village after several extremists attacked the church.

The Salafist Call and al-Nour ultra conservative party used fatwa of Sheikh Mohammed Nasreddin the Albanian, which legalized nominating the Copts on the electoral lists of al-Nour. The fatwa considered the Copts less dangerous than atheists on Islam, and therefore, voting for them is the least evil!

Mariam Malak reported Journalists Syndicate against Seventh Day newspaper for publishing fake news aiming to defame her reputation.

Abba Iklimindos, General Bishop of Ottawa, Montreal and eastern Canada, ordained 8 new deacons in the church of St. Mina in Halifax.

Abba Moussa, Bishop of young people, celebrated the passage of 35 years on the establishment of Youth Bishopric.

Coptic child, Maher Fayez, accused of contempt of Islam was further demanded in custody for 15 days. He was accused of insulting Islam across his Facebook page, should be remanded in custody for extra 15 days.

Coptic Orthodox church participated in the peace conference in Seoul that was ended on Saturday evening. The conference was held in the presence of representatives from all religions including Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus and different faiths.

The Secretariat of the Council of the Churches of Egypt held a meeting on Saturday, at the headquarters of the presidency of the Evangelical Church in Heliopolis, headed by Rev. Dr. Bishoy Helmy, Secretary General of the Council of the Churches of Egypt. After that, the Executive Committee of the Council held another meeting, to discuss achievement of each committee of the council.

Father Poulos Halim, spokesperson for the Coptic Orthodox Church, said that Pope Tawadros II met with Ante Aakillen, president of the bishops of the Swedish Lutheran Church, at Uppsala Cathedral in Sweden.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, sent a message to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of the United Arab Emirates, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, to offer his sincere condolences in the death of his son Rashid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

"Middle East Online" published a report about the Copts under the Islamic state since 2011. It said that the most important characteristic of the development of the Copts since 2011 is to break the barrier of fear.

Egypt's new cabinet led by former Petroleum Minister Sherif Ismail saw 16 replacements and includes 33 portfolios. The ministers were sworn in on Saturday before President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

Security bodies in Beheira governorate arrested two scrap workers for slaughtering a number of donkeys and selling the meat, Youm7 reported Thursday.

Pope Tawadros II, phoned Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, Sheikh of Al-Azhar, to congratulate him on Eid al-Adha. The Pope is currently in a pastoral care visit to Denmark and Sweden that takes about two weeks.