Police on Thursday dispersed hundreds of Muslims besieging the Mar Girgis church in Bani Ahmed village, Minya.
They were protesting a decision by Minya Bishop Makarius to reinstate Father Georgy, the church priest, who had previously been removed on (...)
Thousands of Christians and Muslims started celebrating the Virgin Mary festival in Minya on Thursday under the slogan “Minya without Sectarianism.” Those celebrating expect the number of participants to exceed 2 million.
Security forces have (...)
A source at a church in Egypt's Minya governorate has reported that the husband of Kamilia Shehata, whose own disappearance sparked protests over speculation she had been detained by the church for converting to Islam, has disappeared.
The source in (...)
Upper Egypt's military prosecution ordered on Tuesday the detention of 18 people for 15 days pending investigations into sectarian clashes in Minya on Monday that killed two and injured four others.
The detainees are facing charges of murder, (...)
Minya--Thousands of residents of the village of Deir Mawas attended the funeral on Thursday of 44-year-old Fadl Abdallah, who family members say was beaten to death by police at the local police station.
The funeral was held amid heavy (...)