Minya

‘We were silent when it was one, now it’s four’

Minya - Muslimchronicle

“We said nothing when one church was closed, so it got worse and a second, then a third were closed, and a fourth is on its way as if praying is a crime for which Copts are punished,” said a statement issued by the Diocese of Minya in Upper Egypt. The statement listed the names of the four churches, twoRead more

Egypt discovers three millennia-old tombs

Cairo - Muslimchronicle

Egypt archaeologists have discovered three ancient tombs containing sarcophagi in the south of the country in a cemetery dating back about 2,000 years, the antiquities ministry said on Tuesday. The tombs excavated in the Al-Kamin al-Sahrawi area in Minya province south of Cairo were in burial grounds constructed some time between the 27th Dynasty and the Greco-Roman period, the ministryRead more

Egypt shootout kills 3 'militants behind anti-copt attacks'

Cairo - Muslimchronicle

Egypt's interior ministry said on Thursday a policeman and three militants suspected of involvement in deadly attacks against the country's Coptic Christian minority were killed in a shootout. Police had arrested one member of the cell who led them to their mountain hideout in the southern province of Qena where the two other militants opened fire on Tuesday, the ministryRead more

Sisi calls for a committee to investigate 'school meal'

Egypt - Arab today

Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi ordered on Thursday the urgent formation of a committee to investigate a school meal poisoning incident that led to the food poisoning of hundreds of students in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Sohag. "The President is closely following the incident and is receiving a updated reports on the elementary school students' health conditions," a statement fromRead more

Ministry is liaison between government, parliament

Cairo - Wafa Lotfi

Egypt's Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Omar Marwan, stressed that his ministry will be the liaison between the government and parliament, in the light of the new terms of reference after separated it from the ministry of legal affairs and the assignment of legal affairs to the Ministry of Justice. "We will be the pulse of parliament in the government, andRead more

Egypt Christians look to new law

Minya - Arab Today

On a recent Sunday in southern Egypt, dozens of Coptic Christians gathered for mass next to the charred remains of a wooden structure they once used as a chapel. A priest and five white-clad deacons began chanting around a simple wooden altar as the sun beat down on the remains of the makeshift chapel, which was torched two months ago.Read more

Cabinet reduces prices of industrial zone lands in Wadi Saririah in Minya

Cairo - Arab Today

The cabinet has approved to reduce the prices of industrial zone lands in Wadi Saririah in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Minya. The cabinet also offers new facilities in payment. The investor will put a down payment hitting 25% of the land price and the remaining amount will be paid over seven years. The new facilities came as an immediateRead more

Re-trial of 372 muslim brotherhood defendants in Minya riot case postponed

Minya - Arab Today

Minya Criminal Court on Saturday postponed until Sunday the re-trial of 372 supporters of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group over riots in Matai city. The defendants are accused of killing Mostafa El-Attar, the deputy commander of the Matai district police station in Minya as well as attacking public properties, torching the Matai police station, seizing police weapons and disruptingRead more