HG Bishop Makarios of Minya and Abo Qorkas, confirmed that no 10 days pass at the province of Minya without a sectarian incident, such as ElKaram and ElLoufi villages incidents, and the disappearance of Copts, HG appealed to the state agencies and the government to activate the law and punish the wrongdoers, pointing out that it requires the physical presence of the police forces at villages and centers that are more exposed to sectarian strive.
Minya had seen several incidents of sectarian strife, including a Coptic lady stripped of her clothes, burning and beating the Copts at ElKaram village in Abo Qorkas, and the burning of houses in the village of Kom ElLoufi in Samalout, .
This came in as Bishop Makarios refused to resort the problems with traditional methods like customary meetings that wasted state law.
