The governor of Beni Sweif, some 100km south of Cairo, has approved the restoration licence for Mar-Mina##s church in the village of Daramalli.
The governor of Beni Sweif, some 100km south of Cairo, has approved the restoration licence for Mar-Mina##s church in the village of Daramalli.
Earlier this month, a mob of hardline Salafi Muslims had surrounded the church and insisted that the construction work on the church roof should be stopped. Despite the fact that Mar Mina##s had official licence signed by Beni Sweif governor Maher Beibars to replace the old wooden roof with a concrete one, the Muslim mob succeeded in forcing the church officials to halt the construction work.
A committee from the building administration at the governorate has now inspected the construction work and the licence and, basing on its report to the governor, he has approved the restoration work.
WATANI International
29 September 2012