Al-Azhar Grand Imam Meets with Qena Attack Victim

Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb of Egypt's al-Azhar University has met with Ayman Anwar Metari, who was attacked last week in Qena, and stated that he will undergo plastic surgery for his missing ear at the University's hospital. More here.

Egyptian Interior Ministry to Establish Joint Muslim/Orthodox Committee

The Egyptian Interior Ministry has agreed to establish a committee comprised of clerics of al-Azhar University and the Coptic Orthodox Church to deal with "ethnic problems" between Egypt's Arab Muslim majority and its large Coptic Orthodox minority. The agreement between the Ministry and Pope Shenouda III (al-Suriani) comes in the wake of an attack on a Copt, Ayman Anwar Metari, in the Upper Egyptian city of Qena. Although he survived the attack, Mr. Metari had an ear cut off and also had his home and car burned by his attackers. More here.