E/CN.4/1990/46 page 15 "There is no evidence to support the claim that Sheikh Amr Abdul Aziz confiscated the plot of land; on the contrary, he was instrumental in settling the dispute. "III. "1. Closure, by the police forces, of the San Mina church in Al-Ajuza and other churches in Suhaj. Girga. Madafin Manfalut and the village of Izbet Alexan Church of San Mina in Al-Ajuza "There is no church by that name in Al-Ajuza; the reference is to a house in Al-Munirah, Imbaba, which is known as 'the Marmina church 1 . "In 1987, two Christians applied to the governorate of Al-Gizeh for permission to put up a house on a plot of land they owned in Al-Munirah. They then transferred their ownership to Abba Dumadius, the metropolitan of Al-Gizeh. "It transpired that the metropolitan had resorted to this devious trick as a means of breaking the laws on the construction of churches by imposing a fait accompli and consecrating the building as a church, which he named 'Marmina'. He did so in spite of the fact that he had previously been notified that there was nothing to prevent him from establishing new churches in the governorate of Al-Gizeh if he followed the normal legal procedures, in spite of the fact that, while he was engaged in this undertaking, permission was granted for a new church to be established at Nuzlat Al-Samman near the pyramids, and in spite of the many legal obstacles that had been overcome to encourage him and the other metropolitans to observe the prescribed legal procedures in such matters. "In view of these facts and considering that there were already four churches in the Imbaba area, the governor of Al-Gizeh issued an order prohibiting the use of the building for purposes other than those for which it had been licensed (i.e. housing). "2. The church of Suhaj "The building referred to as the church of Suhaj is in fact located on the premises of the Coptic Orthodox Peace Movement Society in the Abu Shagara quarter of the town of Suhaj. It was built by the Society in 1977 and then transferred to a Christian who, in turn, handed it over to the metropolitan of Suhaj as a means of evading the application procedure to enable it to become a church by the name of 'Church of the Angel Michael 1 . This was done in spite of the fact that the new building was very close to the mosque of the Mohammadi Sunni Society, a situation prohibited by law in order to prevent disturbances in the performance of the rites of the various religious sects and to prevent friction likely to disturb the peace. The Office of the Public Prosecutor therefore ordered that construction work on the building be stopped. "3. Church of Girga "There is no evidence to support the allegations concerning the closure of churches in the town of Girga or in the neighbouring villages.