Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 21, 2011
Dr. Muhammad Salīm al-'Awā, Islamic thinker, said that the Muslim Brotherhood is the biggest power in the Arab world, assuring that he will not vote for a candidate unless he first ensures his religious commitment.
"We don't want a candidate who won't mention Allah's Name before he speaks," said al...
Date of source: الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 20, 2011
Coptic Evangelicals elected on May 18, 2011, a new president for the Synod of the Nile Evangelical (Presbyterian) Church.
Father Albert Luis, Pastor of the Evangelical Church in Timā, is the new president.
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Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 9, 2011
The Azhar, the Coptic Orthodox Church and political powers warned against "civil war" sparked by fitnah ta'fīyah incidents, while the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), salafists, Sufis, Jamā'ah Islamīyah (Islamic Group) all blamed the remnants of the former National Democratic Party (NDP) and accused it of...
Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 22, 2011
Islamist groups in Egypt called on Egyptian citizens to not participate in Friday’s million-man protests, which are being touted as the "second revolution of anger." A group of young Muslim Brotherhood (MB) members said via Facebook that, “boycotting the 27 May protests is a national duty."...
Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 23, 2011
Dr. Muhammad 'Abd al-Jawād, Diplomatic advisor of the Azhar Grand Shaykh, said that the Azhar is still refusing to engage in dialogue with the Vatican, without an official apology from the Vatican Pope, who defamed Islam describing it as a bloody religion.
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Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 23, 2011
The Adminstrative Judiciary Court of the Council of State issued a verdict on May 22, 2011, stripping the Egyptian citizenship from Maurice Sādiq as well as crossing off his name from the membership list for the Lawyer's Syndicate.
Sādiq is a Coptic lawyer residing in the United States of America...
Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 22, 2011
Bishop Armiyā, Assistant Bishop and secretary of Pope Shenouda III, described the decision of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to release 81 detainees in Maspero incidents as a legitimate response that maintains the peace.
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Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 22, 2011
Copts will end their almost two-week protest at the Egyptian State TV building on 22 May 2011, said Metias Nasr, priest at the Virgin Mary Church in Ezbet al-Nakhl and a leader of the protest. The majority of protesters heeded Nasr’s call and the stage set up for speeches was dismantled. Arguments...
Date of source: الخميس, آيار (مايو) 19, 2011
Pope Shenouda III will publish a book within a few days. The book presents the Pope's vision on the January 25 revolution.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 18, 2011
The founders of the Freedom and Justice Party elected Dr. Rafik Habib, a Coptic thinker, as the party’s vice president.