Date of source: الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 18, 2011
Major General Mansūr al-'Isawī, the minster of interior, agreed with Archpriest Philopater Jamīl, priest of al-Tawābik Church, on ending the Copts protest in front of Maspero at 12 p.m. on May 19, 2011, Mr. Hānī 'Azīz, secretary general of Peace Lovers Organization, reported.
Date of source: الخميس, آيار (مايو) 19, 2011
Pope Benedict XVI met with the new Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil el-Arabi on 18 May, 2011, amid concerns over the safety of Christians caught up in the Arab revolutions of the Middle East. The meeting, which followed talks between Arabi and Dominique Mamberti, the Vatican's foreign minister, took...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 18, 2011
The Founders of Muslim Brotherhood's (MB) Freedom and Justice Party decided to appoint Christian thinker Rafīq Habīb as the Deputy President of the party.
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Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 16, 2011
The Association of New World for Development and Human Rights and the Media Freedom Observatory, in cooperation with Observers Without Borders and Defenders of Human Rights Network analyzed the media coverage during Imbabāh's incidents and the Coptic protest in front of Maspero from May 8 to May 15...
Date of source: الخميس, آيار (مايو) 19, 2011
Dr. Mahmūd 'Azab, Azhar's Grand Shaykh consultant for dialogue and member of the Family House initiative, said that the Family House decided to return to the guidance and advice panel that was halted by the State Security Agency during the former regime.
This panel is formed when anyone expresses a...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 18, 2011
During the last few days, occupied with recent news of attacks and demolishing of two churches in Imbābah, as well as attacks on Egyptian Christian youths protesters, no one paid attention to the news about expanding the emergency law to the end of parliament and presidential elections.
Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 16, 2011
Pope Shenouda III called on Christians to”immediately” end their week-long protests outside the official TV building on 15 May 2011, a day after clashes near the Cairo Nile left 78 injured. Clashes broke out after an altercation between a young Muslim and Coptic Christians who have been staging a...
Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 15, 2011
Young members of the Muslim Brotherhood are considering supporting Abdel-Moneim Abul Fotouh, a high-ranking member of the group's Executive Bureau, a candidate for Egypt's presidency in the coming elections. A prominent young figure in the group, Mohamed Shams, said Abdul Fotouh is “an Islamic...
Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 14, 2011
A military prosecutor ordered the detention of a woman whose rumored captivity in a church triggered deadly clashes between Muslims and Christians im Imbābah on Saturday, May 7, 2011.
Protesters demanded the release of 'Abīr Fakhrī, a woman who allegedly converted to Islam. Fakhrī was sent to a...
Date of source: الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 13, 2011
'Abd el-Mun'im Abū al-Futūh, a senior member of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, said he would run for president as an independent, a move that could draw votes from backers of the Islamist group that has said it will not field a candidate.
Abū al-Futūh said his move did not mean the Brotherhood had...