Date of source: الخميس, آيار (مايو) 12, 2011
On Thursday, May 12, Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) announced it would vigorously counter any attempts to seed sectarian conflicts.
SCAF member Ismā’īl 'Itmān pointed out threats to the country’s development which result from sectarian disputes and emphasized the importance of...
Date of source: الخميس, آيار (مايو) 12, 2011
In response to recent sectarian clashes in Imbābah, Cairo, protesters plan to have a “religious solidarity demonstration” on Friday May 13, 2011.
The 25 January Revolution People's Coordination Committee announced that the upcoming demonstrations shall involve a Christian mass, next to the...
Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 16, 2011
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III is traveling to the United States on a new health trip to Cleveland, Ohio, on Sunday.
Pope Shenouda had suffered an indisposition on Thuresday, April 30, 2011, and was admitted into al-Salām hospital in al-Muhandisīn district, Giza governorate, but checked out on...
Date of source: الخميس, آيار (مايو) 12, 2011
This flier, translated below, was posted on the wall of Saint Marqus Church in al-Giza governorate.
Khālid Nasīm, lawyer, filed a report to the Military Zone in al-Haram district, representing each of Archpriest Marqus George, Archpriest Benjamin Murjān, priests of the church.
[Reviewer's Note: The...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 11, 2011
Muslim and Coptic communities in Qena have formed an apolitical coalition that attempts to solve problems arising from sectarianism in the governorate.
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Date of source: الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 11, 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood is considering Coptic thinker Rafīq Habīb as a potential vice chairman of its Freedom and Justice Party.
While the Freedom and Justice Party categorically rejects women or Copts as presidential candidates in Egypt, they have emphasized several times to neither discriminate...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 11, 2011
On Wednesday, May 11, 2011, dozens of Copts, as well as some Muslims, continued their sit-in in front of the Egyptian state television building, despite Bishop Mūsá’s request to end demonstrations.
Meanwhile, Abīr Fakhrī, whose conversion to Islam is assumed to have triggered sectarian clashes in...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 11, 2011
Egypt's new security apparatus, the National Security Service, recently held meetings with Islamic thinkers to discuss the sectarian violence in the country, how to respond to it, its repercussions on Egypt's transitional period and the role of the media.
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Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 10, 2011
According to the article at hand, ten people have been detained by Egyptian authorities for posting a video clip online, urging people to attack churches in Giza.
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Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 10, 2011
The April 6 Youth Movement has called for a protest on Friday on Tahrīr Square aimed at demonstrating solidarity with the victims of recent sectarian clashes in Imbābah.
The group condemned the military for its sluggish interference in the Imbābah clashes and highlighted law as a unique means of...