Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 29, 2011
On Friday, April 29, 2011, thousands of salafists participated in three protests in Cairo.
They demanded the release of two women who they believe have been forcefully detained by the Coptic Church after their conversion to Islam.
The protesters also demanded the prosecution of Coptic Orthodox Pope...
Date of source: السبت, نيسان (أبريل) 30, 2011
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On Friday, April 29, 2011, the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) held a two-day meeting to agree on a leader and secretary general for its Freedom and Justice Party.
Date of source: السبت, نيسان (أبريل) 30, 2011
On Saturday, April 30, 2011, Egypt's public prosecution demanded the Coptic Church to let Kāmīliyā Shihātah appear for testimony in a case on her alleged conversion to Islam.
Judicial sources have said that after her reported conversion, Shihātah has been detained by the Church against her will....
Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 29, 2011
Dr. Rafīq al-Daw, vice-chairman of the Iron & Steel Factory, donated the sum of EGP200,000 (roughly $34,000) for building a mosque inside the the Suez Canal University in the coastal governorate of Suez.
Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 1, 2011
Around 30,000 salafists gathered in front the Coptic Cathedral in Cairo, calling for freeing of Kāmīliyā Shihātah and any other Copts who, according to them, have converted to Islam and were locked inside the monastery.
The military police surrounded the Coptic cathedral to prevent any possible...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 26, 2011
Islamic Jihād group announced their welcome to Christians. This announcement gave many people hope for the end of sectarian fanaticism.
However, Dr. Jihād 'Awdah said that the salafī movement did not acknowledge the 1919 Revolution because of the participation of Copts participated. In addition,...
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 28, 2011
Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb, grand shaykh of the Azhar, asserted that protests in Qena that blocked the railway crossing did not flare up as a result of having a Coptic governor, but because people in Qena feel they are forgettable and neglected.
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 27, 2011
On Friday, April 29, 2011, Prime Minister 'Isām Sharaf intends to attend a demonstration in Qena which has been organized to celebrate the government's suspension of newly-appointed governor ‘Imād Mikhail.
For over a week, Qena has been witnessing demonstrations against Mikhail.
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Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 22, 2011
“There shouldn't be any party based on religion or any religious views” says Muhamad Shībl, a Muslim thinker.
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 28, 2011
Family court in al-Zaytūn divorced a Christian woman from her husband after he converted to Islam.
Muná N. married Girgis K. in 1978 by the law of the Coptic Orthodox Church and gave birth to 2 children. After 33 years of marriage he converted to Islam and as consequently the Islamic sharī'ah had...