Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 12, 2011
The International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) issued a declaration, signed by Shaykh Yūsuf al-Qaradāwī, Chairman of the Union, to Egyptians.
The declaration condemned fitnah tā'ifīyah between Muslims and Christians, and asserted that Islam protect churches and respects them, as well as fights...
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 14, 2011
Masperos revolution youths thwarted an attempt by the church to keep away priests from protesting.
Church leaders have issued several decisions against priests before, and even relocated one of them to Australia.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 30, 2011
Application of hudūd by salafists is running rampant after the January 25 revolution.
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 11, 2011
On Monday April 11, after a meeting with former Palestinian Foreign Minister and Hamas member Mahmūd al-Zahār, Grand Shaykh Ahmad al-Tayīb announced that he and the Azhar are willing to participate in reconciliatory efforts aimed at uniting Palestinian groups, most notably Hamas and Fataḥ.
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Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 12, 2011
Why has the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces resorted to salafī shaykhs in reconciliation drives between Copts and Muslims, following sectarian clashes against a background of social disputes?
The Council was rather expected to seek the assistance of the Azhar, which advocates moderate Islam as...
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 11, 2011
A quarrel broke out between scores of Muslims and Copts in Ṣafṭ al-Laban neighborhood, Giza governorate, over rumors a Coptic man had an affair with a Muslim woman.
Injuries reportedly took place in the wrangling that occurred off the Bilāl mosque.
Security officials arrived at the scene and...
Date of source: الأحد, آب (اغسطس) 22, 2010
The Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) decided to hold the first conference after the withdrawal of Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III on September 23-25.
All have been invited except the Coptic Orthodox Church as a result of the disagreements that erupted between it and the Roman Orthodox...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 25, 2010
Political circles affirmed that posters and slogans supporting Jamāl Mubārak are definitely a reflection of the fight in the National Democratic Party (NDP) over the presidency of Egypt between the president and his son.
According to foreign observers, Jamāl is relying on a political and socio-...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 25, 2010
As a result of the Kamīliyā crisis, church sources revealed that Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III has instructed the bishops to call on priests' wives to resign or take a leave from their government jobs to devote themselves to their houses, provided that the church would compensate them...
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 21, 2010
Imām Faysal 'Abd al-Ra'ūf talks about religious extremism.
During his visit to Bahrain, Imām Faysal 'Abd al-Ra’ūf of the controversial Islamic center, which is about to be built at Ground Zero in Manhattan, stated that the extremist religious views are threatening both the West and the Muslim world...