Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 18, 2011
Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib, the Azhar's grand shaykh, formed a specialized law committee to review the law of the Azhar number (103) for year 1961.
The amendments of this law would give the Azhar more independency and integrity.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 16, 2011
AWR's Diana Maher Ghali writes a round up of the news in Egyptian newspapers about the events that unfolded in the church of Two Martyrs, Saint Mina and Saint George in Sūl village of 'Ātfīh (Helwan governorate.)
Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 11, 2011
In an attempt to calm the escalating events of 'Ātfīh, the Ministry of Awqaf (endowments) decided to unify Friday sermons around the subject of national unity.
Pope Shenouda returned to Egypt after a health treatment visit to the United States. He asked both [Christians and Muslims] religions...
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 12, 2011
Friday preachers from different Cairo mosques focused yesterday on the events of fitnah of 'Ātfīh which Egypt's been witnessing lately. The preachers stressed the duty to protect Christians and their worship places as directed by Islamic sharī'ah.
In al-Rushdān mosque in Nasr City, Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 15, 2011
The following is a declaration of a number of religious wise-men which was read by Shaykh Muhammad Hasān in 'Ātfīh.
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 10, 2011
Headline: Fitnah ‘invisible fingers’ threat to burn Egypt - 13 dead, 140 injured in ‘Manshiyyat Nāsir’s’ battle.. ‘Revolution coalition’ call for million to support national unity tomorrow - Sources accused ‘State Security’ and ‘NDP’ of flaming sectarian events..Tantāwī warns from outside forces...
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 10, 2011
AWR's Diana Maher Ghali writes a press review on al-Ahrām's coverage on March 10, 2011 that concerns sectarian events which occurred in Manshiyyat Nāsir and al-Muqattam; in light of the burning of the church of Two Martyrs, Saint Mina and Saint George in Sūl village of 'Ātfīh (Helwan governorate...
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 13, 2011
Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah, the grand muftī, stressed that any attack on churches is forbidden under Islamic Sharī'ah. He added that attacking Christian Egyptians is a step away from citizenship pointing to the fact that Christians have a right to live in Egypt peacefully with Muslims.
When asked about...
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 13, 2011
On March 8 Muhammad al-Barād'ī insisted on keeping the art. 2 of the constitution unchanged. I was horribly disappointed.
(Image: courtesy Munich Security Conference, Photographer Harald Dettenborn)
When I read al-Qimnī's article [Click here to read al-Qimnī's article] my disappointment...
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 10, 2011
AWR's managing director Hānī Labīb analyzes a paper that was distributed by salafīs downtown Cairo, protesting the alleged imprisonment of Kāmīliyā Shihātah, the wife of a priest who alegedly wanted to convert to Islam for divorce reasons.