Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 29, 2011
As an American Christian in Egypt I find that I instinctively view events here through the following lens: Liberals are the good guys, Islamists are the bad guys, and the army is somewhere in between, perhaps neutral, perhaps not. Complicated times beg for simplistic narratives, and this one...
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 7, 2011
The Coptic Organizations Union in Europe “AYKOR” denounced the arrest of the Egyptian Blogger Michael Nabīl and sending the activist 'Alā’ 'Abd al-Fattāh to prison. It asked the Military Council to release Nabīl immediately. Nabīl was sent to a mental hospital last week after being arrested for 7...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 5, 2011
A new development confirms the veracity of the church's position with regards to the incident of Mārīnāb village, Aswan, in which the church and shops of Copts were burnt. Rose al-Yūsuf got information from sources inside the papal residence that the church has sent a copy of the license that the...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 12, 2011
The military appeals court decided yesterday to accept the appeal submitted by Michael Nabīl Sanad, who is spending three years in jail for insulting the armed forces on his blog.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 10, 2011
Yāsir Burhāmī, deputy president of the Salafist Da'wah (Call) Organization, said that his group does not seek power, adding it only aims to protect the constitution and reform the society.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 27, 2011
Under the title “Statement No. 1 to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF)”, a number of martyrs’ families in Suez announced a statement claiming that the former president Hosni Mubarak and his sons Alaa and Gamal should be killed like the Libyan president, Muammar al-Gaddafi.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 27, 2011
The Evangelical Community submitted a number of proposals about the draft law for building houses of worship submitted to the Council of Ministers, as Andrea Zakī, deputy head of the Evangelical Community Council, sent a letter to Field Marshal Husayn Tantāwī, commander-in-chief of the Egyptian...
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 4, 2011
PVV spokesman for Foreign Affairs, Raymond de Roon, MP for the party of Geert Wilders, published on October 11th a blacklist of “Islamic Violence Against Christians in Egypt in 2011”. This list is a simplified version of what was previously published in (internet) publications in the West—many of...
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 4, 2011
Contents I. Jansen’s argument: Copts are killed when they violate the Shari’a II. My comment: Jansen should have mentioned the general lack of security in Egypt III. Jansen does not know about the construction of new churches in recent years IV. Does the Shari’a prohibit the building of churches...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 19, 2011
Five thousand expatriate Copts protested in front of UNESCO in Paris condemning Maspero incidents and chanting slogans against the Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) and the Egyptian government.
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