Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 1, 2012
Islam criminalizes attacks on churches and non-Muslim houses of worship as Islamists, namely the Muslim Brotherhood and a number of Salafī parties, volunteered to protect churches during the New Year celebrations. [Dīyā' Abū al-Safā, Akhbār al-Yawm, p. 7, Jan. 1] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 27, 2011
The committee concerned with the law on developing the Azhar finalized the draft and will refer it to the Islamic Research Academy. The development includes restructuring the senior ulema board and choosing the Azhar’s Grand Shaykh among them. [Muhammad 'Abd al-Khāliq, al-Ahrām, Dec. 27, p. 14]...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 25, 2011
In an attempt to ease the tension between protesters in al-Tahrīr square and the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), 65 activists and public figures suggest opening up nominations for presidential candidates on 25 January, closing the nomination period on the anniversary of former President...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 15, 2011
Lex Runderkamp’s video on the incident of the village of al-Mārīnāb in Idfū city, Aswan governorate was used by al-Mukhalis TV website on December 7, 2011 [Read al-Mukhalis TV website comment on the video], a Salafī outlet, and before this by articles in al-Distūr, December 4, 2011 and al-Misriyūn...
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 17, 2011
Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Aswan Statement [October 15, 2011]
A number of visual and written media recently covered the issue of Saint George's Church in Marīnāb of Idfū city in Aswan governorate inaccurately and gave wrong information, which resulted in the confusion in the opinions and emotions...
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 13, 2011
Clashes erupted between the military and the Copts during the latters' protests off the state TV building in Maspero, on October 9, 2011, leaving nearly 24 Copts dead and 212 others injured. Some reports mentioned the death of three army soldiers and 100 others injured.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 10, 2011
On October 10, 2011 at the Coptic Orthodox Papal See, Bishop Yu'annis, Secretary of Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III and the General Bishop, read the statement in the funeral of Copts who died during the protest in Maspero demonstrating for the Aswan church attach.
Date of source: الخميس, آب (اغسطس) 18, 2011
AWR's Managing Director Hānī Labīb attended the meeting done by Army Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Sāmī 'Anān, with political and Media figures along with intellectuals and artists.
Meeting tackled the different aspects of the current political scene.
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 19, 2011
The Center for Arab-West Understanding hosted a workshop featuring Imām Muhammad Ashafa and Pastor James Wuye in Alexandria, June 13-14, 2011, and in Cairo June 15-16, 2011.
The workshop was about peace-building and preventing future sectarian troubles between Muslims and Christians in Egypt.
The...
Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 6, 2011
In al-Akhbār, page 7, June 6, 2011, in Imbābah’s incidents, prosecution refers 48 culprits (23 prisoners and 25 fugitives) to the Emergency State Security Court.