Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 11, 2011
The U.S. magazine Time observed that the scenes from "Revolution First" Friday, July 8, seemed to have seen the participation of closer to 500,000 demonstrators in al-Tahrīr square, less than the supposed one million.
The article explained that the U.S. report had lacked unified demands by...
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 11, 2011
The social solidarity ministry staff are organising campaigns and visits to Coptic hostels for girls, based on a notice to the ministry from the public prosecutor, to search for Kāmīliyā Shihātah, a church source revealed.
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 11, 2011
On July 10, a group of 15 lawyers for the Coalition to Support New Muslims lodged a complaint with Public Prosecutor 'Abd al-Majīd Mahmūd demanding him not to hand over the two Minya girls, Christine and Nancy, who they said wish to convert to Islam.
The complaint relied on an incident when a...
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 12, 2011
The church launched a political campaign to encourage Copts to participate in political life and face political religious movements.
The Virgin Mary and Archangel Church in al-Khalafāwi, Shubrā, hosted writer Fatimah Na'ūt to talk about the importance of political participation for Copts.
Church...
Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 1, 2011
A number of members from al-Jamā'ah al-Islāmīyah, the church, civil society, and the social fund, launched the first treatment convoy from Muslims and Copts for victims of Imbabah's fitnah incidents, even for patients that were not injured in the incidents.
Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 1, 2011
Investigations are still going on to arrest the culprits who murdered a salafī preacher and his wife inside their apartment in the Giza district of al-Haram.
Neighbors of the murdered man told al-Yawm al-Sābi' newspaper that Shaykh Ahmed was a driving force behind Islamic da'wah (call) and set up a...
Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 1, 2011
Dozens of Copts staged on May 30 staged a protest in al-Urdunīyah square in the city of al-'Āshir Min Ramadān, al-Sharqia governorate, against the reported disappearance of an 18-year-old Coptic girl, Jaclyn Ibrāhīm Fakhrī.
The demonstrators chanted slogans against the security apparatus for "...
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 2, 2011
Jackline's father, a missing young Coptic woman in al-'Āshir area, Sharqia governorate, refused to perceive the incident as fitnah tā'ifīyah, but he believes that it is a kidnap crime and trusts the security, asking them to intensify their efforts to find his daughter.
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 2, 2011
Muntasar al-Zayāt, Ahmad Lutfī's lawyer, first suspect in the Two Saints Church explosion in Alexandria, revealed that the emergency State Security court released his client. He was surprised to find out that the Minister of Interior Affairs, Mansūr al-'Isawī issued a decision to arrest him again...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 17, 2011
Protesting Copts in Maspero rejected Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III's advice and instruction to end the protest, and assured that the Pope has a value in their hearts but he does not have guardianship over them.
This movement was a shock given that the Pope has never lost control of the church...