Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 11, 2011
Twelve court circles will be dedicated for trying former regime members on charges of involvement in financial corruption and killing of demonstrators, the head of the Cairo Appeals Court, 'Abd al-'Azīz 'Umar, announced.
Date of source: السبت, تموز (يوليو) 9, 2011
"Awake and arise, Christians, we will not say it to the priests, the archbishops or the pope…we are not in a jungle" - were chants of Copts denied remarriage.
The agonized cries echoed on the stairs of the Ministry of Justice on July 8 as they protested about church laws on marriage and divorce....
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 11, 2011
Church leaders have said that the recent speech given by Prime Minister Dr. 'Isam Sharaf mainly aimed to appease the situation in the country after protesters staged a sit-in in al-Tahrīr Square.
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: الخميس, تموز (يوليو) 14, 2011
AWR's Managing Director, Hānī Labīb, obtained this paper from al-Tahrīr Square, handed out by protesters on Friday, July 8, 2011.
It is demanded to combine Husnī Mubārak’s crimes and all the crimes of killing protesters in Cairo to those of Habīb al-'Adlī, case number 1227 of the year 2011.
It is...
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 30, 2011
Two news reports have stoked sectarian tensions in Upper Egypt in recent weeks. The first involves two young Coptic girls who were allegedly kidnapped and forced to convert to Islam. The second involves a protest at a church were Muslims reportedly threatened to kill the priest...
There is a...
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 26, 2011
In the 19 March referendum on constitutional amendments, 77 percent of Egyptians voted in favor of holding elections before drafting the new constitution. This was the only clean referendum in Egyptian history, despite a few procedural glitches and the fact that religion was used to influence some...
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 11, 2011
How popular is the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood? As AWR's Jayson Casper points out, we may only know for sure after this fall's election....
Date of source: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 3, 2011
Is Islam responsible for the recent increase in sectarian violence against Coptic Christians? AWR Chief Editor Cornelis Hulsman responds in this week's editorial.
Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 1, 2011
CAIRO - The January 25 revolution is having a momentous impact on the Coptic Church. “The Copts will ignore Church policies,” surmised Mamoun Fendi, president of Fendi Associates, a Washington DC-based research group and think-tank, during the 18-day revolution.