Date of source: Sunday, July 29, 2012
In another development, the Kafr al-Zayyāt Appellate Court of Misdemeanor sentenced an Egyptian Shiite Muslim to one year in jail and for slandering the sahābah (companions of the Prophet Muhammad) and desecrating a mosque in the area.
A first-instance court had sentenced Muhammad ‘Asfūr to three...
Date of source: Thursday, February 28, 2013
Four Copts and one Muslim were murdered in Burj al-‘Arab area in what appears to be a crime motivated by personal rather than religious reasons. The five victims were farm workers, who had apparently insulted, abused, and expelled from the farm a newly hired farm worker, Taha Mūsá. Mūsá has since...
Date of source: Thursday, January 17, 2013
A high-level source told al-Misrīyūn that the newly appointed minister of Interior Muhammad Ibrāhīm issued regulations to policemen direct their efforts to protecting the security and stability of the nation; he further said the police had been deployed to protect the institutions of state, not to...