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13. Minister of Awqaf: "the phenomena of calling people infidels has recently increased"
Date of source: Friday, February 7, 2014
Dr. Muhamad Mukhtār Jum’ah, the Minister of Endowments, stated the phenomena of calling people infidels has recently increased. This is caused by political interests and objectives.  It is not based on a religious foundation. Rather it is used by those who know nothing of religion (Ahmad – al...
12. Thousands Of People Sing Revolutionary, Ṣufi Songs And Christian Hymns, Chanting “Down With The Military”
Date of source: Monday, January 2, 2012
Thousands of citizens celebrated the New Year’s Eve in the landmark central Cairo al-Tahrīr Square, sang songs of patriotic sentiments, and chanted slogans against the military’s continuity in power. [Karīmah Hassan, Sūzān ‘Ātif and Muhammad Ra’fat, Al-Misrī al-Yawm, Jan. 2, p. 3]  
1. Fact-finding report of Maspero referred to military judiciary
Date of source: Saturday, November 12, 2011
The Ministry of Justice referred the fact-finding committee's report on Maspero incidents and al-Marīnāb to the military judiciary. A number of political experts had criticized referring the report to the military judiciary, adding that a civil judiciary would have been able to investigate on the...
66. Salafists burn shrines amid Azhar criticism
Date of source: Monday, April 4, 2011
A group of salafists in al-Menoufiya governorate set a Muslim shrine on fire under the pretext that tombs of Muslim scholars, considered holy by many Muslims, are against the Muslim faith. Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Ahmad al-Tayīb said that whoever demands the destruction of shrines belong to bloody...
81. Friday preachers warn of external sources fueling fitnah and assure: The sanctity of Coptic blood is as that of Muslims
Date of source: Saturday, March 12, 2011
Friday preachers from different Cairo mosques focused yesterday on the events of fitnah of 'Ātfīh which Egypt's been witnessing lately. The preachers stressed the duty to protect Christians and their worship places as directed by Islamic sharī'ah. In al-Rushdān mosque in Nasr City, Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah...
44. Abu al-Majd: “I support the resistance called terrorism by the West”
Date of source: Monday, February 16, 2009
The Deputy Chairman of the National Council for Human Rights in Egypt, Dr. Ahmad Kamāl Abū al-Majd delivered a lecture in a conference that was held at Cairo University under the title: ’The family, the media and the present challenges.’
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