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70. A Cairo mosque row rages on
Date of source: Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Al-Nūr Mosque in the al-'Abasīyah district in Cairo has witnessed unrest in recent weeks. The land on which the mosque was built was originally given to al-Hidāyah al-Islāmīyah Society, headed by Shaykh Hāfiz Salāmah. Its followers prevented the mosque preacher, Shaykh Ahmad Turk, from ascending...
6. New Law on Places of Worship Eyed
Date of source: Sunday, January 9, 2011
Egypt's National Democratic Party is considering a unified law for places of worship, according to the Egyptian Gazette. However, the article states that the final draft of the bill has not yet been completed. The article also mentions a surveillance camera program that will soon be implemented in...
4. Clerics Urge Unity against Terror
Date of source: Saturday, January 8, 2011
In mosques across the region on Friday, Muslim clerics preached tolerance and called for Muslim/Christian unity against acts of terrorism. "Such crimes, which do not differentiate between Muslim and Christian or between a man and a woman, were rejected by the Prophet," says Egypt's Grand Muftī ‘Alī...
39. Egyptians Log on to Decry Terror
Date of source: Monday, January 3, 2011
Facebook has quickly become one of the most popular ways to denounce the deadly blast outside the Church of the Two Saints, Saint Mark and Pope Peter in Alexandria. Several new groups have been set up on the social networking site to announce public mourning over the attack. One of these groups...
33. Outraged Officials Urge Unity
Date of source: Sunday, January 2, 2011
The Egyptian government and religious officials continue to express their shock and their outrage over the attack of the Church of the Two Saints, Saint Mark and Pope Peter in Alexandria. Safwat al-Sharīf, the chairman of the Supreme Press Council, stressed the  importance of finding out everything...
63. Nineteen Copts, Held Over Church Rioting, Released
Date of source: Sunday, December 26, 2010
Prosecutor General ‘Abd al-Majīd Mahmūd has released nineteen Copts allegedly involved in the November riot over the stoppage of construction at a church in ‘Umraniyyah, Giza. A statement by Mahmūd says that the detainees were released because of “humanitarian and social circumstances,” stating...
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