Date of source: Saturday, March 12, 2011
The violent clashes between Muslims and Christians in Egypt are tragic. We received an email from Rebecca Atallah, the wife of Rames Atallah, head of the Egyptian Bible Society. She asks for prayer for Egypt following the violence in the Muqattam garbage collectors area. I fully support this call!...
Date of source: Friday, March 11, 2011
Investigations continued into the events that occurred in al-Muqattam area, which resulted in the killing of thirteen civilians and wounding one hundred and forty others. Many Christians' homes were burned in the area as well as a number of storages which residents use to store garbage materials.
Date of source: Friday, March 11, 2011
In an attempt to calm the escalating events of 'Ātfīh, the Ministry of Awqaf (endowments) decided to unify Friday sermons around the subject of national unity.
Pope Shenouda returned to Egypt after a health treatment visit to the United States. He asked both [Christians and Muslims] religions...
Date of source: Saturday, March 12, 2011
Leaders of al-Jamā‘ah al-Islāmiyyah, Muslim Brotherhood, and Sūfīs prayed 'ishāh (nightfall) prayer inside an Evangelical Church in Asyut for the first time.
Further than that, Third Field Army Commander and Director of Security of the Suez governorate visited St. Mary's Church in the...
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...
Date of source: Sunday, March 13, 2011
Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah, the grand muftī, stressed that any attack on churches is forbidden under Islamic Sharī'ah. He added that attacking Christian Egyptians is a step away from citizenship pointing to the fact that Christians have a right to live in Egypt peacefully with Muslims.
When asked about...
Date of source: Friday, March 11, 2011
AWR's managing director Hānī Labīb visited Tahrīr square and closeby Maspero (Egyptian Television building) on March 11, 2011 where a large (uncounted) number of protestors and demonstrators from many governorates were: Muslims and Christians, young and old, and men and women came to unify their...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 9, 2011
In reaction to the torching of a Coptic church in Helwan governorate, Coptic protesters blocked the road leading up to al-Muqattam neighborhood.
The article at hand argues that at night thugs appeared, shooting and throwing rocks at protesters from behind the soldiers, whereupon protesters...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 8, 2011
AP reported today that “thousands of Egyptian Christians demonstrated in two Cairo locations Tuesday against perceived persecution by the country's Muslim majority. About 2,000 of them cut off a main road running on the eastern side of the city and pelted motorists with rocks.” This must have been...
Date of source: Thursday, March 10, 2011
AWR's managing director Hānī Labīb analyzes a paper that was distributed by salafīs downtown Cairo, protesting the alleged imprisonment of Kāmīliyā Shihātah, the wife of a priest who alegedly wanted to convert to Islam for divorce reasons.