Date of source: Monday, January 29, 2007
Journalist Muḥammad ‘Abd al-Qudūs, chairman of the Committee for the Defence of Prisoners of Opinion and Freedom at the Journalists Syndicate, has launched a website entitled, ’Hurriyatunā’ [Our freedom] which contains an Islamic and Christian religious page for the first time in Arab history.
Date of source: Monday, January 22, 2007
Sectarian clashes erupted in the Delta town of al-Zaqāzīq, following the alleged killing of a 53- year-old Copt, Sāmī ‘Aṭīyah ‘Awaḍ, by Tāmir Sāmī, a 24-year-old Muslim. The family of ‘Awaḍ accused the police of turning a blind eye to all acts of violence committed against Copts.