Date of source: Friday, June 3, 2011
Is Islam responsible for the recent increase in sectarian violence against Coptic Christians? AWR Chief Editor Cornelis Hulsman responds in this week's editorial.
Date of source: Friday, May 20, 2011
In al-Jumhūrīyah, page 1, May 20, 2011, reports noted that the Coptic Maspero protests may be solved after a decision to reopen four churches and the release of Coptic detainees in Maspero incidents, proven to be not involved in the incident.
Date of source: Saturday, May 21, 2011
For years I have been extremely cautious with reports published by Jihād Watch and AINA (a source often quoted by Jihād Watch). Their language tends to be inflammatory and stories that I was able to check in the past – see the many reports about this subject in AWR – proved to be exaggerated....
Date of source: Thursday, May 19, 2011
Is the church in Egypt persecuted? Many Coptic Christians would answer in the affirmative. I definitely agree that the situation for Christians in Egypt has worsened but I do not agree using the word persecution before we have first agreed on a definition and compare facts on the ground with this...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 17, 2011
General Tantāwī of the Supreme Council for the Armed Forces stated the most urgent needs of Egypt rest in its economic and security stabilization. He promised he would not allow any forces to divide the national unity of Egyptians along religious lines, mentioning specifically that sit-ins...
Date of source: Thursday, May 12, 2011
On Thursday, May 12, Pope Shenouda’s secretary Bishop Armia announced that claims against Kāmīliyā Shihātah are unfounded.
Head of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights Najīb Gibrael proclaimed that Shihātah will be summoned by prosecutors about her disappearance and alleged detention by the church....
Date of source: Thursday, May 12, 2011
In the absence of firm political and social action, the events in Imbābah may not be the last episode of sectarian strife.
An activist says Muslims and Christians are living in a state of acute polarization, in which you can easily find Christians who think that all Muslims are violent and Muslims...
Date of source: Sunday, May 1, 2011
No matter what the outcome of the Qena governor predicament until these lines go into print, the core of this article remains true and pressing. The appointment earlier this month of a Coptic governor to the southern province of Qena provoked widespread demonstrations by hardline Islamist Qinawis....
Date of source: Saturday, April 23, 2011
The outrage that protestors in Qena have expressed regarding 'Imād Mikhael, the appointed governor of Qena, is not because he is Christian [Sectarian], but because the previous governor was a Christian who had negative religious reflections on their spiritual lives [tribal].
For example, the...
Date of source: Monday, April 25, 2011
A public committee from Muslim youth in Abū Qurqās village of Minya governorate, took the responsibility of protecting the church during the resurrection mass held last Sunday.
Muslim youths had confronted the anger of some protestors.