Date of source:
Interviewer: Eline Kasanwidjojo
Interpreter: Aḥmad Ibrāhīm
Language: Arabic (original interview), English (presented transcript)
Transcript: Eline Kasanwidjojo
Approval: Requested and no objection
Muḥammad ʿAbd Allah (32) is one of the founders of the FJP Ḥizb al-Ḥurriya w-al-ʿAdāla [Freedom and...
Date of source:
Interviewers: Quinta Smit, Eline Kasanwidjojo
Language of interview: Arabic not mentioned (original interview), English (presented transcript)
Interpreter: ʿAmr Sharīf
Transcript: not mentioned
Approval: Approved by interviewee
Interview with ʿAlī Khafāgī, Secretary General of the...
Date of source: Saturday, December 24, 2011
Muslim Brotherhood Murshid (Guide) Dr. Muhammad Badī’ said any political power has the right to peaceful demonstration without the need to pelt others with stones, adding the group does not have to participate in million-man protests on Fridays unless they deemed it necessary to do that.
“We don’t...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 4, 2012
The Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), political wing to the Muslim Brotherhood Group (MB), withdraw from their claim to imprison Islām 'Afīfī, journalist and Editor-in-Chief of al-Dustūr newspaper, and will settle for a compensation.
In the Duqqī Misdemeanor Court case 10703 for year 2012, 'Afīfī is...
Date of source: Monday, June 18, 2012
Al-Jamā’ah al-Islāmīyah (Islamic Group) in the Upper Egyptian governorate of al-Minya denied that its members threatened Copts they would assault them and burn their houses if they voted for presidential candidate Ahmad Shafīq. [Mīnā Sāmī, al-Akhbār, June 18, p. 16] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Thursday, March 22, 2012
The U.S. State Department’s International Religious Freedoms report grilled the ruling authorities in Egypt, which, it said, caused religious freedom violations, adding Egypt, the heart of the Arab Spring, has seen hope turning into panic after human rights deteriorations under the Supreme Council...
Date of source: Monday, March 12, 2012
A state of disgruntlement was sparked among a number of Coptic Orthodox bishops who were absent from last week’s meeting at the Saint Mark Cathedral to discuss names of possible presidential hopefuls and others to represent the church in the constitutional assembly, according to a source inside the...
Date of source: Monday, February 13, 2012
Bishop Bīshūy, Secretary of the Coptic Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod, called for establishing a council for Egyptian churches to be tasked with negotiating with the new regime to achieve Copts’ demands, stressing unity of Christian denominations to seek solutions for Coptic problems, including the...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 22, 2011
A meeting planned between Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III and Muslim Brotherhood Murshid (Guide) Muhammad Badī', which was scheduled to take place on Tuesday (June 21, 2011), was postponed over previously-set appointments for the pope prior to his recent therapeutic trip in the United States, a...
Date of source: Friday, June 17, 2011
Achurch source reported that the Muslim Brotherhood's (MB) Guidance Office asked for a meeting between MB's Murshid, Dr. Muhammad Badī' and Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III. This meeting will be the first of its kind in the history of Copts and MB.