Date of source: Monday, April 25, 2011
The Military Council of the Armed Forces ratified death sentences against three leaders of al-Jamā‘ah al-Islāmiyyah group, and nine others with similar sentences.
Date of source: Sunday, April 24, 2011
Salafists in Kafr el-Sheikh distributed thousands of flyers demanding that people not celebrate Shām al Nīsim, saying that it is considered polytheism.
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.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 20, 2011
During a forum held in Cairo on Tuesday April 19, 2011, Deputy Prime Minister Yaḥyā al-Jamāl announced that he does not fear the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), adding the group would abandon a religious state model, like in Iran, and favor the Turkish model instead.
He nevertheless emphasized that the MB...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 20, 2011
A few thousands salafists gathered in front of al-Nūr mosque in 'Abāsīyah on April 19, 2011, demanding the returning of Kāmīliyā Shihātah.
After the protest, salafists rallied from the mosque to the headquarter of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, chanting slogans against Coptic Pope...
Date of source: Saturday, April 16, 2011
Khayrat al-Shātir, Deputy of the Muslim Brotherhood's (MB) Murshid, said in his first announced conferencem, that developing the MB consists of several steps that will take some time to achieve.
He added that the MB's Murshid assigned him the mission of developing the group and the MB's work.
Date of source: Monday, April 18, 2011
Recent claims of Muslim Brotherhood (MB) leaders Maḥmūd ‘Izat and Sa’d al-Husīnī, to turn Egypt into a purely Islamic state, frightened liberals and Copts alike. The article at hand discusses to which extent such fears are legitimized. After all, MB senior officials like Mohamed al-Biltāgī...
Date of source: Saturday, March 12, 2011
The International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) issued a declaration, signed by Shaykh Yūsuf al-Qaradāwī, Chairman of the Union, to Egyptians.
The declaration condemned fitnah tā'ifīyah between Muslims and Christians, and asserted that Islam protect churches and respects them, as well as fights...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 12, 2011
The Military Court handed down on April 11 a three-year term in jail against Michael Nabīl, a Coptic blogger, for spreading false news and information about the army and its institutions.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Islamists could play a key role in Egypt's near future. They are well organized and popular.
But the Islamists don't belong to a single, homogeneous group. They constitute of different groups, which are in the process of change, in order to cope with the new reality.
What is totally new is their...