Date of source: Sunday, June 19, 2011
The Center for Arab-West Understanding hosted a workshop featuring Imām Muhammad Ashafa and Pastor James Wuye in Alexandria, June 13-14, 2011, and in Cairo June 15-16, 2011.
The workshop was about peace-building and preventing future sectarian troubles between Muslims and Christians in Egypt.
The...
Date of source: Sunday, June 5, 2011
Some Egyptian Christian emigrants have always been parroting during the former regime's time that they could not come to Egypt to convene meetings and forums for dialogue over the Christian citizens' cares and problems as well as discrimination and challenges facing equality in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 18, 2011
During the last few days, occupied with recent news of attacks and demolishing of two churches in Imbābah, as well as attacks on Egyptian Christian youths protesters, no one paid attention to the news about expanding the emergency law to the end of parliament and presidential elections.
Date of source: Saturday, April 30, 2011
A number of 100 niqāb-clad women protested in front of Dār al-Iftā' (Iftā' House) on April 29, 2011, for banning women wearing the niqāb from entering the exam rooms.
Muftī of the Republic Shaykh 'Alī Jum'ah had issued a fatwá banning niqāb in exam halls, then the Supreme Administrative Court...
Date of source: Friday, April 8, 2011
Dr. Maḥmūd Ḥusayn, Secretary General of the Muslim Brotherhood group, says that Copts and women will be among the founders of the Freedom and Justice Party.
Meanwhile, Dr. 'Isām al-'Iryān, the spokesperson of the MB, says that there are several meetings held between Copts and the MB but there is...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Salafīs demonstrated in front of the State Council on March 29, while a lawsuit, accusing the Church of kidnapping Kāmīliyā Shihātah after she converted to Islam, was reviewed by the Administrative Court.
The Coptic Church denies that Kāmīliyā Shihātah has ever converted to Islam or has been...
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: Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Many more Egyptians are reading opposition newspapers these days. Al-Ahrām is alleged to have lost senventy percent of its' readers since the revolution. Al-Wafd, Al-Shurūq and Al-Misrī Al-Yawm have proven to be very popular these days.
Furthermore, newspapers have also realized the importance of...
Date of source: Thursday, February 17, 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood has announced in a statement that it plans to form a political party after the amendment of the constitution and the unrestricted formation of political parties is permitted.
It has also asked the armed forces to set a timetable for the constitutional amendments and for...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 16, 2011
The Egyptian religious establishment adhered to its position of favoring stability and opposing the spread of chaos and sabotage. It has also supported the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces and the five communiqués it has issued since it took over following the stepping down of President Ḥusnī...