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Meunir claims that he speaks on behalf of 700,000 Copts in the United States although recent official statistics assert that there are less than 150,000 Americans of Egyptian origin. Supported by Senator Brownback, he urged the Egyptian government to make the Coptic language, along with Arabic, an...
Date of source: Sunday, November 13, 2005
‘Alā’ al-Aswānī presents four reasons for what he describes as the discrimination against Copts in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, October 30, 2005
A press release from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Cairo concerning rumors around the demonstrations in central Cairo.
Date of source: Monday, November 7, 2005
The Ministry of Awqāf [Religious endowments] has decided to standardize the times of Ādhān in all the mosques in Cairo.
Date of source: Sunday, October 30, 2005
A discussion about Tariq Ramadān, his roots and ideology.
Date of source: Monday, October 17, 2005
The exclusion of the Coptic political figures from the NDP’s slate for the parliamentary elections has created turmoil amongst the Copts.
Date of source: Saturday, October 15, 2005
Celebrating the anniversary of the July 23 Revolution, Egyptian Ambassador to Switzerland, Ms. Nihād Zekrā, sent a formal invitation to the Egyptian Coptic multi-millionaire ‘Adlī Abādīr to participate in the embassy’s celebration.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Prominent outlawed Muslim Brotherhood activist ‘Isām al-‘Iryān has denied reports that he was released from detention after a deal with the Egyptian government, stating "we would never back down on demands for freedoms, respect for the constitution and an end to despotism”.
Date of source: Sunday, October 9, 2005
Three years ago it was a like a dream to meet ‘Abboud al-Zumur, the imprisoned leader of the Jihād organization and one of the engineers of the 1981 assassination of President Anwar al-Sadāt, at Tura Prison.
Date of source: Sunday, October 9, 2005
‘Ādil Jindī states that Ramadān is a proponent of a theory that says Islam in the future will represent a bastion of resistance against Western hegemony, adding that the growing licentiousness in the West will eventually lead to the triumph of Islam.