Date of source: Tuesday, March 15, 2011
[Editor AWR: Both Cardinal Patriarch Antonius Naguib (Cardinal of Coptic Catholic Church in Egypt) and AWR editor-in-chief Cornelis Hulsman were asked to give presentations about the place of Christians in Egypt today on occasion of "The Parlamentarischer Abend" (informal evening meeting of...
Date of source: Thursday, March 17, 2011
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has decided that ID cards will suffice for referendum and elections, instead of the pink voting card.
A document belonging to the ousted regime, saved from the State Security headquarters, states the ousted regime's reasons for not using the ID card. One of...
Date of source: Monday, March 14, 2011
Egypt's army said it started yesterday (March 13, 2011) rebuilding a church that was set ablaze last week in the village of Sūl.
The rebuilding began as thousands of Coptic protesters continued their sit-in outside the Egyptian Radio and Television Union for the ninth day in a row. The Supreme...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Last night, a number of disappointing events took place when Copts demonstrators stood in front of the Egyptian television building [Maspero], intercepted October 6 bridge and prevented cars from crossing which created a traffic crisis.
Hundreds of the demonstrators joined in to destroy cars...
Date of source: Sunday, March 13, 2011
Israel has been following up developments in Egypt with great concern. Even though the Egyptian Army affirmed that Egypt will respect the 1979 Peace Treaty with Israel, the future relationship remains unclear.
The steps taken by the previous regime towards normalization of their relationship was...
Date of source: Sunday, March 13, 2011
Political parties and figures are still divided on the Army's proposed constitutional amendments, on which the Egyptians are to vote next week.
The Muslim Brotherhood announced it backed the constitutional changes, urging the people to vote for them as a “first positive step, but not enough”.
The...
Date of source: Sunday, March 13, 2011
Copts are seen protesting yesterday outside the Egyptian Radio and Television Union on the Nile Corniche for the seventh day in a row, after angry Muslims demolished a church in a village in Helwan Governorate when a romance between a Coptic man and a Muslim woman came to light.
A source close to...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 9, 2011
More than one thousand protesters, Muslims and Christians, gathered in-front of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Tuesday evening for a second day to condemn the attacks against the church of Two Martyrs in 'Ātfīh.
Date of source: Thursday, March 10, 2011
According to an official statement of the Health Ministry thirteen people (seven Christians and six Muslims) died during sectarian clashes that emerged after the burning of a church in Helwan.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 8, 2011
On Tuesday, March 8th, Egyptian Christians refused to end their protests over a burned down church in Helwan, even after the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces promised to rebuild the church and bring the perpetrators to justice.
Many Muslims joined Coptic demonstrators and a meeting was held...