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A person attacked a Jewish synagogue in downtown Cairo. The attack resulted in no damage and the culprit was arrested and proved to be suffering of drug addiction. It was also said that he was formerly a member of an “extremist group” in the 1980s.
Date of source: Friday, February 19, 2010
Pope Shenouda dedicates a poem to the memory of the victims of Naj‘ Hammādī, and hopes for a fair court ruling.
Date of source: Thursday, February 25, 2010
Coptic individuals and organizations demonstrate, calling for the release of 26 Copts arrested after the attacks of Naj‘ Hammādī.
Date of source: Saturday, December 26, 2009 to Tuesday, December 29, 2009
An press review of recent articles about the growing tide of Islamophobia in Europe and the West, noting the example of the Swiss ban on minaret construction and an Italian call for a similar referendum. It also reports on an Egyptian artist’s response to the anti-niqab posters he saw on a recent...
Date of source: Thursday, October 29, 2009
Al-Ahrār resumes its coverage of Mansūr Abū Shāfi‘ī’s research on Sayyid al-Qimnī’s writings on God, Prophet Muhammad and the Qur’ān.
Date of source: Friday, October 30, 2009
The grand imām of the Azhar plays a very vital role in the Arab and the Islamic worlds. He should enjoy total independence in his decisions and his religious fatwás should be made without being influenced by any other authority. Consequently, the shaykh of the Azhar should be elected by the Islamic...
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Dr. Ahmad Kamāl Abū al-Majd, former vice president of the National Council for Human Rights, leaves the National Council for Human Rights. Abū al-Majd described the decision to leave as relieving because he had spent six years in the council, being responsible for human rights issues in Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, February 13, 2010
The article deals with the sectarian situation in Qena.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 16, 2010
The human rights report issued by the government describing the state of human rights in Egypt was highly criticized by 16 human rights organizations. All accused it of portraying a false or fake image about the real state of human rights in the country.
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The Shūrá Council in the Egyptian Parliament has made changes in the membership and leadership of the National Council for Human Rights. Muqbil Shākir has replaced Ahmad Kamāl Abū al-Majd in the position of the Council’s vice president. Eight other new members joined the Council and others left....