Date of source: Saturday, April 23, 2011
Minister of Awqaf [Endowments], Dr. 'Abd Allah al-Husaynī, said, that the ministry is planning to launch a satellite channel to fight extreme ideologies and promote moderate Islam ideologies.
Date of source: Saturday, April 23, 2011
Security forces investigated the mysterious disappearance of a Christian young-woman.
The girl, Amal Zakarīyā, was a student in her second year of high school. She did not return home for one week, and no one can find any trace of her.
Date of source: Saturday, April 23, 2011
Military prosecution in Asiut arrested 17 suspects in violent acts that occurred in the Abū Qurqās village of al-Minya governorate. The incident resulted in two deaths and two injuries.
A number of 9 Copts and 8 Muslims have been arrested, furthermore, continuous efforts by human rights...
Date of source: Saturday, April 23, 2011
Worshippers in al-Nūr Mosque clashed and divided into two groups; one group want the officially appointed Imām, by the Ministry of Awqaf, to preach, and the other group wants Shaykh Ahmad Turk, salafī, to preach.
The matter escalated to violence until one of the army officers interfered to calm...
Date of source: Monday, April 25, 2011
Salafists and the Muslim Brotherhood are engaged in a battle in Qena to make our future more difficult. The ongoing demonstrations in Qena are either for the sake of chaos only, or because the new Governor of Qena is corrupt. If the reason behind the demonstrations is because the new Governor is...
Date of source: Friday, April 15, 2011
Fighting poverty, the main reason to blame on Muslims' ignorance and lagging behind to keep up with progress and technology, is an unobserved Islamic farīdah (duty).
The author added that malnutrition and poverty are some of the main problems facing the Islamic nation, and may lead to many crimes...
Date of source: Friday, April 15, 2011
The appearance of Islamist movements in the society spread fears that they might take over power and apply the Islamic sharī'ah.
According to the author of the article, Muslim scholars, inlcuding Shaykh Yūsuf al-Badrī, affirmed that applying the sharī'ah is righteous at all ages and places.
Date of source: Friday, April 15, 2011
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III has canceled his annual visit to the country’s monasteries during Easter due to health problems.
Date of source: Saturday, April 16, 2011
Jamāl al-Bannā, Islamic thinker, said that the Islam spreading now is salafī and rogue, represented in the religious institution, Muslim Brotherhood (MB), and new preachers.
He added, that a religious state is a corrupted power and the constitution needs to be canceled. Al-Bannā believes that the...
Date of source: Sunday, August 22, 2010
The Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) decided to hold the first conference after the withdrawal of Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III on September 23-25.
All have been invited except the Coptic Orthodox Church as a result of the disagreements that erupted between it and the Roman Orthodox...