Date of source: Friday, May 20, 2011
Testimonies of 'Abīr Sālim 'Abd al-Fatāh, living in Imbābah, were contradicting. She claimed to be kidnapped from Maspero in the midst of March, 2011 by unknown individuals, allegedly Christians.
[Reviewer's Note: Newspaper confused the incidents of both stories of 'Abīr Tal'at Fakhrī and Raghdah...
Date of source: Monday, May 23, 2011
Dr. Muhammad 'Abd al-Jawād, Diplomatic advisor of the Azhar Grand Shaykh, said that the Azhar is still refusing to engage in dialogue with the Vatican, without an official apology from the Vatican Pope, who defamed Islam describing it as a bloody religion.
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Date of source: Monday, May 23, 2011
The Adminstrative Judiciary Court of the Council of State issued a verdict on May 22, 2011, stripping the Egyptian citizenship from Maurice Sādiq as well as crossing off his name from the membership list for the Lawyer's Syndicate.
Sādiq is a Coptic lawyer residing in the United States of America...
Date of source: Sunday, May 22, 2011
Bishop Armiyā, Assistant Bishop and secretary of Pope Shenouda III, described the decision of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to release 81 detainees in Maspero incidents as a legitimate response that maintains the peace.
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Date of source: Sunday, May 22, 2011
Following a six hour closed-meeting on May 22, 2011, Christians and Muslim clerics participated in the conciliatory meeting in Ayn Shams. The results of the meeting including things such as maintaining the present situation as is with the church, unless the church can present proof that the factory...
Date of source: Thursday, May 19, 2011
Muhammad Ibrāhīm Mikāwī, 50 years-old, called Sayf al-'Adl, is an Egyptian doctor, who served in the Egyptian special forces. After that he became an activist in Islamic Jihād group, before joining Afghani fighters in their war against the Soviet invasion.
He is believed to be the third man after...
Date of source: Thursday, May 19, 2011
Protesters in Minya decided to end their seven day long protest after Minya governorate's Major General Samīr Salām met with prominent Coptic figures.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Major General Mansūr al-'Isawī, the minster of interior, agreed with Archpriest Philopater Jamīl, priest of al-Tawābik Church, on ending the Copts protest in front of Maspero at 12 p.m. on May 19, 2011, Mr. Hānī 'Azīz, secretary general of Peace Lovers Organization, reported.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Field Marshal Husayn al-Tantāwī, Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces of Egypt, warned of foreign satellite channel's attempts to involve the armed forces to spark fitnah and show that it is allying with one element rather than the other.
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Date of source: Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Coptic protesters in Maspero refused to end their protest, in defiance of the call issued by Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III.
They refused the interference of the Egyptian church so as to maintain the principles of the Civil State.
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