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Date of source: Sunday, October 2, 2011
Approximately 300 Coptic youth, representing different Coptic movements, cut access to Ramsīs Street objecting threats by a number of Muslims to demolish Idfū church in Aswan governorate.
Coptic movements demanded forming a fact-finding commission to investigate the attack on the church, arresting...
Date of source: Sunday, October 2, 2011
Hundreds of Copts marched from Shubrá area passing from Ramsīs street to 26 July Axis [Giza governorate] [Reviewer's Note: Al-Akhbār mentioned it as 62 July Axis] condemning the incidents of Saint George's Church [Al-Akhbār mentioned it as Saint Marina Church] in the village of Marīnāb close to...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb is holding a meeting at the Azhar headquarters on Thursday with leading members of the Salafist Call Group, Islamists and preachers.
The meeting will address issues of Muslim unity, da'wah (call) and unified religious discourse in this critical stage of...
Date of source: Thursday, September 22, 2011
The author, a professor of political science at Cairo University, tackles the issue of Christian concerns in Lebanon in light of the current unrest in neighboring Syria.
She says that disappearance of Christians as a political power from the current scene is a very negative thing to the course of...
Date of source: Sunday, September 25, 2011
A rapporteur of the International Sufi Conference called for the formation of a world union encompassing all Sufi associations around the globe in order to strengthen cooperation and unify their objectives.
Date of source: Saturday, September 24, 2011
Police forces arrested a dangerous offender in Minūf city of Monufia governorate who attempted to burn Saint George's Church after his brother was arrested for possession of unlicensed weapons.
[Reviewer's Note: The article has no link online.]
Date of source: Saturday, September 24, 2011
Muslims-Christian fitnah that was about to be sparked was pacified in Marīnāb village of Idfū (Aswan governorate).
Read background information about the incident on AWR.
Muslims residents of the village received an official decision to return the church [built by the village's Christians] to its...
Date of source: Friday, September 23, 2011
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III said that the church is following the State laws in the issue of inheritance.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 20, 2011
During a rally for the presidential candidate 'Amr Mūsá, he stated that Egypt is an Islamic state and should be thus ruled by sharī'ah, under Article 2 of the Constitution, which he would follow if he came to power.
He stressed the importance of maintaining equality between citizens and denounced...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 21, 2011
The town of al-Najājrah, in the governorate of Aswan, experienced a sectarian crisis following a brawl between a number of Copts and Muslims because of neighborhood disputes.
They threw stones at each other which resulted in two people being injured.
Prosecutors are still looking into the case.
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