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Political powers agreed on the need to accept the results of the recent referendum over constitutional amendments, which resulted in 77.2% in favor of these changes, and called for preparing for the parliament elections.
Coptic protesters in Maspero denied that one of their demands was to have Article 2 of the  constitution that states the Islamic sharī'ah is the principal source of legislation canceled.
Muftī of the Republic Dr. 'Alī Jum'ah asserted that demolishing or bombing churches, killing whoever in it, or intimidating them are matters that run counter to the Islamic sharī'ah.
Hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood and salāfīyah's groups allied in front of polling stations of the constitutional amendments, in an attempt to convince citizens to vote for 'yes'.  
The "General Sheikhdom of Sūfī Methods" held a closed meeting at the Police Club on March 19, 2011, which included forty-five shaykhs from different methods representing more than ten million followers.  
A number of civil society organizations concerned with monitoring the day of the yes-or-no referendum over constitutional amendments agreed that the Muslim Brotherhood, salafists and mainstream religious movements were the key factor in disturbing the day of the referendum.
In al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, page 1, March 21, 2011, Pope Shenouda welcomed 'Isām Sharaf, Prime Minister, in Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in al-‘Abbāsiyyah. This was the first visit of a head of the Egyptian government to this cathedral in thirty years.
Salafist preacher Muhammad Husayn Ya'qūb said religion has triumphed in the "Boxes Invasion" in reference to the recent yes-or-no referendum over the constitutional amendments.
Since 1928, in one-of-its-kind initiative, Muslim Brotherhood murshid (guide) Muhammad Badī' made several meetings with Coptic youth in Egypt to clear any doubts toward the MB. He had launched a national initiative to have dialogue with young Copts and talk about the position of the MB  
Al-Jamā'ah al-Islāmīyah's Shūrá council revoked its decision to expel Safwat 'Abd al-Ghanī and the suspension of 'Isām Dirbālah until an investigation is being made in that matter. Furthermore, they hold to the peace initiative they did, and the stop of the violence acts. Read the decision   

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