Date of source: Friday, June 10, 2011
A group of Coptic youth has threatened to resume their sit-in at the state media building if the ruling military council fails to meet their demands by July 8, according to Ahrām Online.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 4, 2011
(AWR) - The caretaker Egyptian government has approved a draft law that would provide unified standards for the construction and repair of both Muslim and non-Muslim places of worship, according to Al-Misrī al-Yawm.
Date of source: Thursday, June 2, 2011
(AWR) - The Muslim Brotherhood's newly founded political party says although sharī‘ah should be the main source of Egyptian legislation in the upcoming constitution, the document should also ensure that the country's Christians are free to worship as they wish.
Date of source: Friday, June 3, 2011
Is Islam responsible for the recent increase in sectarian violence against Coptic Christians? AWR Chief Editor Cornelis Hulsman responds in this week's editorial.
Date of source: Monday, May 16, 2011
The Association of New World for Development and Human Rights and the Media Freedom Observatory, in cooperation with Observers Without Borders and Defenders of Human Rights Network analyzed the media coverage during Imbabāh's incidents and the Coptic protest in front of Maspero from May 8 to May 15...
Date of source: Sunday, May 15, 2011
AWR's Managing Director Hānī Labīb writes an article about his experience in Maspero when he visited the Copts protest, protesting against Imbābah incidents where two churches were burned by salafists.
Date of source: Saturday, May 7, 2011
Thousands of Copts descended on the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in ‘Abbāssīyah, Cairo on Friday, May 6, in response to a Salafi Muslim demonstration at the same location a week earlier
Date of source: Sunday, May 8, 2011
Date of source: Sunday, May 8, 2011
The Salafī demonstration and subsequent attacks on Coptic Orthodox churches in the poor Cairo suburb of Imbābah on Saturday reportedly began after claims that a Christian woman, 'Abīr, had converted to Islam for marital reasons and later ran 'Awwāy. Whatever the truth of these claims, the fact...
Date of source: Sunday, April 24, 2011
Henk-Jan van Maanen, a researcher, came from The Netherlands to research places of Islamism, Liberalism and Christianity in post-Mubarak Egypt. He met with AWR's Managing Director, Mr. Hānī Labīb, who helped him with some contacts from whom he can benefit.