Date of source: Saturday, April 16, 2011
Hundreds of Copts protested, beginning in Shubrā and ending in Tahrir Square, on April 15, 2011 demanding the armed forces rapidly account for those involved in bombing churches.
Date of source: Saturday, April 16, 2011
Khayrat al-Shātir, Deputy of the Muslim Brotherhood's (MB) Murshid, said in his first announced conferencem, that developing the MB consists of several steps that will take some time to achieve.
He added that the MB's Murshid assigned him the mission of developing the group and the MB's work.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Ahmad Lutfī, a 27-year-old man who had been accused of bombing the Church of the Two Saints, Saint Mark and Pope Peter in Alexandria, [Read background information,] was released from al-'Aqrab prison after being acquitted.
Lutfī’s sister relates that he was subjected to torture by the State...
Date of source: Saturday, March 12, 2011
The International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) issued a declaration, signed by Shaykh Yūsuf al-Qaradāwī, Chairman of the Union, to Egyptians.
The declaration condemned fitnah tā'ifīyah between Muslims and Christians, and asserted that Islam protect churches and respects them, as well as fights...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 13, 2011
On Wednesday April 13, the Muslim Brotherhood Murshid (Guide) Muhammad Badī’ announced that the MB would be capable of winning 75 percent of seats in Egypt’s upcoming parliamentary elections.
He stressed that the MB would nevertheless contain itself, competing for no more than a third of...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 13, 2011
No Copts attended a meeting that was held by the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group at the Arab Medical Union (AMU) on April 11 dedicated to discuss their demands.
Hishām al-Hamāmī, the head of the AMU Cultural Center, said that failure to invite Copts for the meeting does not mean that they were...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 12, 2011
The Military Court handed down on April 11 a three-year term in jail against Michael Nabīl, a Coptic blogger, for spreading false news and information about the army and its institutions.
Date of source: Monday, April 11, 2011
The Students Union (SU) elections in Beni Suef University witnessed a poor turnout by students despite hectic attempts by the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group to garner as many votes as they can.
The MB had included Copts and female students on their lists for the first time.
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Date of source: Tuesday, August 24, 2010
In a press conference after the national unity meeting in al-Minya, Governor Ahmad Diyā’ al-Dīn stated that his meeting with Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III was personal and that they did not discuss Maghāghah Bishopric crisis.
He said that the meeting has foiled plans by Metropolitan Aghathon of...
Date of source: Sunday, August 22, 2010
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III has received a report he requested upon his return from the United States on the crisis of Kāmīliyā Shihātah and how Bishop Aghabius managed it.
A source from the Holy Synod stressed that Pope Shenouda has ordered that Kāmīliyā would not appear on the media while a...