Coalition for Egyptian Copts and Free Maspero Copts movements staged a demonstration on the 2nd of April off the Egyptian High Court of Justice protesting the imprisonment of eight Muslims.

The imprisoned Muslims had joined protests in Shubrā on January 2011 after the blaze targeted the Two Saints Church in Alexandria.

Fādī Yūsuf, head of the coalition for Egyptian Copts, said that this demonstration is a “thank you” for those Muslims and their courageous position.

Moreover, Shaykh Abū Bakr al-Sidīq, member of the coalition, said, "I am a bearded Salafist and I am one of the founders of that coalition. I tell anyone who wants to break up the unity of Egypt that this is impossible. You can refer to religion where there is 28 hadīths that order good treatment of Egyptian Copts”. [Shādiah Yūsuf, al-Ahrām, April 3, p. 3] Read original text in Arabic