Copts and Poliltical Islam
Following sectarian clashes in Giza, demonstrators protest 'forced migration of Copts'
Others | 3 August 2012
Hundreds of demonstrators on Wednesday evening converged on Egypt's PresidentialPalacein Cairo's Heliopolis district to protest sectarian clashes that took placein the town of Dahshur, Giza, south of the capital, earlier the same day.
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Copts protest Dahshur clashes in front of presidential palace
Others | 3 August 2012
Dozens of Coptic activists and Coptic residents of Dahshur village demonstrated in front of the presidential palace in Cairo Wednesday, calling on the government to halt sectarian strife.
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Nour Party boycotts new government
Others | 3 August 2012
The Salafi-oriented Nour Party said it had rejected an appointment in President Mohamed Morsy's new government.
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Egyptian Activists to Protest Killing of Myanmar Muslims
Others | 3 August 2012
Jama’a al-Islamiya’s Construction and Development Party is issuing a call to protest outside the Myanmar Embassy in Zamalek Friday to highlight the plight of minority Muslims in that country...
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Court Orders Detention of Coptic Man Accused of Defaming Islam
Others | 3 August 2012
A court in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Sohag on Wednesday has renewed for 15 days the detention of a Coptic man accused of defaming Islam and insulting the Prophet Mohamed...
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The Virgin, the Copts and Us: Film shatters stereotypes with ingenuity
Others | 2 August 2012
Following its award-winning spree at the Third Doha Tribeca Film Festival, the 2012 Berlinale and the 15th Ismailia International Film Festival, Namir Abdel Messeeh took his debut feature documentary “The Virgin, the Copts and Me” on a round of public screenings in Egypt in July...
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Egypt’s charity banquets reshaped by Islamists’ rise
Others | 2 August 2012
Leaving his family behind in the southern Egyptian city of Minya, Khalifa Ahmad used to have his iftar in the month of Ramadan ..
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16 wounded in sectarian clashes outside Cairo
Others | 2 August 2012
Angry Muslims attacked a church and Christian homes outside Cairo on Wednesday, sparking clashes that wounded 16 people..
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Clinton: Since Mubarak “sectarian violence has increased”
Others | 2 August 2012
Arrests in Cairo of several people identified as being from religious minorities and the attempted passage of a blasphemy law in the constitution have prompted a rise in concern from the United States ..
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Copts Ask for Own Article in New Egyptian Constitution
Others | 2 August 2012
As the constituent assembly writes Egypt's new constitution, a leader from the Salafi (ultraconservative) Nour Party insists that there is no need to include an article to grant non-Muslims the right to resort to their own religious rituals in their personal affairs...
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Sawiris: Dealings with Palestinian officials ended years ago
Others | 1 August 2012
Egyptian business tycoon Naguib Sawiris has denied any financial dealings with Mohamed Rashid, adviser to the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat.
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Young man burnt in Muslim-Christian clashes dies
Others | 1 August 2012
Moaz Mohamed, who suffered serious burns from a Molotov cocktail thrown during clashes between Muslims and Copts in Dahshur, Giza, passed away on Tuesday at the Helmia military hospital in Cairo.
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The Virgin, the Copts and Us: Film shatters stereotypes with ingenuity
Others | 1 August 2012
Following its award-winning spree at the Third Doha Tribeca Film Festival, the 2012 Berlinale and the 15th Ismailia International Film Festival, Namir Abdel Messeeh took his debut feature documentary “The Virgin, the Copts and Me” on a round of public screenings in Egypt in July.
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Brotherhood's El-Beltagy to discuss draft constitution with political forces
Others | 31 July 2012
Mohamed El-Beltagi, a leading Muslim Brotherhood figure and member of the Constituent Assembly tasked with drafting a new constitution, stated on Sunday that assembly members would discuss proposed constitutional articles with different political forces on Friday, following a nationwide tour aimed at hearing proposals for constitutional amendments.
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President pardons Islamist prisoners
Others | 31 July 2012
President Mohamed Morsy has pardoned several Islamists who had been serving life sentences that were issued by military or Supreme State Security courts during the Mubarak regime, said Islamist and security sources on Monday.
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Brotherhood Lawyers attempt to salvage Constituent Assembly in courts Monday
Others | 31 July 2012
Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) is expected to rule on Monday on the petition made by the Muslim Brotherhood lawyers to recuse the judges that will rule on the constitutionality of the country's second Constituent Assembly, which is tasked with drafting Egypt's new constitution.
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Brotherhood denounces 'smear campaigns'
Others | 31 July 2012
Some people are trying to tarnish the Muslim Brotherhood’s image spreading lies and launching smear campaigns, said Tareq Shalaby, spokesperson for the group’s supreme guide.
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Hamas says Egypt to extend hours for crossing border
Others | 30 July 2012
Egypt has agreed to keep the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip open for a full 12 hours every day, a Hamas leader said on Saturday, signalling a further shift in Cairo's stance since the election of a Muslim Brotherhood head of state in Egypt...
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Choice of Salafist as Egypt's religious endowments minister provokes criticism
Others | 30 July 2012
A number of religious and political figures expressed their discontent with the appointment of Mohamed Yosri Ibrahim, a member of the conservative Salafist Call organisation, as minister of religious endowments – Awqaf – in the new cabinet..
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Locals in Cairo neighborhood accuse four people of proselytizing Shia
Others | 30 July 2012
Bulaq al-Dakrour prosecution has started investigating about 40 claims filed against four people for proselytizing the Shia faith in Nahya, Giza.
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Copts demonstrate against Constituent Assembly
Others | 30 July 2012
Abasseya’s St. Mark’s Cathedral was the site of a demonstration on Friday against what the protesters see as the Islamisation of Egypt’s new constitution.
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