Copts and Poliltical Islam
Brotherhood urges reassessment of Camp David, denounces calls for violence
Others | 10 August 2012
Ikhwanonline, the official website of the Muslim Brotherhood, released a press statement Wednesday regarding Sunday's Sinai attack, calling for a reassessment of the Camp David treaty.
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Christian Vulnerability Grows in Egypt
Others | 10 August 2012
As poverty and insecurity escalate, the plight of Christians can only deteriorate...
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Egypt: Government’s Make-Up Shows Balance of Power
Others | 10 August 2012
Egypt’s first freely elected president, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Mursi, has appointed his first cabinet, and guess what? It is crammed with officials from the old regime...
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US - Egypt Relations Beyond Bachmann's Attacks
Others | 10 August 2012
Recently, Minnesota Representative Michele Bachmann accused Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s aid Huma Abedin, as well as fellow Minnesota Representative Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to the US Congress, of having ties with Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and attempting to “infiltrate” the White House to push the Islamic group’s agenda..
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Islamic Extremism Finds a Foothold in Sinai
Others | 10 August 2012
After decades of neglect and with the collapse of government authority in the past 18 months, Egypt's Sinai Peninsula has become fertile ground for Islamic extremists...
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Muslims Petition Egypt not to Include Shariah
Others | 9 August 2012
Muslim and Coptic Christian leaders in the U.S. are calling on the Egyptian government to exclude any mentions of Islamic law or language that discriminates against minorities in its draft constitution...
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Saudis to Muslim Brotherhood: Drop Dead
Others | 9 August 2012
"Down with the rule of the Supreme Guide of the Brotherhood" and "The Brotherhood are agents and betrayers"..
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Egyptian Christians Face Worst Violence Since Revolution
Others | 9 August 2012
Against the backdrop of general political turmoil, what started out as a mundane customer service blunder has escalated into a full-blown conflict between Egypt’s Muslims and its Christian minority. ..
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Evicted Coptic Christians Return to Dahshur
Others | 9 August 2012
Security forces, together with the family elders of the village of Dahshur, helped the 16 Coptic families who were forced to leave the village return to their homes...
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Update: Activists call to Protect Morsy Following Security Reshuffle
Others | 9 August 2012
Political activists and Muslim Brotherhood youth called for protesters to protect the presidential palace..
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Sectarian clashes in Dahshur add a new chapter to an ongoing crisis
Others | 8 August 2012
After five days of sectarian violence, 12 armored vehicles besiege a street no wider than 300 meters and no longer than 600 meters. Mar Girgis Church — the only church in the village of Dahshur, Giza — stands on that street.
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Heightened security at Brotherhood headquarters after shooting
Others | 8 August 2012
Security has been tightened around the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Cairo after a shooting that took place there on Sunday evening, said Interior Minister Ahmed Gamal Eddin.
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Egypt Must Tackle its Sectarian Problems Head On
Others | 8 August 2012
Egypt has a chronic sectarian problem, and the main obstacle to addressing it is official and popular denial that it has one...
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Clashes leave Dahshur with no Christians, angry Muslims, and an impotent police
Others | 7 August 2012
Dahshour, a once quiet village in Giza, is now a busy, tense and angry place bustling with police and security personnel. Central Security and National Security forces are deployed at the entrances to the village and in front of the church there, while also guarding the already trashed and looted houses of Copts who fled their homes Wednesday when a fight that erupted between a Christian and a Muslim led to wider clashes and the death of one Muslim and the injury of a dozen people.
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Dozens of Copts protest Dahshour evictions
Others | 7 August 2012
On Sunday evening, dozens of Copts protested in front of the Presidential Palace in Heliopolis, Cairo, against the forced migration of Christians in Dahshur, Giza.
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Nine arrested for involvement in Dahshur incidents
Others | 7 August 2012
Security services in Giza arrested nine persons accused of burning and stealing from Coptic residents’ homes in Dahshur, in the aftermath of a fight between a Muslim man and Coptic man which led to killing of one person, the burning of houses and the displacement of some Coptic families.
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Muslim Brotherhood recognizes Libyan counterpart
Others | 7 August 2012
Leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt said that recognizing the Libyan Brotherhood has been an occasion long awaited by the group, especially since they were separated by former Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi.
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Egypt accepts World Bank loan criticized by Salafis
Others | 7 August 2012
The World Bank has agreed to give Egypt a loan of US$200 million to fund the upgrade of sanitation and sewage infrastructure in four governorates in the Nile Delta and Upper Egypt, an official said on Wednesday.
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Nour Party to form national alliance to monitor Cabinet’s performance
Others | 6 August 2012
The Nour Party is forming a political alliance to monitor the performance of Prime Minister Hesham Qandil’s new Cabinet, according to party members.
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Abu Ismail to announce new political party by the end of Ramadan
Others | 6 August 2012
A spokesperson for the disqualified presidential hopeful Hazem Salah Abu Ismail said Saturday that the conservative preacher plans to launch a political party in the coming weeks.
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Rights groups seek peace after sectarian clashes in Egyptian village
Others | 6 August 2012
A delegation of a number of activists and Coptic Christian representatives are set to visit the town of Dahshur, Egypt on Sunday following sectarian clashes that took place last week...
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