MANSOURA — The violence in Mansoura had ebbed significantly Monday after the driver of the Central Security Forces truck that ran over and killed a resident there was imprisoned.

Mohammed Amer, 35, has tried to spread a rumor that says the Evangelical Community is going to build a church on a small piece of land in Masara, Mallawy.

Alaa Hakim, human rights activist, told Copts United that members of the Islamic group have burnt the house and the restaurant of a Christian man called Karam Antar, 35, after he was accused of raping a Muslim child

Hassan Ibrahim, a Muslim worker, has led a group to seize and demolish a building that belongs to St. George Church in Minya.

Salafist Call in Sinai have called to support Dr Mohamed Badie, General Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of al-Qaeda, Tarek Al-Zomor, JI leader, and Hazem Abu Ismail, excluded presidential candidate, to govern Egypt in case president Morsy is overthrown.

A number of political forces and revolutionary movements have protested in Talaat Harb Square to denounce attacking and killing the peaceful demonstrators in Mansoura and Port Said.

St. George Church in Kom Empo, Aswan, was attacked with stones and Molotov cocktails after a rumor that a Muslim woman was kidnapped by the church.

After a group of young people from Mokattam have decieded to demonstrate before the papal residence against ordaining objectionable priests, Pope Tawadros II has met one of them and promised him not to ordain objectionable priests.

Father Rafik Gresh, the spokesperson for the Catholic Church in Egypt, said that Cardinal Antonios Naguib, former Patriarch of the Catholic Church in Egypt, is travelling to the Vatican on March 5 to participate in the selection of the new pope.

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Amid heavy media presence, a crowd of young protesters gathered in front of the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Mokattam on Thursday night to perform the Harlem Shake.

A joint statement released on Friday signed by 22 human rights organisations condemned the “authoritarian trends pursued by the party of President Mohamed Morsi”, the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), as well as Morsi’s government. The organisations also condemned “the lack of respect for international standards of human rights, particularly with regard to freedom of association”.

Egypt’s churches have called for more accurate representation of the Coptic population in the census. “Statistics in Egypt are inaccurate,” said Evangelical Church spokesperson Ikram Lamei. “Officials often use figures to serve political or security purposes.”

Aswan authorities heightened security around the Mar Girgis Church in Kom Ombo on Thursday, fearing renewed clashes with protesters who had attacked the church after a Muslim woman disappeared.

Sheikh Mohammed Khalifa was arrested in Assiut on charges of detaining Coptic Christian minor girl in his house.

The British survivor of the Luxor balloon disaster has paid tribute to his wife, whom he described as "my rock, my friend, my shoulder to cry on".

Investigations after four Christians were killed in Burj Al Arab, Alexandria, showed that a worker has shoot them to death along with their Muslim body guard for mistreatment.

Abba Markos, Bishop of Shubra Al Khaimah, told Copts United that a group of Salafis have gathered in front of St. Makary Church to check the license of the building.

Moussa Abu Marzouk, leader of Hamas, has described the people of Sinai as criminals and outlaws. Later, “Our Sinai Organization” has issued a statement, in which it said that people of Sinai have been sacrificing for the Palestinian issue, and supporting the Palestinians.

Hisham Zaazou, Egyptian Tourism Minister, flies tomorrow to Tehran in order to discuss ways of cooperation and sign a number of agreements that encourage Iranian religious tourism to Egypt.

Sources in the presidency said that they are going to change the date of the parliamentary elections that were scheduled during the Holy Week, which made many Coptic Christians so angry.