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A march of thousands of people started from al-Nūr mosque to the U.S. embassy in Cairo/Egypt condemning the death of al-Qā'idah leader Usāmah Bin Lādin. Shaykh Hāfiz Salāmah, the leader of the protesters, went to the embassy first by car and did not participate in the march because of his old age...
Six persons were reportedly killed and 94 other injured in clashes between salafists and Copts in the impoverished district of Imbābah, al-Jumhūrīyah, page 2, May 8, 2011. Reports on the Imbābah incidents conflicted over the number of casualties. [In al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, page 4, May 8, 2011, the...
Khalīd Ibrahim al-Qusī, amīr of al-Jamā‘ah al-Islāmiyyah group, noted that people in Qina should judge the new governor on his performance and his improvements in the governorate, not on his religion. 
Shaykh Muhammad al-Zughbī, a senior salafist, denies saying that they will attack monasteries violently. He admitted that they will only go to the monastery where Kāmīliyā Shihātah is stuck, and get her out peacefully without the use of any violence.
The rebuilding of the church in Sūl village of 'Ātfīh in record time is proof of the honesty of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) intentions.  Muslims embraced the joy of Christians over the new church. Bishop Theodosius, Archbishop of Giza, said that the building became a global...
Dr. Ibrāhīm Nijm, the Muftī's counselor, denied that the Muftī of the Republic, Dr. 'Alī Jum'ah had incited against salafists. He said that, in the Muftī's article in the Washington Post he only called to fight extreme ideologies. He denied that the Muftī had called them barbarians.  
Muṣṭafá Diāb, Salafist preacher,  in a seminar at al-Azhar University said that Islam requires for thieves hands to be cut off. This should be applied to (Ahmad) 'Iz and (Zuhayr) Jarānah along with their followers (neither first name nor title were mentioned in the newspaper).
The visit of the Azhar Shayk Ahmad al-Tayīb and clerics to Sūl village helped appease fitnah between Muslims and Christians as well as the inauguration of the church that had come under assault during sectarian tension. Archpriest Marqus Edward of al-Rusul (Apostles) Monastery in 'Ātfīh, said that...
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...
Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah and the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church's Media Center, said that Kāmīliyā Shihātah has never declared she has converted to Islam. Bishop Marqus added that all Muslim scholars who appeared on satellite channels asserted that Kāmīliyā did not convert to Islam.
Dr. Muhammad Badī', the murshid (guide) of the Muslim Brotherhood group, in a speech at 'Asr al-Islām mosque, said that the January 25 revolution has united Copts and Muslims for the first time. He noted that Mubārak's regime had always divided Copts and Muslims.
The author traces, in details, the history of grand shaykhs who presided over the Azhar throughout its history, since it was first established 1,000 years ago. He gave examples of competent shaykhs in all areas of religion and language. He concludes his article by mentioning the incumbent shaykh Dr...
A Coptic student in the faculty of agriculture defeated a Muslim Brotherhood candidate in the University of Cairo's recent Students Union elections. The Coptic student won the post of secretary-general of the faculty. The author says the development shows that the university was not dominated by...
 The author offers a profound background about the church's demonstrations and the effects that they have on the state and public. 
In a seminar in Alexandria, Zāhī Hawwās, the head of the National Council for Antiquities stressed that restoration of Jewish antiquities in Egypt has nothing to do with Israel, asserting that the Jewish antiquities are part of the Egyptian heritage.   Hawwās rejected the anger of some Copts at...
Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb, Azhar's Grand Shaykh, welcomed Ayman Mitrī [Coptic man who was attacked by extremists Muslim in Qena] in the Azhar's Mashyakhah [headquarter]. Al-Tayīb decided to admit Mitrī in al-Sayīd Jalāl education hospital in the Azhar's university on the expenses of the university....
 Headline: Fitnah ‘invisible fingers’ threat to burn Egypt - 13 dead, 140 injured in ‘Manshiyyat Nāsir’s’ battle.. ‘Revolution coalition’ call for million to support national unity tomorrow - Sources accused ‘State Security’ and ‘NDP’ of flaming sectarian events..Tantāwī warns from outside forces...
Al-Jumhūrīyah on Wednesday interviewed Bishop Bīsantī of Helwan and al-Ma‘ṣarah.   Asked about how he views the scene in Egypt after the bombing of the Church of the Two Saints, the bishop said “following the Two Saints Church incident I experienced friendliness from my brother Muslims even greater...
Azhar Grand Imām Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib says that apostatizing others is a threat to society, according to Rose al-Yūsuf.   “Takfir and rash accusations of iniquity are the most important phenomenon threatening Islamic society,” said al-Tayyib at a meeting for the Sixth World Forum of Azhar graduates...

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