Al-Jumhūrīyah

Egypt's second Friday of Anger page on social networking website Facebook determined the mosques and churches the protests will start from.

The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) demanded that the building of houses of worship take place by notification and giving these powers to governors.

Relatives of martyrs of the January 1, 2011 bombing attack on the Church of the Two Saints, Saint Mark and Pope Peter, in Alexandria called for faster pace on investigations with former Interior Minister Habīb al-'Ādlī on charges of dereliction of duty.

They asserted that 'Ādlī has to be investigated on the information he has regarding the attack whose real culprits are still unknown even though seven months have passed now since the assault took place in the Mediterranean city.

 Dr. Muhammad 'Imārah, a member of the Islamic Research Academy, said that Islam is the solution and rejected the attack on Islamists who use this slogan.

He added that the majority of Egyptians want a religious state, and secularist are scaring Egyptians about a religious state, which is what the former regime was doing.

'Imārah denied that there is something called a civil state, stating that secularist are trying to fight and spread fears around the religious state, that did not appear except in the dark ages of Europe, fought by Islam.

The Court of Cassation decided that July 3, 2011, will be date of the first trial of the 48 culprits in Imbābah's incidents.

Military prosecution had been investigating the case and then referred it to the Public Prosecution, which ordered the referral of the 48 perpetrators to criminal trial. 22 of the perpetrators are imprisoned and remaining 26 are fugitives.

The Public Prosecutor had demanded the Cassation Court to determine the date of the first trial.

Meanwhile, the Supreme State Security Prosecution investigations revealed that Shaykh Abū Yahyá, salfī Shaykh, was one of the culprits in Imbābah's fitnah incidents.

[Reviewer's Note: News story was also covered in al-Jumhūrīyah, page 1, June 8, 2011]

In al-Akhbār, page 7, June 6, 2011, in Imbābah’s incidents, prosecution refers 48 culprits (23 prisoners and 25 fugitives) to the Emergency State Security Court.

Pope Shenoudah III met with a delegation of seven Ethiopian clerics led by Ethiopia's archbishop.

Residents of al-Sharābīyah and al-Zawyah succeeded in pacifying fitnah in a forum, attended by leaders of salafists, Muslim Brotherhood (MB), and Copts.

The Council of State courts witnessed clashes and attacks from rivals or defendants in many cases and challenging cases. Armored vehicles from anti-riot security cordoned off the main street leading to the council.

In al-Jumhūrīyah, page 1, May 20, 2011, reports noted that the Coptic Maspero protests may be solved after a decision to reopen four churches and the release of Coptic detainees in Maspero incidents, proven to be not involved in the incident.