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The Syndicate of Journalists, for its part, condemned the court verdict to remand ‘Afīfī into custody until the next session (September 16) and stressed that the Syndicate will have an urgent board meeting to discuss the matter.
In another statement by the Maspro Youth Union, it said that the peaceful march will start gathering at 07:00 p.m., move at 08:00 p.m. and stops at Maspero until 10:00 p.m., adding there are no plans to go on a sit-in considering the circumstances the country is going through after the “martyrdom...
One week after the Warrāq Church shooting, which led to 4 dead and several injured, families of the victims held a candle-lit vigil inside the ‘Abāssīyah cathedral in memory of those that died (‘Abīr al-Mursī, al-Ahrām, Oct. 31). Read original text in Arabic.
A number of politicians and human rights organizations have denounced the attacks carried out by the Muslim Brotherhood and its supporters on churches and Copts’ property. They interpret these attacks as trying to drag the country into sectarian strife and bring about chaos as to weaken the popular...
Political parties and movements denounced the “deplorable” unrest between Muslims and Christians in Dahshūr and called for forming a fact-finding commission and working on brining the displaced Coptic families back to their homes in the impoverished area. Dr. Muhammad al-Barād’ī, a representative...
The Maspero Youth Union, a Coptic advocacy group, urged all political and revolutionary movements to gather today (Monday) at 10:00 a.m. outside the State Council to express backing for the Egyptian judiciary on developments related to the constituent assembly. [‘Abīr al-Mursī, al-Ahrām, July 30, p...
While the Muslim Brotherhood welcomed the decision and described it as a “victory for the values of the constitution and law,” civil political powers and parties categorically rejected it as an “unprecedented violation of the nation’s top court – the Supreme Constitutional Court”. Rif’at al-Sa’īd,...
Calls for changing Article II and deleting the phrase “principles of the sharī’ah” or replacing it with the phrase “rulings of the sharī’ah” triggered political frenzy amidst warnings of possible strife in the Egyptian society if this changes takes place. Najīb Jabrā’īl, Chairman of the Egyptian...
Dr. Muná Makram 'Ubayd, a member of the Advisory Council and the Revolution's Board of Trustees, met with Muslim Brotherhood Murshid (Guide) Muhammad Badī' on Sunday (February 19) to exchange views over recent incidents including the al-'Āmrīyah troubles that almost caused a crack within the wall...
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