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Dār al- Iftā’ believes that the call of the member of the guidance bureau of the Muslim Brotherhood Abd al- Rahmān al- Bir to his group “to carry out jihad against those who attack you” is a direct incitement for killing and corruption of the land and spreading fitnah (strife).
  Security agencies in Qena governorate, with follow-up efforts by Governor Maj. General ‘Ādil Labīb, contained a sectarian fitnah in Naqādah area between Muslims and Christians.
A new fitnah can start a war between Sufis and Salafis. The latter insisted on destroying the shrine of Shaykh Ali al- Kurdī, a famous Sufī saint, in RashīdCity, Beheira Governorate. 
On the other hand, the Dutch diplomacy and clerics in the Netherlands embarked on activities to disown a new anti-Islam book by ultra-rightist politician Geert Wilders, expected to be published soon in New York. Wilders, the Dutch lawmaker who devoted his life to “stopping the Islamization of...
Judge Mustafá Musharaf will oversee the trial of 33 suspects at Banhā Criminal Court today (June 1, 2013), who are charged with instigating sectarian incidents at Khusūs. The suspects are accused of the illegal use and possession of weapons, the endangerment of public safety, the agitation of...
Matruh media center conducted a forum on March 18 about “the rights and responsibilities of citizens”. Representatives of the Church have held up the governorate of Matruh as an example of how to renounce and prevent violence and fitnah between religious communities. Bishop Bijīmī al-Anbā Būlā...
The Coptic Church will hold its first conference discussing divorce and second marriages at Wādī al-Natrūn in May. The conference will continue for four days, and will be attended by Pope Tawadros and over 100 bishops, priests, and legal advisers, and will be headed by Bishop Būlā of Tantā, head of...
In an interview with al-Misrī al-Yawm, Bishop Būlā of Tantā, affirmed the Church’s position that as a religious body it should not interfere in politics by supporting one party over another; however, he also spoke out against boycotting the upcoming election. The Bishop also noted that, while the...
A number of Egyptian Copts returning from Libya after being detained for alleged Christian proselytizing, have requested pressing charges against the Libyan government and demanded compensation for the physical and moral insults to their religion while detained in Libyan prison. Lūqā Yūnān, 27,...
The Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb, and the Church are working together to reinforce the concept of coexistence between Muslims and Christians. Al-Tayyīb said that the Azhar is working to establish a team from Muslims and Christians to confront fitnahs (Sanā’ Hashīsh, al-Wafd, Mar....

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