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Dr. Yaḥyā al-Jamāl, a constitutional law expert, said that there were infiltrators among Coptic protesters in Maspero incidents. He added that the United States and Israel are behind the fitnah in Egypt, noting that Muslims need to show more accordance and stronger ties with the Christian minority...
Sources from the Egyptian Council for Human Rights commission, assigned to prepare a report on Maspero incidents, said that the report will not deny killing protesters either through gunshot or crashing into armored vehicles which resulted in them being run over. However, the report will assure...
October 9 witnessed riots in Cairo that led to the death of at least twenty-seven people and the injury of over 300, mostly from Egypt’s Coptic Christian community.
The Maspero Youth Union urged the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to offer an official apology for all Copts of Egypt and investigate the October 9 bloody incidents that left dozens killed or wounded.
The Coptic Orthodox Church continued its support for victims of the Maspero incidents and agreed to open Lawyers office in the Bishopric of Youth to hear the testimonies of the families of the victims and anyone who have evidence on the deadly acts erupted between the Military and Coptic protester...
Egyptian State TV has reported that there are at least 25 dead and over 150 injured in clashes between largely Coptic protestors, unknown assailants, and Egyptian military police on October 9, 2011. Protestors began their march from the heavily Christian neighborhood of Shubra at 5pm, culminating...
 CAIRO - The January 25 revolution is having a momentous impact on the Coptic Church. “The Copts will ignore Church policies,” surmised Mamoun Fendi, president of Fendi Associates, a Washington DC-based research group and think-tank, during the 18-day revolution.    
Copts will end their almost two-week protest at the Egyptian State TV building on 22 May 2011, said Metias Nasr, priest at the Virgin Mary Church in Ezbet al-Nakhl and a leader of the protest. The majority of protesters heeded Nasr’s call and the stage set up for speeches was dismantled. Arguments...
On May 17, 2011, Giza's prosecution began an investigation into the kidnapping of Raghdah Sālim 'Abd al-Fatāh from the Maspero area, her subsequent detention and a cross tatoo being tatooed into her hand with a cross.  Raghdah's mother had contacted al-Wafd, fearing for her daughter who fainted...
Pope Shenouda III called on Christians to”immediately” end their week-long protests outside the official TV building on 15 May 2011, a day after clashes near the Cairo Nile left 78 injured. Clashes broke out after an altercation between a young Muslim and Coptic Christians who have been staging a...

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