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The Muslim Brotherhood wants a diverse parliament after the elections in September, and is not seeking to impose Islamic law on Egypt, the head of the group's newly formed political party said in an interview.
  The Egyptian Islamist group al-Jamā'ah al-Islāmīyah wants to form a political party and contest the upcoming elections. To many Egyptians, the idea of such a radical group entering mainstream politics is likely to alarm secularists and Christians. However, the party said it would not field a...
A Coptic bishop called on the authorities to expedite procedures to issue a license for a "controversial church" in Ain Shams. "More than 2,000 Coptic families in Ain Shams are waiting for a license for the church to hold their prayers after a pledge by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf to open the...
Dr. Muhammad 'Abd al-Jawād, Diplomatic advisor of the Azhar Grand Shaykh, said that the Azhar is still refusing to engage in dialogue with the Vatican, without an official apology from the Vatican Pope, who defamed Islam describing it as a bloody religion. Read original text in Arabic   Meanwhile,...
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...
The founders of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, applied yesterday for its registration, according to Mohamed Saad el-Katatni, a leading official in the new party. The founding members of the party totalled 8,821, including 987 women and 93 Copts. They chose Refiq Habib, a Copt,...
Pope Benedict XVI met with the new Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil el-Arabi on 18 May, 2011, amid concerns over the safety of Christians caught up in the Arab revolutions of the Middle East. The meeting, which followed talks between Arabi and Dominique Mamberti, the Vatican's foreign minister, took...
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...
Young members of the Muslim Brotherhood are considering supporting Abdel-Moneim Abul Fotouh, a high-ranking member of the group's Executive Bureau, a candidate for Egypt's presidency in the coming elections. A prominent young figure in the group, Mohamed Shams, said Abdul Fotouh is “an Islamic...
A military prosecutor ordered the detention of a woman whose rumored captivity in a church triggered deadly clashes between Muslims and Christians im Imbābah on Saturday, May 7, 2011. Protesters demanded the release of 'Abīr Fakhrī, a woman who allegedly converted to Islam. Fakhrī was sent to a...

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