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Amidst rallies to mobilize their congregations to vote 'no', the three major Churches of Egypt declined to attend the presidential ceremony held two days ago and during which the draft constitution was handed out to President Mursī. 
Al-Misrīyūn writes that Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II urged the priests to convince members of their dioceses not to participate in the upcoming constitution referendum as the draft does not represent all segments of the Egyptian society. At the same time, many Coptic priests urge to participate...
In an unexpected development, the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) announced yesterday its decision to suspend hearings in all cases indefinitely. The decision of suspension coincided with the gathering of large numbers of demonstrators who gathered in front of SCC, thus, blocking judges from...
Dr. Safwat 'Abd al-Ghanī, member of al-Jamā’ah al-Islāmīyah's Shūrá Council stated that the broadcasted statement attributed to al-Jamā’ah on allegedly issuing a fatwá apostatizing voters who are against the referendum of apostasy, has raised a wave of surprise and consternation.
"Our dead in Paradise and their dead in fire!"; "remnants (of the ousted regime), hired (thugs), and enemies of Islam and the Revolution!" These were the words of hostility with which Islamist movements and parties, such as al-Nahdah Party, mostly supporters of President Muhammad Mursī, attacked...
While the leader of the Salafi Jihadism Movement calls on boycotting the draft constitution as it places the sovereignty of people above God, Faysal 'Abd al-Rā'ūf, the Imām of the largest mosque in the United States of America, wrote in his article in Newsweek Magazine on December 1st that Muhammad...
Muhammad al-Zawahrī,  leader of the Salafī Jihadism Movement, announced Sunday (December 2, 2012) that the Movement will boycott the upcoming constitutional referendum. According to al-Zawahrī, the sovereignty is God's alone, while the new constitution places the sovereignty of the state in the...
"I have not been able to go home for a month now." It is with this statement that Shaykh Muhammad 'Abdullah Nasr, coordinator of the group Azharians for a civil state and a Tahrir Square preacher, disclosed the chase launched against him by the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and the Salafists. In an...
In an aired call-in show on Egyptian TV, the Egyptian Christian architect responsible for the construction of the new mosque of the administrative capital, Joseph Farīd, said that he does not perform his job as architect according to religious affiliations, and that the al-Fattāḥ al-ʿAlīm Mosque is...
The imam of a mosque located near the Virgin Mary and St. Sergiūs Church of al-Haggāna village, east of Nasr City, Cairo, called the police after he discovered many explosive devices stored on the roof of his mosque. According to the imam’s report, he feared these explosive devices were targeted...

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