Date of source: Wednesday, May 25, 2011
The Administrative Judiciary Court decided to postponed Kāmīliyā Shihātah's case to June 14, 2011.
Counselor Najīb Jabrā’īl Mīkhā’īl, Coptic lawyer, Head of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights Organizations (EUHRO), said that the court did not summon Shihātah and that the trial is about...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Usāmah Haykal comments on criticism against al-Wafd for publishing the story of Raghdah, reportedly kidnapped by Christians.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Archpriest Mattias Nasr, Priest of the Virgin Mary Church in 'Izbat al-Nakhl, assured Copts refusal of international protection for Copts in Egypt.
Archpriest Mattias refused inspecting houses of worship for weapons, considering it offensive.
He also denied that the attack of churches in Imbābah...
Date of source: Friday, May 13, 2011
Bishop Armiyā, Secretary of Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III, said the church has nothing to do with the disappearance of Kāmīliyā Shihatah, who, he said, is an adult person who is responsible for her actions.
"Kāmīliyā has affirmed that she has not converted to Islam and that she was not detained...
Date of source: Sunday, May 22, 2011
Muhammad 'Abd al-Qudūs writes that 'Abīr Tal'at's testimony in the investigations will make her a victim rather than the criminal. He added that were Egypt a free country, then a person would convert to whatever they liked without fearing that the church may detain them, or a group of Islamists...
Date of source: Saturday, May 21, 2011
For years I have been extremely cautious with reports published by Jihād Watch and AINA (a source often quoted by Jihād Watch). Their language tends to be inflammatory and stories that I was able to check in the past – see the many reports about this subject in AWR – proved to be exaggerated....
Date of source: Monday, January 3, 2011
The attack on the church in Alexandria this weekend marked a new deep trench in the deteriorating relations between Muslims and Christians in Egypt. Shortly before this act of terror, Trouw gauged the atmosphere among Egyptian Christians and Muslims. See footnote 1 in the full text. This text is...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 18, 2011
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...
Date of source: Saturday, May 14, 2011
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...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 17, 2011
A 19-year-old Muslim girl, Raghda Sālim 'Abd al-Fattāh, in exclusive statements to al-Wafd, the mouthpiece of the al-Wafd Party, said she was kidnapped in the area of Maspero on March 15, 2011 and has never returned home before March 18, 2011.