The Muslim Brotherhood announced that it already set up informal groups to participate in the protection of churches during the New Year's Eve and Eastern Coptic Christmas celebrations. The Brotherhood, in a statement congratulating Copts as well as Muslim on the Christmas, called on the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) and the police to protect churches like they have protected the elections. [Hānī 'Izat, Al-Ahrām, Dec. 29, p. 6] Read the original text in Arabic 

[A report of the same content was also mentioned in al-Akhbār, Dec. 29, p. 3] Read original text in Arabic - This article has no link online.