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Egypt executes notorious sectarian murderer
Egypt
October 10, 2011
Egypt executes notorious sectarian murderer
Mohamed Ahmed Hussein, known as al-Kammouny, was executed on Monday. He was sentenced to death for igniting sectarian violence after…
Egyptians demonstrate in wake of Maspero violence
Egypt
October 10, 2011
Egyptians demonstrate in wake of Maspero violence
Egyptians on Monday demonstrated in the wake of Sunday’s violence at Maspero which killed 25 people and injured 322 others.…
Muslims burn part of Aswan Governorate church
Egypt
September 30, 2011
Muslims burn part of Aswan Governorate church
A group of Muslims burnt part of a church in a village in Aswan Governorate, 800km south of Cairo, eyewitnesses…
Al-Azhar: We won’t remain silent in the face of encroaching Shiism
Egypt
September 29, 2011
Al-Azhar: We won’t remain silent in the face of encroaching Shiism
Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb said on Thursday that he rejects all attempts at spreading Shiism in Egypt and the…
Multifaith spaces can offer dialogue opportunities
Life & Style
September 26, 2011
Multifaith spaces can offer dialogue opportunities
People from different religious backgrounds living side by side has been a challenge in Egypt, as well as many places,…
Police, military deployed to Shubra in anticipation of sectarian violence
Egypt
August 26, 2011
Police, military deployed to Shubra in anticipation of sectarian violence
Egyptian military and police troops were deployed Friday to Shubra, a working-class neighborhood in the north of Cairo, to prevent…
3 arrested over sectarian clashes in Minya
Egypt
August 9, 2011
3 arrested over sectarian clashes in Minya
Minya's public prosecutor on Tuesday ordered the arrest of three Muslims accused of involvement in sectarian clashes that have been…
1 killed, 4 injured in sectarian clash in Upper Egypt
Egypt
August 8, 2011
1 killed, 4 injured in sectarian clash in Upper Egypt
Secretarian clashes on Sunday left a Copt killed, four Muslims injured and six houses burned in Minya, Upper Egypt. Eyewitnesses…
ElBaradei calls on Egyptians to pray for unity at Ramadan
Egypt
August 1, 2011
ElBaradei calls on Egyptians to pray for unity at Ramadan
Presidential hopeful Mohamed ElBaradei on Monday reminded Egyptians to pray not only for themselves but also for unity of the…
Sectarian violence kills 2 in Shubra
Egypt
June 27, 2011
Sectarian violence kills 2 in Shubra
Sectarian clashes between a number of Muslims and Coptic Christians resurfaced in the Fateh district of Shubra al-Kheima on Monday,…