sectarianism
Explosions in Shia areas of Baghdad kill 27
World
January 5, 2012
Explosions in Shia areas of Baghdad kill 27
BAGHDAD — A wave of explosions struck two Shia neighborhoods in Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 27 people and intensifying fears…
Shenouda proposes dialogue with Islamists following elections
Egypt
January 5, 2012
Shenouda proposes dialogue with Islamists following elections
Pope Shenouda III, head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, held a meeting on Thursday with a delegation from the Anglican…
Coptic group rejects Christmas greetings in protest of Maspero massacre
Egypt
January 4, 2012
Coptic group rejects Christmas greetings in protest of Maspero massacre
Coptic activists have expressed concerns over the trial of three soldiers accused of killing 14 Copts during the military’s bloody…
Court adjourns Imbaba violence trials to February
Egypt
January 2, 2012
Court adjourns Imbaba violence trials to February
The Supreme State Security Court in Giza on Sunday postponed to 5 February the trials of 48 suspects accused of…
Student to be held 15 days over images of Prophet Mohamed
Egypt
January 2, 2012
Student to be held 15 days over images of Prophet Mohamed
The Assiut township prosecutor has called for a Coptic student accused of publishing offensive images of Prophet Mohamed to be…
Sudanese minister: Egypt’s Islamists should study Sudanese Muslim-Christian relations
Egypt
January 1, 2012
Sudanese minister: Egypt’s Islamists should study Sudanese Muslim-Christian relations
Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Karti has called on Islamists in Egypt to study relations between Muslims and Christians in Sudan…
Dozens of Copts protest Pope’s Christmas Eve invitation to Salafis
Egypt
December 30, 2011
Dozens of Copts protest Pope’s Christmas Eve invitation to Salafis
Dozens of Coptic youth staged a protest inside Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral on Friday against Pope Shenouda's invitation to Salafis and…
Muslim villagers burn houses of Upper Egypt Christian family
Egypt
December 30, 2011
Muslim villagers burn houses of Upper Egypt Christian family
Dozens of residents of the village of Baheeg in Assiut, Upper Egypt, burnt three houses owned by a Christian family after…
Released Maspero suspects demand prosecution of the military
Egypt
December 27, 2011
Released Maspero suspects demand prosecution of the military
As all of the accused in the Maspero violence case have been released pending further investigation, activists say that now…
Wave of bombings across Iraqi capital kills 60
World
December 22, 2011
Wave of bombings across Iraqi capital kills 60
BAGHDAD — A wave of at least 14 bombings ripped across Baghdad Thursday morning, killing at least 60 people in…