Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 7, 2011
Thousands of Copts descended on the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in ‘Abbāssīyah, Cairo on Friday, May 6, in response to a Salafi Muslim demonstration at the same location a week earlier
Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 7, 2011
A march of thousands of people started from al-Nūr mosque to the U.S. embassy in Cairo/Egypt condemning the death of al-Qā'idah leader Usāmah Bin Lādin.
Shaykh Hāfiz Salāmah, the leader of the protesters, went to the embassy first by car and did not participate in the march because of his old age...
Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 7, 2011
Around 300 Islamists rallied in anger in Cairo on May 6, 2011 over the killing of al-Qā'idah leader Usāmah Bin Lādin by US forces in Pakistan.
The demonstrators were watched on by police as they gathered around a salafist mosque and unfurled a banner bearing a picture of Bin Lādin that declared he...
Date of source: الخميس, آيار (مايو) 5, 2011
Most of the editorials in the newspapers are criticizing salafists' practices in sparking a fitnah in the nation.
They comment on salafists' protests in front of Saint Mark Cathedral in al-'Abāsīyah demanding the release of both Kāmīliyā Shihātah and Wafā' Constantine, reportedly detained by the...
Date of source: السبت, نيسان (أبريل) 30, 2011
Thousands of salafists ended their protest in front of Saint Mark Cathedral in al-'Abāsīyah after the interference of some salafī figures.
Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 1, 2011
Around 30,000 salafists gathered in front the Coptic Cathedral in Cairo, calling for freeing of Kāmīliyā Shihātah and any other Copts who, according to them, have converted to Islam and were locked inside the monastery.
The military police surrounded the Coptic cathedral to prevent any possible...
Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 1, 2011
On 1 May protesters suspended their sit-in outside St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo for 15 days. After the Friday Prayer, Cairo witnessed three separate protests staged by Salafists, calling for the release of Coptic women who converted to Islam, but were supposedly held against their will be the...
Date of source: الأحد, آب (اغسطس) 29, 2010
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آب (اغسطس) 3, 2010
The author discusses the Coptic demonstrations at the Cathedral, illustrating the causes and effects.
Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 1, 2011
Dozens of Coptic women protested inside the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in al-'Abāsīyah on March 30, 2011, prior to a sermon by Coptic Pope Shenouda III.
The protesters demanded the appearance of Kāmīliyā Shihātah, whom salafists claim to have converted to Islam, on the media.