(CNN) — Egypt‘s military rulers have rejected the resignation of Hazen Beblawi, a top official who served as both the deputy prime minister and finance minister.
Finance Ministry spokesman Ibtisam Saad said Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, the head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, refused to accept the resignation Tuesday. Continue reading
The meeting took place in the Abbassiya Cathedral, the headquarters of the Coptic Church.The two sides discussed measures needed to stop further sectarian clashes from occuring, which inspired the mostly Coptic march in the first place after a church was destroyed by Muslims in Aswan on 30 September, with no government intervention.
Among the measures to curb discrimination is the issuing of building and/or renovation licenses to various churches across the country, increasing the punishment for religious discrimination and issuing a new unified Personal Status Law (Egyptians are currently obligated to state their religion on ID’s and marriage laws differ between Muslims and Christians). Continue reading
ElBaradei, who cut short an international tour in Europe to return to Cairo on Monday, the day after clashes between demonstrators for Coptic rights and military police and central security forces left 25 people dead and over 300 injured at Maspero, held his first press conference since what has come to be called “Bloody Sunday.”
Speaking Sunday afternoon to local and international reporters who packed his campaign office in the Garden City district of Cairo near Tahrir Square, ElBaradei said that he and other Egyptians are still reeling with sorrow from the images they saw on television at Maspero last week. Continue reading
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| CAIRO: The Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) amended Saturday a law in the penal code to apply stricter punishments against discrimination to ease sectarian tension following deadly clashes between military police and mostly Coptic protesters that left 27 people dead and more than 330 injured last week. The amendment adds a fine of no less than LE 30,000 and no more than LE Government employees convicted of discrimination will also be subject to at Ishaq Asaad, lawyer with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) |
BEIRUT: Kataeb Party leader Amin Gemayel called Sunday for dialogue between Arab states to lay the foundations for political systems based on freedom, democracy and equality among all citizens of the Arab world.
Gemayel made his remarks during a visit to Egypt, where he met with Pope Shenouda III of the Coptic Orthodox Church and political officials. His visit came in the wake of clashes that left 26 Copts dead last week.
The former president said Egypt would overcome such incidents and establish a new system that promotes freedom and the participation of all factions in drawing the map of the country’s future.
“All officials whom I met stressed that they will not allow Egypt to fall prey to religious conflicts that will harm both Christians and Muslims,” Gemayel told reporters following his meeting with Foreign Minister Mohammad Amro.
Amro said that the Egyptian people were confronting attempts to spark strife in their country when, in a show of solidarity, Muslims and Christians joined hands in peaceful rallies after Friday prayers. Continue reading
It makes me very sad to see what has been happening in Egypt for the past few days, yet, it did not start during this past Sunday. The attacks against Copts are as old as the conquest of Arabs in Egypt.
I feel free to share some videos and images for you to learn about what is really going on. Is not about just 25 Copts dead in the past 2 days; is about more than 50 Copts killed by Egyptian military forces.
Us, Copts, we are going to fast for the next three days (Oct. 11- Oct 14) as an answer to what is going on in Egypt. We honor the Martyrs that have died in the past days.
http://www.youtube.com/user/thecopticmartyrs
http://freecopts.net/forum/showthread.php?p=180392#post180392
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***GRAPHIC Image*** taken from http://www.voiceofthecopts.org/news/egyptian-salfi-army-killing-copts/
Listen, I am sorry to be sharing so many graphic images and such cruel information….. but guess what??? CNN would NEVER show you the entire complete picture of what is really going on! None of the Western news channels would ever do it….
This BBC documentary was taken from youtube and is divided in three parts.
Watch if you have the time! It contains plenty of historical information in regards to part of Egypt’s transformation in the 1950’s.
PART I
PART II
PART III
If you have the time, you should watch all five videos since they could give you an insight to a very important time of Egypt’s history.
All videos have English subtitles 😉
“On 6 October 1981, the month after the crackdown, Sadat was assassinated during the annual victory parade in Cairo. A fatwā approving the assassination had been obtained from Omar Abdel-Rahman, a cleric later convicted in the U.S. for his role in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Sadat was protected by four layers of security and the army parade should have been safe due to ammunition-seizure rules. However, the officers in charge of that procedure were on hajj to Mecca.
As air force Mirage jets flew overhead, distracting the crowd, a troop truck halted before the presidential reviewing stand, and a lieutenant strode forward. Sadat stood to receive his salute, whereupon the assassins rose from the truck, throwing grenades and firing assault rifle rounds. The attack lasted about two minutes. Photographer Bill Foley captured one of the last shots of a living Sadat. The photograph is titled “The Last Smile.” The lead assassin Khalid Islambouli shouted “Death to Pharaoh!” as he ran towards the stand and shot Sadat. After he fell to the floor people around Sadat threw chairs on his body to try to protect him from the bullets. Eleven others were killed, including the Cuban ambassador a Omani general and a Coptic Orthodox bishop, and 28 were wounded, including James Tully, the Irish Minister for Defence, and four U.S. military liaison officers. Sadat was then rushed to a hospital, but was declared dead within hours. This was the first time in Egyptian history that the head of state had been assassinated by an Egyptian citizen. Two of the attackers were killed and the others were arrested by military police on-site. Islambouli was later found guilty and was executed in April 1982.
In conjunction with the assassination, an insurrection was organized in Asyut in Upper Egypt. Rebels took control of the city for a few days and 68 policemen and soldiers were killed in the fighting. Government control was not restored until paratroopers from Cairo arrived. Most of the militants convicted of fighting received light sentences and served only three years in prison.”
Information obtained from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhu-YgCyPz4
An easy way to learn some basic facts about Egypt’s history is by going to historyworld.net, a website that provides you with bried historical details as well as timelines of major events in a certain nation.
1. The first link will direct you to Egypt’s history between 1902 until 1941:
http://www.historyworld.net/timesearch/default.asp?conid=timeline&getyear=1900&keywords= “egypt”
2. The second link will direct you to Egypt’s history between 1928 until 1948:
http://www.historyworld.net/timesearch/default.asp?conid=timeline&getyear=1925&keywords= “egypt”
3. The third link will direct you to Egypt’s history between 1952 until 1956:
http://www.historyworld.net/timesearch/default.asp?conid=timeline&getyear=1950&keywords= “egypt”
4. The fourth link will direct you to Egypt’s history between 1977 until 1981:
http://www.historyworld.net/timesearch/default.asp?conid=timeline&getyear=1975&keywords= “egypt”
For more detailed timelines (years), please go to any of the four links provided.
Egypt in Revolt - New School U. student blog 