Eight Muslim activists protesting in solidarity with Christian Copts have been charged with illegal rallying, rioting, damaging public property, and assailing police officers on duty by Egypt’s public prosecutor.

Recent calls have been made by various Muslim groups on the social networking site Facebook and other social media to protect churches. The groups call for the forming of human

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information issued a statement stressing that the terrorist act in Alexandria which killed tens of Egyptians, during the Church bombing on New Year’s eve

According to Al-Jazeera sources Egyptian security personnel and police have rounded up 17 people they suspect are affiliated with the barbaric killings after a bomb, believed to be detonated by

Sources reveal names of victims killed in the criminal blast condemned by the MB outside Alexandria’s church which targetted Christians and Muslims alike thereby threatening Egyptians as a whole.

The Muslim Brotherhood condemned the barbaric and deadly blast, which targeted a Church in Alexandria, stressing vehemently their deep indignation of this heinous and serious crime. The MB called for

President Mubarak’s annual October 6 speech addressed numerous issues concerning both regional and domestic topics.

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has condemned the deadly sectarian violence between Muslims and Christians that has plunged central Nigeria into chaos.

The exact number of Copts is still considered classified information by Egypt. However, Coptic sources estimate that they are between 15 and 20 per cent of Egypt's 80 million people.

Sectarianism has struck again in Egypt; in the most gruesome attack in a long time, when six Copts and a Muslim policeman were killed outside a church in the southern