The Egyptian centre for Public Opinion research (Baseera) conducted a poll on the extent of Egyptians’ approval of the formation of the 50-member constitutional committee, and on the issues they deem most necessary for inclusion in the constitution, as well as their opinion on some of the constitution articles.

Supporters of toppled President Mohamed Morsy in Fayoum staged a march Wednesday in Abshoway to protest security crackdowns on the Muslim Brotherhood and what they called anti-coup protesters.

Three army conscripts and one police conscript were killed Thursday morning in a car bomb attack targeting a security checkpoint in the volatile Northern Sinai Peninsula, Egypt’s state news agency MENA reported.

It was 9 October 2011, and an unprecedented event had just occurred in Egypt. I recall checking my social media accounts and seeing a sea of blood on my Facebook wall as images filtered through of a terrible massacre. Our organisation was inundated with enquiries and suggestions about a proposed response following the brutal Maspero Massacre in downtown Cairo, which claimed dozens of lives and left more than 200 injured. The few hours of terror were captured by private media outlets and amateur video.

Coptic activists and movements have organized a candle-light demonstration at the second anniversary of Maspero massacre at the place of the massacre in front of the state television building.

Egypt's Ministry of Interior announced today security enhancements for the second anniversary of Maspero Massacre.

Father Matthias Nasr, priest of St. Mary Church in Ezbet El-Nakhl and founder of the Maspero Youth Union, has denied accusations of trading on Maspero martyrs through a Canadian association called “Society of St. Paul to take care of victims of sectarian violence".

Teacher of Arabic is currently before an administrative investigation for talking politics in class and insult the army, Pope Tawadros, and Grand Imam of Al-Azhar.

Security forces in Minya have arrested Walid Mahmoud and Alaa Ahmed, the two main suspects in burning Churches and public properties in Minya after the dispersal of Rabaa Adawia and Nahda sit-ins.

Fifty-member committee to amend 2012 constitution announced it reached an agreement to approve quota for women in the parliamentary elections.

Egyptian Minister of Defence and army commander Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said in an interview with Egyptian daily Al-Masry Al-Youm that prior to the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, he attempted to resolve the political crisis up until the last minute.

Isaac Ibrahim,‪ researcher for the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights,‬ said that kidnapping the Copts for ransom in Minya has became more of a phenomenon.

The European media pointed out that the Muslim Brotherhood is losing any hope to participate in the Egyptian political scene with the escalating violence of its members and supporters in Egypt.

Father Philopatir Gamil, Coptic priest, said that he wouldn’t have encouraged his people to participate in the demonstrations at Maspero if he had known anything about this massacre, or they would have changed its directory in order to save the people.

Father Ayyoub Saleh, priest of St. George Coptic Catholic Church in Delga village, Minya, said most of the Christian families have left the village and are not able to return as they fear for their lives.

Hassan Moussa, head of the General Union of Egyptians in Austria, said that a lot of effort was exerted to teach European countries about the situation in Egypt and the revolution of June 30 that came against the religious fascist regime of the Muslim Brotherhood that discriminated against the Egyptians based on religion.

"Copts Sweden" have demanded in a statement an immediate investigation into the Maspero massacre and to hold the killers accountable for their crimes.

European Union of Coptic Organizations for Human Rights EUCOHR has issued a statement in which it said that it had persuaded the European Parliament to support Egypt as much as possible, and to think about declaring the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization.

Egyptian Ministry of Health declared that 28 people were killed and 94 were wounded in yesterday’s clashes as demonstrations turn violent.

A cruel offensive has begun with the aim of sparking civil war and setting sectarian strife as well as avenging Copts. The attack was founded on looting, murder, and deforming bodies of the innocent. It is a strange and rare incident unknown to the Egyptian temperament. These are actions that cannot originate but from human beasts. They are satanic acts, falsely and slanderously disguised in the garments of a most tolerant religion. The Brotherhood is doing it now. They are burning Egypt, as their leaders have, fearlessly and unhesitatingly, said they would on television screen.

(AINA) -- The family of a 22-year-old Coptic man, Kirollos Sabet, from Zakaria village, Minia province, said today their son is innocent of all accusations of having had an illicit affair with a Muslim woman. They also rejected the ruling to expel six family members from the village.