Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 23, 2012
Twenty of the families of martyrs of the October 9, 2011 incidents outside the Egyptian TV and Radio building in the area of Maspero strongly objected the word "celebration" on the honoring ceremony hosted by the Egyptian Medical Syndicate's humanitarian relief committee.
The families also...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 22, 2012
Results announced by Egypt's High Judicial Elections Commission (HJEC) showed that six Christians and six women won seats in the recent parliamentary elections. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Akhbār, Jan. 22, p. 5]
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 20, 2012
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter called for supporting Islamists in Egypt because this would serve the interests of democracy, freedom and stability in the Middle East region.
What is going on in Egypt would be enhancing democracy, human rights and freedom, Carter said in statements to CNN,...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 15, 2012
The Būlāq Abū al-'Ilā Court of Misdemeanor starts on Saturday (January 14) the first session in the trial of Coptic businessman Najīb Sawirus on charges of disdaining religion.
The public prosecution had pressed charges against Sawirus that he deliberately slandered Islam and improperly made fun of...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 15, 2012
Coptic Orthodox Bishop Mūsā of Youth issued a statement on Thursday (January 12) on the patriarchate's official website on social networking media Facebook that the church does not invite any Christmas well-wishers.
"Persons wishing to extend Christmas greetings usually notify the church, which...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 16, 2012
Former Arab League Secretary General and presidential hopeful 'Amr Mūsá said Copts are Egyptian citizens who enjoy all rights and must observe all duties.
Mūsā made the remarks on the sidelines of his participation in a conference on reform and democratization hosted in the Lebanese capital Beirut...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 11, 2012
Under the slogan "A Patriotic Meeting to Restore Egyptian Spirit," Shaykh Tayyīb will preside over a meeting to be attended by Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III at the Azhar office on Wednesday (January 11).
The meeting, to be attended by a host of Azhar scholars, priests, intellectuals and...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 10, 2012
On the other hand, the parliamentary body of the FJP, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood group, is holding a closed meeting on January 18 under FJP leader Muhammad Mursī, and in the absence of the group’s murshid (guide) Muhammad Badī’, to name the party’s candidates for the post of People...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 9, 2012
A once reluctant United States is reaching out to the Muslim Brotherhood in a nod to Egypt's new political reality, but concerns linger about the group's attitude toward minorities, women and the peace treaty with Israel, according to a report by the Agence France Presse (AFP). [Author Not...
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 6, 2012
On the other hand, nearly final indications in the North Qena constituency – home to the townships of Abū Tisht, Naja’ Hammādī, Dishnā, al-Waqf and Farshūt – showed that ‘Abd al-Rahīm al-Ghūl, a figure of the dissolved National Democratic Party (NDP), was out of the runoff elections despite his...