Date of source: الأربعاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 5, 2012
A number of bearded police officers staged a protest off the Ministry of Interior on September 4, 2012 calling to be rehired (after they were dismissed for growing a beard).
The Court ruled in their favor and they (bearded-police officers) stressed that their protest will continue until they get...
Date of source: الأربعاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 5, 2012
The Shūrā Council approved the appointment of Judge Muhammad Husām al-Dīn al-Ghurīyān as president for the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) and 'Abd al-Ghaffār Husayn Ahmad Shukr as Vice-President.
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Date of source: الثلاثاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 4, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox voters' register committee and appeal committee meeting today (September 4) to discuss church position from lawsuit demanding the cease of the papal elections.
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 3, 2012
Editor: Michael Burslem, a friend of AWR, sent us this text about Dr. Tarek Mitri who has supported us when he was a staff member at the World Council of Churches. Mitri’s comments about current Muslim-Christian relations are very to the point and worth reading.
Date of source: الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 31, 2012
President Muhammad Mursī opened the 16th summit of non-aligned nations in Iran.
Mursī opened his speech by praising the four caliphs of sunnī Islam.
(Reviewer's Note: Sunnī Muslims believe that Abū Bakr al-Sidīq is Prophet Muhammad's successor while Shī'ah Muslims believe that 'Alī Ibn Abī Tālib is...
Date of source: الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 31, 2012
Bishop Dr. Yūhannā Qultah Sa‘īd, Deputy Patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church, said that the Coptic citizen came out of his isolation.
He added that Egypt is the least country that has religious extremism and it is bigger than to contain only one religion or doctrine.
"We were used that fitnah...
Date of source: الخميس, آب (اغسطس) 30, 2012
A letter sent by the congregation of Sydney to the Holy Synod with regard to the return of their deposed bishop.
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 29, 2012
Saudi Arabian newspaper Al-Watan praised the appointment of Hishām Qandīl as the new Prime Minister (PM) of Egypt and described it as a "positive move". Al-Watan added that appointing Egypt's PM was long overdue since President Muhammad Mursī came to power and was important for maintaining...
Date of source: السبت, تموز (يوليو) 28, 2012
Dr. Muhammad Badī’, General Murshid (Guide) of the Muslim Brotherhood group, and several other leaders held a closed-door meeting in the guide’s office with Ismā'īl Hanīyah, head of the Hamas government in Gaza. They discussed several issues, chiefly the Palestinian issue and how to solve it...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 18, 2012
Saudi Arabian security forces have released Mūsá Ja'far al-Mabyūq after his involvement in unrest in al-Qatīf Province (Eastern region). He was on the wanted list of the largely Shī’ah area which has seen intermittent disturbances.