Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 29, 2012
An Egyptian league comprising Sufi Orders and Copts accused the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafī movements of trying to spread sedition in Egypt and divide the nation through a Zionist scheme. [Sa’īd ‘Alī, al-Misrī al-Yawm, Sept. 29, p. 1] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 9, 2012
Pope Tawadrus said he is not concerned about a million-man demonstration on Friday (November 9) to enforce the Islamic sharī’ah, adding everyone has the right to express their opinions.
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 9, 2012
Yāsir ‘Alī, the spokesman for the presidency, said the final decision regarding President Mursī’s participation in the papal investiture event has not been determined yet.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 24, 2012
President Muhammad Mursī on Tuesday (October 23) received a delegation of Azhar clerics led by Grand Shaykh Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb and senior clergymen of the Egyptian church and discussed the role of the religious discourse in societal change. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Akhbār, Oct. 24, p. 7] Read...
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 22, 2012
The jihādist group that currently exists in Sinai is a source of great concern for the security agencies, particularly after statements made by many leaders of the al-Tawhīd wal-Jihād (Monotheism and Strife) that it would avenge the execution of 14 of its members.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 8, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox Church published an official invitation to any of the political leaders, government officials, governors, members of parties and parliamentarians who wish to attend the ceremony of the enthronement of Bishop Tawadrus as Coptic Orthodox Pope and Patriarch of the See of Saint...
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 12, 2012
Shaykh Sa’īd al-Rūbī, a leading member of the Salafī Da’wah (Call), large segments of the Egyptian people are for the implementation of the Islamic sharī’ah despite the appearance of some “hypocrites” on satellite channels to propagate fears about the sharī’ah.
Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 13, 2012
Bishop Bula of Tantā, the spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church and a member of the nominations committee for the papal elections, said the committee is still working in Wādī al-Natrūn, adding the announcement of the seven names that will vie over the chair of Saint Mark is not expected this...
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 11, 2012
The Vatican, during a weekly sermon by Pope Benedict XVI of the Roman Catholic Church, in which he used Arabic for the first time in a bid to have larger communication with Christians and Muslims in the Middle East, expressed concerns about the emigration of the region’s Christians for their own...
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 11, 2012
Several Christians in Syria voiced insistence on staying on their own soil despite all the sanguinary incidents in the violence-struck country for 19 months now but also said they have concerns about their fate once the Islamists made it to power.