Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 29, 2012
Meanwhile, MP Muhammad al-‘Umdah, Vice-Chairman of the People’s Assembly Legislative Committee, submitted a proposal to Dr. Sa’d al-Katātnī, the parliament speaker, to name the Defense & National Security Committee hall after Pope Shenouda and put his picture there in recognition of his role to...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 9, 2013
Bishop Bola, the representative of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the Constituent Assembly, stated that the issue of the amendment of the wording of the Preamble must not stop us from celebrating the completion of this Constitution. He added:
I respect the Salafī representatives despite the fact...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 3, 2013
Dar al-Iftā’ (the Religious Decree Institution) has denounced Dutch politician Geert Wilder’s (Member of the Dutch Parliament and head of the Party for Freedom) statements insulting Islam and the Prophet Muhammad which appeared on the “Gate of Vienna” website and were republished by CNN-Arabic (...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 14, 2013
In an atmosphere of love and fraternity, Egyptians, both Muslim and Christian celebrated Christmas Mass in the Coptic Orthodox Churches of Austria, Germany, and France. All the attendees held prayers invoking charity and tolerance which they noted are anchored in the core of Islam and Christianity...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 7, 2013
On Sunday, Jan. 6, Armenian Orthodox churches all over the world celebrated Christmas on Jan. 6. Catholicos Aram I of the Great House of Cilicia celebrated the Holy Liturgy at the St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Antelias, Lebanon.
In his Pontifical message, His Holiness addressed the...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 7, 2013
In an interview with al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, the preacher of al-Qāꞌid Ibrāhīm Mosque of Alexandria, Shaykh Ahmad al-Mahallāwī, said that “extending congratulatory messages to Christians is permissible only with the intention of hidāyah (guidance to the straight path of Islam); however congratulating...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 7, 2013
In a recent interview with MBC TV, Pope Tawadros commented that the fatwás issued that prohibit congratulating Christians on their holidays have hurt them significantly adding that, “Those few people, who prohibit congratulating us on our feasts and issue fatwás on this regard should not be...
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 4, 2013
Pope Tawadros II met a delegation of the Egyptian Armed Forces headed by Colonel General ‘Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī, Commander-In-Chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces and Minister of Defense and Military Production, in the papal headquarters. The delegation presented its greetings on the occasion of...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 6, 2013
Al-Sabāh published the full text of Pope Tawadros message to Copts for Christmas where he quoted a number of Bible verses that prove the holiness of the Christ's birth. Pope Tawadros greeted Copts for Christmas (Author not mentioned, al-Sabāh, Jan. 6, p. 9). Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 5, 2012
Also in Asiut, a court sentenced a Coptic secondary student, Jamāl ‘Abduh Mas’ūd, who sparked sectarian trouble in the Upper Egyptian governorate, to three years in jail for disdaining Islam and publishing photos and images insulting religions. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Akhbār, April 5, p. 20] Read...