Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 1, 2012
Bishop Serapion of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Los Angeles said he does not rule out that bishops and metropolitans would try to impress the voters into electing certain candidates they think the best to lead the church in the coming stage.
“The Coptic Orthodox Church is one of the few churches...
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 25, 2012
Dr. Muhammad Badī’, Muslim Brotherhood Guide or Murshid, for his part, said that after his visit to the deceased Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III, he assigned the righteousness department in the group to reconsider the righteousness of Christians, however, the department refused. [Author not...
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 31, 2012
Moving to church affairs, some coalitions, assemblies and leagues of supporters of Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Shenouda III sent cables to the Coptic Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod backing Bishop Mūsá of Youths as new patriarch of Alexandria and the see of Saint Mark. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām...
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 31, 2012
The Alexandria Millī Council sent a statement on Friday (March 30) to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) in which it condemned the mechanisms used to form a constitution-drafting assembly.
The Council stressed equality among all Egyptians in rights and duties regardless of religious...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 28, 2012
Dr. Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awwā, Islamic thinker and presidential hopeful, said that the rumors about his tensions with Bishop Bīshūy, Secretary of the Holy Synod, and Christians or his claims that churches had weapons were groundless. [Author not mentioned, al-Akhbār, March 28, 2012, p. 10] Read...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 28, 2012
In a statement, the Holy Synod said that the coming Constitution should underline the civil nature of the state and citizenship rights among all citizens and that Article 2 in the Constitution should guarantee the rights of Copts to refer to their Christian law on all matters related to their...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 27, 2012
For his part, Alexandria Governor Dr. Usāmah al-Fūlī announced naming a street in the central partof the Mediterranean city after Pope Shenouda to commemorate His Holiness. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām, March 27, p. 3] Read original text in Arabic
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Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 27, 2012
For his part, Alexandria Governor Dr. Usāmah al-Fūlī announced naming a street in the central partof the Mediterranean city after Pope Shenouda to commemorate His Holiness. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām, March 27, p. 3] Read original text in Arabic
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Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 27, 2012
Meanwhile, a source at the papal seat of the Coptic Orthodox Church, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that a meeting attended by Bishop Mūsá on March 27 discussed suggestions of "explaining" some articles in the Statute on the Patriarch Election for year 1957, like Article 9, in which the...
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 26, 2012
Furthermore, nine parties from inside and outside parliament as well as four independents are in the assembly, where the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) took the majority of the constitution panel. The assembly includes 25 FJP members, 11 from al-Nūr Party, three from al-Wafd, two from the Egyptian...