Date of source: السبت, نيسان (أبريل) 13, 2013
A number of Coptic activists, including Najīb Jubrā’īl, head of the Egyptian Union of Human Rights Organization, had submitted an official memo to Field Marshal ‘Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī, Minister of Defense, asking the Army to protect Copts, especially because of President Muhammad Morsi (Mursī) and...
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 10, 2013
The Daily News Egypt published an article on Apr. 9 entitled “Pope Tawadros II accuses President Morsi of inaction”. Below is the full text of the article:
The head of the Coptic Orthodox Church strongly criticised President Mohamed Morsi and his government for its handling of the outbreak of...
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 10, 2013
Al-Tahrīr criticized the statement and called it “manipulation and fraud”.
Below is the full text of the statement as it came on the “Office of Assistant to President of Egypt on Foreign Relations – Official” Facebook page, it was posted on Monday, April 8, 2013:
- On Al-Khusous and Cathedral...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 9, 2013
According to al-Yawm al-Sābi’ the sectarian clashes in Khusūs and the following violence at the Cathedral are not comparable with earlier fights between Muslims and Copts. They represent a warning, since calls for a citizenship cannot be heard this time.
The coptic writer and researcher Sulaymān...
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 7, 2013
Muhammad Sa’d al-Katatnī, leader of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), said that Khusūs’s fitnah is unacceptable and dangerous. He added on his “Facebook” page that there are those who want to spark fitnah in Egypt but elder men in the area should contain the crisis (Author not mentioned, al-...
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 7, 2013
The Presidency condemned al-Khusūs incidents and offered its condolences to the victims’ families in a statement on Apr. 6 (Author not mentioned, al-Misrī al-Yawm, Apr. 7, p. 19). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 7, 2013
The conciliation session that took place at Saint George Church in al-Khusūs on Apr. 6 ended with several decisions: first, securing Saint George Church; second, preventing the assembly of Christians until the end of investigations and finally, calling Muslims to confront Christians with love from...
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 4, 2013
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is worried about the arrests and violence in the streets of Egypt and the absence of united opposition. He visited Egypt at the beginning of March to discuss about economic aid. Kerry mentioned that America is working seriously in the past couple of weeks to get...
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 4, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II will receive Archbishop Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel, Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, to discuss cooperation with the Egyptian Church (Author not mentioned, al-Akhbār, Apr. 4, p. 8). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 16, 2013
The Egyptian Ministry for Foreign Affairs condemned yesterday (March 25) a new attack on a Coptic Church in Benghazi, adding that the Ministry will demand a rapid investigation on the attack from the Libyan authorities.
Press reports said that armed men set the Church on fire and ran. It is worth...