Date of source: الخميس, شباط (فبراير) 14, 2013
The Egyptian Foreign Minister received Vatican approval on the nomination of the former vice president Mahmūd Mikī as Egypt's ambassador to the Vatican.
The last Egyptian ambassador to the Vatican was Lamīyā' Mikhaymar. Since her term ended in September 2012 there has been no Egyptian Ambassador to...
Date of source: الأربعاء, شباط (فبراير) 13, 2013
U.S. Ambassador Anne Patterson’s visit to the Two Saint's Church in Alexandria has raised many questions. The visit, during which Patterson met with leaders, the high priest, and the lawyer of the families of martyrs, lasted more than two hours and was conducted in the strictest confidence and...
Date of source: الأربعاء, شباط (فبراير) 13, 2013
According to an American journalist from Washington Post, political analyst, 'Ammār ‘Alī Hassan explained to Associated Press that there are Muslim Brotherhood cells in the Azhar that are starting to become active. Hassan added that the selection of new members in the Council of Senior Scholars...
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 10, 2013
The Supreme Administrative Court yesterday (Febryary 9) issued a verdict to block YouTube in Egypt in response to the website continuing to “deliberately” show the trailer for the infamous film Innocence of Muslims, deemed offensive to the Prophet Muhammad, despite an order for it to stop...
Date of source: الأربعاء, شباط (فبراير) 6, 2013
Pope Tawadros spoke at the official opening for the 6th Conference for Coptology at the Clerical College at Virgin Mary Monastery in al Qūssīyah, Asyut Governorate. Pope Tawadros encouraged tourists to come and visit this Monastery, which is the oldest Monastery in the Christian world. The Orthodox...
Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 2, 2013
On Friday, February 1, 2013, Pope Benedict XVI ratified the election of Louis Raphaël I Sako as the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon and the Head of the Chaldean Catholic Church, successor of Cardinal Mar Emmanuel III Delly who became the first Iraqi Cardinal in 2007.
Sākū had been Chaldean...
Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 2, 2013
A wildfire broken out in the late evening hours on Friday, February 1, 2013 at the 'Abd al-Latīf Prep School for girls located next to Qasr al-Dubārah Evangelical Church on Simon Bolivar Square. Demonstrators and other people in the area tried to control the flames to prevent it from spreading to...
Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 2, 2013
The Egyptian Committee for Justice and Peace organised a symposium at the Catholic Church in Asyut Governorate. The symposium addressed a number of issues, including: the need for interdependence between the political parties; al-Nūr Party initiative (which includes the formation of national...
Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 2, 2013
On behalf of both Christian and Muslim members of Dār al-Iftā’ (House of Iftā') International Exhibition Ceremony, Archbishop Būlus ‘Uwaydah has asked the Minister of Culture Dr. Mahmūd Sābir to support a public demand that ‘Alī Jum'ah remain in his position as Muftī of the Republic. His term as ...
Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 2, 2013
The Ambassador Mujtaba Amani, who heads the Iranian affairs mission in Cairo, explained that the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will head his country’s delegation to the Islamic Summit scheduled for February 6-7, 2013 in Cairo. Ahmadinejad is the first Iranian president to visit Egypt since...