Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 23, 2014
Prosecutor General Hishām Barakāt decided to start the procedures to appeal the Minya Criminal Court ruling issued yesterday in the violence in al- ‘AdawahCity, Minya. Yesterday the Court sentenced 183 defendants to death and acquit 498 others (al-Walīd Ismā’il, al- Watan, June 23, p, 2).
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 22, 2014
The Minya Criminal Court, headed by Counselor Yūsuf Sabrah, sentenced 183 Muslim Brotherhood members to death, including Supreme Guide Badi’. It has sentenced four Brotherhood members to life sentences and acquitted 496 others in al- ‘Adawah acts of violence. Badi’s lawyer, Muhammad Tūsun, stated...
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 21, 2014
Pope Tawadros has called for supporting the agonized churches in Syria and Iraq and working on bringing different churches of the world together. The pope stated during his meetings with Norwegian Church leaders that it is important to present service oriented projects such as hospitals and...
Date of source: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 20, 2014
Minister of Endowment, Muhammad Mukhtār Jum’ah stated the campaign entitled “have you prayed for the prophet today?” is malignant. Azharite scholars reject that and stated that it presents the religiosity of the Egyptian people. Dr. Abd al- Fattāh Khidr, professor of Qur’ānic studies at the Azhar,...
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 19, 2014
The Giza criminal court has decided to sentence 12 defendants who were accused of taking part in killing General Nabīl Farāg in Kirdāsah, Giza to death, pending the opinion of the grand muftī. The verdict is to be announced on August 6th. The wife of General Farāg stated that she feels that the...
Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 18, 2014
Former Egyptian Ambassador to Iraq, Sayyid Abū Zayd stated that ISIS has sent some of its militants to Egypt during the past few months, as it considers Sinai to be a part of the Levant. Samīr Ghattas, head of the Middle East Forum for Strategic Studies, stated that former president Mursī has...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, حزيران (يونيو) 17, 2014
Prime Minister Eng. Ibrahīm Mahlab decided to abolish the Ministry of Information. He stated that there are 10 new ministers in the new government and the Ministers of Health, Telecommunication and Housing shall all remain in their posts (Wā’il al–Qamhāwī and Mustafá Junaidy, al- Dustūr, June 17, p...
Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 16, 2014
Counselor Muhammad Abd al- Salām, legal advisor to the Azhar Shaykh, stated that the Bayt al- Zakāh, which was approved by President al-Sīsī is a credible institution which Egyptians can give their zakāh (alms) to. The institution will distribute alms (zakāh) to poor citizens. He added that the...
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 15, 2014
The three Coptic church families [Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant] have started meetings to make suggestions for a new Church building law in order to submit it to the state in the coming period. Farīd al- Bayādī, member of the Evangelical Community Council, stated that it was agreed that each...
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 14, 2014
Mosques in Ismailia, Gharbia and Minufia, have all followed the subject in the Friday sermons that had been decided by the Ministry of Endowments. This was about sexual harassment, combating it and the position of Islam on it. The preachers called for a return to Islamic teachings and assured that...