Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 14, 2013
Revolutionaries stated that they shall confront any terrorism by the Muslim Brotherhood during Eid and Copts stated that they shall protect the Eid prayers. A revolutionary movement, the National Salvation Front Youth, have called for Eid prayers in al-Tahrīr Square to prevent the Muslim...
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 13, 2013
Pope Tawadros II has sent Gen. Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi, Prime Minister Hazzim al-Biblāwī, the Azhar Shaykh Ahmad al-Tayyīb, and Shawqī Allam, the Grand Mufti, letters congratulating them on the occasion of Eid al-Adhá (Majdī Fikrī, al-Dustūr, Oct. 13. p. 3). This article has no link online.
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 16, 2013
Diaspora Copts who are members of the Coptic Solidarity Organization in Washington have sent a memo to the Constituent Assembly explaining its vision for the constitutional amendments. They requested amending the second article and allowing citizens with dual nationalities to run in the...
Date of source: الأحد, آب (اغسطس) 25, 2013
“Copts of Egypt challenge the US and the EU”, was a title to a conference organized by a number of Coptic activists to announce their rejection of the intervention of the EU and U.S. in Egyptian affairs and their support to the Muslim Brotherhood. Naguīb Jubrā’il stated that Egyptian Copts only...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 31, 2013
The three Coptic Churches will celebrate tonight’s New Year’s Eve among intensive security procedures fearing that attacks or explosions may take place. The churches gave different times for ending the mass, but most churches have preferred to end the mass at 9pm (‘Abd al-Wahāb Sha’baan, al-Wafd,...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 30, 2013
Dr. Mukhtār Gum’ah, Minister of Endowments, stated that he who detonates himself and commits suicide is not a martyr. He stated that Islam has nothing to do with the operations of killings and violence (Author not mentioned, al-Akhbār, Dec. 30, p. 3). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 29, 2013
Bishop Ignatius of Suez passed away after a long struggle with disease. A spokesman of the Coptic Orthodox Church stated that the Pope will send a delegation of bishops and priests to pray for him in the Church of Mar Girgis in Aswan (Majdī Fikrī, al-Dustūr, Dec. 29, p. 2). Read original text in...
Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 28, 2013
Security forces in Alexandria are intensifying their security procedures in the governorate a few days before Coptic Christmas (Hazim al-Wakīl, al-Watan, Dec. 28, p. 5). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 27, 2013
Pope Ibrahīm Isaac, Coptic Catholic Pope stated “We have held a prayer and not a celebration on the day that witnessed a terrorist attack” with reference to the Dakahlia Security Department bombing in Mansura (Peter Majdī, al-Tahrīr, Dec. 27, p. 18). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: الخميس, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 26, 2013
Pope Tawadros headed a delegation from the Coptic Orthodox Church to congratulate the Catholic Pope for Christmas. He extended his wishes that the coming year may be a blessed year ('Abd al-Wahhāb Sha’bān, al-Wafd, Dec. 26, p. 4). Read original text in Arabic.