Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 15, 2013
The Coptic Orthodox Church denied that the tweet stating “Coptic Egypt embraces its Muslim Brothers” was a tweet by Pope Tawadros. A number of Muslim Brotherhood pages have referred to this tweet claiming it is by Pope Tawadros (Mustafa Rahumah, al-Watan, Dec. 15, p. 3). Read original text in...
Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 14, 2013
On Saturday, the Banha Criminal Court has ruled in case of the fitnah (strife) of al- Khusūs. It sentenced Hanī Farūk, the prime defendant, to 25 years of hard labor, in addition to a fine of 15,000 EGP. Naguīb Samīr and Iskander Samīr were also sentenced to 15 years and fined 5,000 EGP each. On...
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 13, 2013
Yesterday the Muslim Brotherhood attacked the house of the TV presenter Rūla Kharsā and destroyed her car and her son’s car. She stated that her husband ‘Abd al-Latīf al-Mināwī has called the police which came and secured the house. The prosecution has ordered to start the necessary investigations...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 12, 2013
The Muslim Brotherhood tried to attack Bishop Bola in the U.S. ‘Ādil Hanna, a Coptic activist in the U.S., stated that a number of Muslim Brotherhood affiliates in the U.S. have tried to attack Bishop Bola, the representative of Coptic Orthodox Church in the Constituent Assembly. He stated that...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 11, 2013
Dr. Muhammad al-Shahāt al-Gindī, member of the Islamic Research Institute and the representative of Al-Azhar in the Constituent Assembly, said that the current constitution does not have in it religious violations. He added that the wording of civil (secular) government is taken from Al-Azhar...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 10, 2013
Bishop Bola stated in an interview that the formulation of “civil (secular) government” is not a legal formulation. He added that he supports the amendment of the “Road Map” in order to hold the presidential elections first. He said that the Churches and Al-Azhar agreed to “civil (secular)...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 10, 2013
Bishop Bola stated in an interview that the formulation of “civil (secular) government” is not a legal formulation. He added that he supports the amendment of the “Road Map” in order to hold the presidential elections first. He said that the Churches and Al-Azhar agreed to “civil (secular)...
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 28, 2013
A security source has stated to al-Wafd that four terrorists involved with al-Warrāq Church shooting have been arrested after the investigation team has identified them in the videos. Al-Wafd has been informed that the national security is currently questioning the defendants (Amīnah Ibrahīm and...
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 27, 2013
Pope Tawadros has stated that the Church needs LE 190 million in order to rebuild the churches that were destroyed in the aftermath of the dispersal of the Raba’āh and al-Nahdah sit-ins. He added in a comment on the attack on al-Warrāq Church that he hopes that the nation moves on from this crisis...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 26, 2013
The identity of the perpetrators of al-Warrāq shooting is clear in the videos of the church. A security source expected that the videos that al-Warrāq prosecution received yesterday (October 25) will reveal the identity of the perpetrators (Isma’īl al-Ashwal, et al, al-Shurūq, Oct. 26, p. 1). Read...