Date of source: السبت, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 28, 2020
The Coptic Orthodox Church called on people to not get involved or get carried away with Egypt’s enemies both at home and abroad, who want to cause sectarian strife and division and harm the country’s peace and security.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 23, 2020
The long history of the Muslim Brotherhood’s violence towards Copts began during the 1950s when they destroyed Coptic homes and churches in Suez [al-Suways] and continued under the Muslim Brotherhood’s rule of Egypt in 2012 and afterwards.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 23, 2020
Orthodox churches and Copts celebrate next Wednesday the beginning of the Nativity Fast which ends on Coptic Christmas Day, January 7, 2021.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 22, 2020
Dr. Munīr Ḥannā, bishop of the Episcopal-Anglican Church for the Alexandria region, participated in a mass commemorating the anniversary of the Armenian genocide. The mass was headed by Rev. Krikor-Okosdinos Coussa, bishop for the Armenian Catholic Church, at the Armenian Catholic Church of St....
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 19, 2020
The Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center announced the opening of a college of humanities and natural sciences, which includes four departments with master degree programs and two departments offering bachelor’s degrees. It also mentioned that classes will begin in December. Departments will teach...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 11, 2020
A church source warned against getting carried away with people who provoke sectarian strife, especially on social media.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 3, 2020
Dār al-Iftāʾ’s Islamophobia Observatory in Egypt, praised the popular solidarity initiatives that European Muslims in the West started with the victims of terrorist attacks that have struck some European capitals. All of this comes amidst a series of provocative statements and incidents towards...
Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 10, 2020
The National Council for Women (NCW) praised the public prosecution and Public Prosecutor Ḥamāda al-Ṣāwī’s decision to use another measure stipulated in Article 201 of the criminal procedure code as an alternative to keeping Mina ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz in remand detention.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 16, 2020
The Egyptian Court of Cassation affirmed a ruling by the criminal court calling for the execution of Aḥmad Saʿīd Ibrāhīm al-Sunbāṭī for the murder of Father Samaʿān Shiḥāta Rizq Allāh. This ruling is now final and no longer able to be appealed.
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 26, 2020
The Coptic Orthodox Church continues to issue warnings over people trying to steal donations from Copts under various pretenses. The latest comes from the Diocese of Dayr Mawās and Diljā, which warned of the circulation of receipts stamped with a seal attributed to “Brothers of the Lord” in the...