Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 5, 2012
Shaykh Muhammad Hassān, Vice-President of the Islamic Legitimate Body for Rights and Reform (ILBRR), called on all political powers and public figures, including President Muhammad Mursī, to seek dialogue to get the nation out of its current deadlock that followed a recent constitutional...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 3, 2012
Amidst rallies to mobilize their congregations to vote 'no', the three major Churches of Egypt declined to attend the presidential ceremony held two days ago and during which the draft constitution was handed out to President Mursī.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 21, 2012
Salafists threatened to “use force and offer sacrifices” for the sake of enforcing the Islamic sharī ʿah as a leading member of the Salafī Jihādī group said in his blog, addressing the “kāfir (infidel) Egyptian government,” that “You worship the constitution while we worship God Almighty…You will...
Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 22, 2012
"I have not been able to go home for a month now." It is with this statement that Shaykh Muhammad 'Abdullah Nasr, coordinator of the group Azharians for a civil state and a Tahrir Square preacher, disclosed the chase launched against him by the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and the Salafists. In an...
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 22, 2012
Grand Shaykh of al-Azhar Dr. Aḥmad al-Tayyib led a high-ranking delegation to visit Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawāḍrūs II at the Saint Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-ʿAbbāssīyah to offer congratulations to the new patriarch over his investiture.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 22, 2012
An opinion poll by the Ibn Khaldūn Center for Research & Studies revealed that 67.9% are not pleased with the leadership of President Muḥammad Mursī and the government of Hishām Qandīl, appealing to the president to deliver on his pledges to step down if Egyptians’ blood was shed in protests.
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 19, 2012
The five candidates are meeting Friday with the Copts of Alexandria inside the Saint Mark Cathedral in the Mediterranean city to introduce them to the Christian public.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 29, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox Church’s committee on the amendment of the 1957 statute regarding the election of patriarch is holding its second meeting under Bishop Pachomius of al-Biḥayra to finalize it within one year and prepare it for the next parliament to endorse as law.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 28, 2012
The European Parliament said it is appalled by developments in Egypt over a constitutional declaration announced by President Muḥammad Mursī and inside the constituent assembly, adding the so-called declaration puts Mursī above the law.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 25, 2012
In its first meeting during the papacy of Ṭawāḍrūs yesterday, the Holy Synod made a decision that prohibits applause or trills of joy inside churches in order to respect the sacrality of these places.
The new Coptic Orthodox Pope is planning to set up a media office and reshuffle the secretariat...