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...
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 19, 2012
Pope Tawāḍrus II wept during his enthronement ceremony as he was overwhelmed by emotional reception while Coptic zaghārīd (shrills made by women as a sign of joy) were heard as acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius handed the new Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark the papal staff.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 25, 2012
After toppling the prosecutor-general, Counselor ‘Abd al-Majīd Maḥmūd, demands are renewed by Azharite movements to sack Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Aḥmad al-Tayyib on the grounds that he belonged to the former regime.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 16, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox Church prohibited the five candidates for papal chair of Saint Mark in succession of Pope Shenouda III, who passed away on March 17, 2012, from appearing on satellite channels before the election of the 118th pope.