Date of source: الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 28, 2014
According to Nash’at Tal’at Sidīq, the only survivor of the Libyan massacre that cost the life of 7 Egyptians, the victims – including his father – were killed for sectarian reasons. He reported that a group of masked men wearing military uniforms and carrying machine guns entered their building...
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 22, 2014
Shabāb Christian movement for Orthodox Copts called upon the Pope Tawadros to end his pastoral visit to Canada that would continue until the end of this month and return to Egypt to follow up on the crisis of the village of Jabal al-Tāyr in Minya.
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 22, 2014
The Muslim Brotherhood has described the statements of president al- Sīsī in which he stated that the Muslim Brotherhood can return to political life if they reject violence that it is simply a media show.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 23, 2014
Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar, Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib donated the prize awarded to him by the United Arab Emirates as Islamic Personality of the Year to the ‘Long Live Egypt’ bank account for economic and social development.
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 21, 2014
A number of Copts in the village of Dāyr Jabal al- Tāyr, Samalūt, Minya, have accused the security forces of dealing with the angry youth during the protests calling for the return of the disappeared housewife with much repression and brutality.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 23, 2014
A joint prayer is organized for tomorrow by the Council of Egyptian Churches, which encompasses the Orthodox, Catholic, Episcopal, Evangelical, and Roman Catholic Churches.
The prayer is to be held at the St Mark’s Cathedral in the ‘Abāssiyah district tomorrow night as a call for peace in Egypt,...
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 21, 2014
Coptic activists and Coptic organizations called upon President ‘Abd al- Fattāh al- Sīsī to dismiss the Minister of Interior, Muhammad Ibrahīm, as well as the Governor and the Security Director of Minya.
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 20, 2014
In an interview with “al-Watan”, Ahmad Karīmah, Professor at al-Azhar University, spoke about his recent ten-day trip to Tehran and the subsequent freeze of his membership in the High Commission of Islamic Affairs, from which he meanwhile consider to withdraw.
Date of source: الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 19, 2014
In an open letter to the United Nations Office at Geneva, yesterday, various leaders of Middle Eastern Churches urged the United Nations to protect religious minorities in Iraq and Syria, to prevent atrocities and massacres, and to officially condemn the human rights violations committed by the...
Date of source: الخميس, شباط (فبراير) 27, 2014
Rāmī Ka’āl, spokesperson for the Libyan Interior Ministry, stated that the investigations into the case of the seven Egyptians who were shot in Libya are still ongoing. He said that some clues were found as to what happened, but that considering the sensitivity of the case this information remains...