Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 12, 2013
The clashes led to the torching of seven Coptic houses, some Coptic-owned shops, and a Coptic place of worship. Also two Muslim houses were burnt and 5 Muslims slightly wounded (Muhammad Khalf Amīn, Islām Fahmī, and Hibah Sabīh, al-Watan, Aug. 12, p. 15).
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Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 4, 2012
“The Dutch journalist attacked late Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III when he said that the pope deepened Christians’ feelings of persecution by exaggerating on estimations regarding the Coptic population,” said Bishop Bīshūy, who runs in the papal election to sit on the Saint Mark chair.
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Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 15, 2012
The number of monks applied for the position rose to seven after Monks Bīshūy and Archpriest Maximus presented their papers and recommendations to the candidacy committee. [Mustafá Rahūmah, al-Watan, May 15, p. 4] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 15, 2012
Political powers, parties and movements expressed reservations over the rate of representation of women, Copts and law experts included into the initial report by People’s Assembly Legislative Committee. [Khālid ‘Abd al-Rasūl and Ahmad Ghunaym, al-Watan, May 15, p. 4] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 15, 2012
The number of monks applied for the position rose to seven after Monks Bīshūy and Archpriest Maximus presented their papers and recommendations to the candidacy committee. [Mustafá Rahūmah, al-Watan, May 15, p. 4] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 15, 2012
Political powers, parties and movements expressed reservations over the rate of representation of women, Copts and law experts included into the initial report by People’s Assembly Legislative Committee. [Khālid ‘Abd al-Rasūl and Ahmad Ghunaym, al-Watan, May 15, p. 4] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 15, 2012
Political powers, parties and movements expressed reservations over the rate of representation of women, Copts and law experts included into the initial report by People’s Assembly Legislative Committee. [Khālid ‘Abd al-Rasūl and Ahmad Ghunaym, al-Watan, May 15, p. 4] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 15, 2012
The number of monks applied for the position rose to seven after Monks Bīshūy and Archpriest Maximus presented their papers and recommendations to the candidacy committee. [Mustafá Rahūmah, al-Watan, May 15, p. 4] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 15, 2012
Acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius refused canceling any of the 2008 amendments introduced by late Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III on the rules of divorce and marriage, which confined to divorce only to reasons of adultery and conversion to other faiths. [Mustafá Rahūmah, al-Watan, May 15, p. 3] ...
Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 12, 2012
Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah prayed in interview with al-Watan newspaper that Copts are to be spared an “extremist president,” pledging that he would go to the iconic al-Tahrīr Square to protest if the new constitution did not meet the demands of the church.
Copts in Egypt are 18 million and...