Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 24, 2017
Sources in a highly guarded prison in the Turā prison complex, commonly referred to as "Scorpio 2," revealed that the Ministry of Interior has started a series of ideological review [programs] for many Islamist groups, especially those belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood, members of ISIS cells...
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 12, 2017
Full title: During The Ministry of Endowment’s International Conference… A Coptic Thinker: There are Two Verses in the Qur’ān That Can Resolve All of the World’s Conflicts… and Mujah Ghālib: The Parliament Constitutes Society’s Safety Valve Given its Legislative and Regulatory Roles.
One Hundred...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 8, 2017
Hānī ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, the official documentarian of New Suez Canal, announced that he will begin to document the information related to the housing of Coptic families moving from al-ʿArīsh to al-Ismāʿīlīya after being targeted by terrorists.
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 28, 2012
Khayrat al-Shātir, the deputy murshid (guide) of the Muslim Brotherhood group, said that SCAF's passing of the Azhar law is a "grave mistake" and "flagrant assault on the parliament." [Ahmad Fathī, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, Jan. 28, p. 7]
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 28, 2012
The enactment of the law on the Azhar, known in the media as the Azhar independence law, was severely criticized as it was approved and published in the official gazette a few days before the People's Assembly session.
'Abd al-Ghanī Hindī, the leader of the people's movement for the independence...
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 27, 2012
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb congratulated members of the Azhar's Islamic Research Academy on the enactment of the new law regulating the top Sunni Muslim establishment's affairs, known in the media as the Azhar independence law, issued hours before the People's Assembly session...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 19, 2012
The government approved on Wednesday (January 18) a draft decree law to re-organize the Azhar and its affiliated bodies, known as the Azhar Independence Law, according to Minister of Planning & International Cooperation Fāyzah Abū al-Najā. [Mansūr Kāmil, al-Misrī al-Yawm, Jan. 19, p. 3]
“The...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 18, 2012
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb said that all documents, statements and decisions as well as meetings held at the Azhar headquarters throughout last year was not an attempt to get the top Sunni Muslim establishment to play a political role but rather out of keenness on the nation's...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 17, 2012
Bishop Basantī made the remarks during a dialogue session organized by the National Council for Youth, attended by 4,000 young men and women under Khālid 'Abd al-'Azīz.
For his part, Dr. Hassan al-Shāf'ī, director of the technical office of the Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, said that the...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 15, 2012
Zakī, who is also director of the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS), called on the Azhar to activate this paper, which he described as "the key to a modern state and window of hope for the future."
Dr. 'Imād Jād, deputy chairman of the al-Ahrām Center for Political...