Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 6, 2012
On the other hand, Minister of Awqāf (Endowments) Muhammad ‘Abd al-Fadīl al-Qūsī underlined the importance of providing all forms scholarly support for a Pakistani judicial delegation that will visit Cairo on June 13 to get abreast of Egypt’s experiment of entrenching a culture of moderation and...
Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 6, 2012
On the other hand, Minister of Awqāf (Endowments) Muhammad ‘Abd al-Fadīl al-Qūsī underlined the importance of providing all forms scholarly support for a Pakistani judicial delegation that will visit Cairo on June 13 to get abreast of Egypt’s experiment of entrenching a culture of moderation and...
Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 6, 2012
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces gave political powers and parties 48 hours to agree on key standards to form a constitution-drafting panel as a meeting held by SCAF Chairman Field Marshal Muhammad Husayn Tantāwī on Tuesday (June 5) with politicians saw differences over issuance of a...
Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 6, 2012
Meanwhile, the Coptic Orthodox Church set criteria for electing or excluding candidates for the post of the 118th pope to succeed Pope Shenouda III, who passed away on March 17, adding the initial list of candidates will be announced soon.
Bishop Bisāntī of Helwan and al-Ma’sarah and member of the...
Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 6, 2012
Joseph Malāk, a lawyer for the families of victims of the early last year’s deadly bombing attack on the Two Saints Church that left dozens killed or wounded, said he is going to sue Minister of Interior Muhammad Ibrāhīm, Alexandria Security Director Khālid Ghurābah and the chief of al-Muntazah...
Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 6, 2012
A delegation from several political parties and movements, including the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), is paying a visit to the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate in Sohag to offer assurances for Christians and ask them to vote for FJP leader Muhammad Mursī. [Khālid Hassan, al-...
Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 6, 2012
The governor had asked Mustafá Muhammad ‘Abd Allāh to accompany a delegation visiting churches to congratulate Copts but he violated instructions and refused to do so. [Māhir ‘Abd al-Sabūr, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, June 6, p. 2] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 5, 2012
Also in Asiut, a court sentenced a Coptic secondary student, Jamāl ‘Abduh Mas’ūd, who sparked sectarian trouble in the Upper Egyptian governorate, to three years in jail for disdaining Islam and publishing photos and images insulting religions. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Akhbār, April 5, p. 20] Read...
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 5, 2012
“There is absolutely no deal between the Brotherhood and the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF),” said Shātir during a meeting with the trustees of the Islamic Legitimate Body of Rights and Reformation (ILBRR).
He added that a large portion of the interior ministry’s responsibilities must...
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 5, 2012
Also in Asiut, a court sentenced a Coptic secondary student, Jamāl ‘Abduh Mas’ūd, who sparked sectarian trouble in the Upper Egyptian governorate, to three years in jail for disdaining Islam and publishing photos and images insulting religions. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Akhbār, April 5, p. 20] Read...