Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 4, 2011
Coptic Pope Shenouda III held a Holy Synod meeting that discussed the continuous attacks by salafists against Copts.
A Synod member revealed that Ayman Mitrī [A Copt whose ear was cut off by salafists for rumors of his relationship with a Muslim woman in Qena] waived his rights in his case against...
Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 16, 2010
Pope Shenouda defends the church’s stance on the issue of a civil state and personal status affairs. Pope Shenouda confirms that the both church believes in, and respects the civil state, as well as the civil state respects religions.
He denies rumors that the Coptic Church undermines the...
Date of source: الخميس, تموز (يوليو) 22, 2010
The article highlights the disappearance of a priest’s wife in Upper Egypt. The Orthodox priest of St. George's Church, Dayr Muwās, reported the kidnapping of his wife to the security services in Minya.
He accused the security services of neglect and they promised her return within 48 hours. On...
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 28, 2011
A number of Muslims protested in Imbābah, Giza governorate, demonstrating against establishing a church without a permit by a group of Copts inside a factory that was bough few months ago.
Well known sources said that Christians had informed Muslims of the establishment of the church, who in return...
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 27, 2011
As already reported in the article “prominent Egyptian Salafī proclaims victory of religion in referendum”, Salafī preacher Muhammad Husīn Ya’qūb has lately described Egypt’s recent referendum results as a “yes to religion”, demanding that everyone, who voted against it had to leave the country.
In...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 30, 2011
'Abd al-Mun'im Abū al-Futūh, a leading Islamist, on March 29, 2011, quit the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's most well-organized opposition group a few days after he insinuated at a possible bid to run for presidency.
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 28, 2011
Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb, Azhar's Grand Shaykh, welcomed Ayman Mitrī [Coptic man who was attacked by extremists Muslim in Qena] in the Azhar's Mashyakhah [headquarter].
Al-Tayīb decided to admit Mitrī in al-Sayīd Jalāl education hospital in the Azhar's university on the expenses of the university....
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 29, 2011
Coptic Pope Shenouda III met with the Minister of Local Development Muhsin al-Nu'māni in Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in al-‘Abāsiyah on March 28, 2011.
The Coptic Pope said that they discussed having a community dialogue between all religious main-streams: the church, the Azhar,...
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 28, 2011
Al-Misrī al-Yawm published on March 28, 2011, a news story about a draft amendment to the law that regulates the formation of political parties.
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 28, 2011
The Azhar's Grand Shaykh Ahmad al-Tayīb offered Ayman Mitrī, the Copt whose ear was cut off by a group of Salafists in Qena, free treatment at the Azhar hospital.
Mitrī will undergo plastic surgery on his ear. The Grand Shaykh said, this initiative is party of a project called “Family House” with...