Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 15, 2013
Dozens of Copts surrounded the Libyan Embassy in Cairo on March 14 for the second time in two days, demonstrating against the death of a Christian and demanding the release of others who are accused of proselytizing and compensation for their loss as well as an official apology from the state of...
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 17, 2013
A Coptic Church in Benghazi has been subjected to new attacks. Unknown assailant set fire to the building and looted the place. This is the second attack in a short period of time. Libyan investigators have also completed their investigation of four Egyptian detainees held on charges of...
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 14, 2013
Counselor Munsif Najīb Sulaymān, Coptic Orthodox Church attorney and former vice-president of the Council o State, said that passing a unified law for building worship houses will solve the crisis between Copts and Muslims and not passing the law will drive Egypt to sectarian crises (Author not...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 12, 2013
Massive Christian protests broke out in a number of Pakistani villages after extremist Muslims burned down more than 100 Christian homes. This was in response to an accusation against a Christian for offending the Prophet Muhammad. Christian protesters destroyed the windows of buses and clashed...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 5, 2013
The Libyan government began forming a committee to investigate the attack of an Egyptian church in Benghazi. The government has said it will take the necessary actions to secure the Church and its residents. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the International Cooperation Libya have condemned the...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 5, 2013
IBeni Suef Prosecution listened to the testimony of Father Fānūs of Bayād al-‘Arab Church in Beni Suef Township. The family of the missing female student in al-Wāstá City of Beni Suef Governorate had “claimed” that they found papers at the house in their daughter’s desk with a telephone number...
Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 1, 2013
The presidency has made many efforts to convince the Coptic Orthodox Church to participate in the national dialogue called for by President Muhammad Morsi (Author not mentioned, al-Dustūr, Mar. 1, p. 4). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 1, 2013
After days, 116 cardinals (highest religious ranking in the Catholic Church) from all corners of the world are meeting at the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican to vote for the successor of Pope Benedict XVI, who recently resigned (Author not mentioned, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, Mar. 1, p.10). Read original...
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 2, 2013
On Friday, Mar. 1, after the Vatican Pope Benedict XVI officially stepped down, Catholic Cardinals began their process of electing the new Vatican leader to head the world’s largest church. Because the Catholic Church has not invoked such procedures for approximately six centuries, the leaders of...
Date of source: الخميس, شباط (فبراير) 28, 2013
Unknown assailants set fire to a church in Nigeria, damaging the building and its contents. The recently-built church is the subject of some local controversy over the ownership of the land the church is built on (Author not mentioned, al-Yawm al-Sāb’, Feb. 28, p. 2). Read original text in Arabic.