Date of source: الأربعاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 26, 2012
The Central Committee on National Awareness for Copts and the Priests Assembly in Alexandria launched a signature campaign calling for excluding the bishops running for the papal chair of Saint Mark to succeed Pope Shenouda III, who died in March.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 7, 2012
Priest Philopater Jamīl of the Virgin Mary Church in ‘Izbit al-Nakhl area, northern Cairo, did a hatchet job on the regime of President Muhammad Mursī and accused him and the Muslim Brotherhood over a channel relaying from the United States of involvement in a bombing attack that targeted the Two...
Date of source: الأحد, آب (اغسطس) 19, 2012
The Coptic Church has called for authorities to investigate Christian stationary stores in the northern district of Shubrā, which have received threatening letters by post mail. The threats to stop the sale of religious pictures, icons, and statues.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 22, 2012
In an interview with al-Watan, the Islamic preacher Dr. Yūsuf Badrī, a member of the previous Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, has condemned the calls for demonstrations against President Muhammad Mursī on the 24th of August as heresy. He demanded that those who would storm or burn the Muslim...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 22, 2012
Al-Watan reports that Copts have demanded that General ‘Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī, Minister of Defense, promptly withdraws his decision to appoint Major General Hamdī Badīn as Egypt’s Military Attaché to China.
Badīn, former Commander of Military Police, faces accusations of allegedly playing a role in...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 22, 2012
Al-Watan reports that President Muhammad Mursī has decided to appoint Coptic thinker Samīr Marqus, Dr. Bākīnām al-Sharqāwī, Dr. Sayf ‘Abd al-Fattāh, and writer, Sakīnah Fu’ād, to his presidential advisory team.
The decision was announced by the president's spokesman, Dr. Yāsir ‘Alī, who also said...
Date of source: الخميس, آب (اغسطس) 23, 2012
‘Āsim, an attorney, filed the first lawsuit against Field Marshal Muhammad Husayn Tantāwī, former Minister of Defense, accusing him of killing protesters in the incidents at Maspero, Muhammad Mahmūd, the Cabinet building, and the massacres in Port Said and al-‘Abbāsīyah.
Date of source: الخميس, آب (اغسطس) 23, 2012
Expatriate Copt organizations staged protests at Egyptian embassies in a number of European capitals. The Dutch Coptic Association, headed by Bahā’ Ramzī, is at the top of these protests as it organized a protest at the Egyptian Embassy in The Hague, The Netherlands.
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 23, 2012
He blamed Muslims for “the insults against the Prophet Muhammad,” adding “the West will not respect Muslims before they advance and excel in all walks of life”.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 28, 2018
The Coptic Orthodox Church Media Center announced the organization of a photography contest on the occasion of special events that the church celebrates in 2018, such as the opening of the Nativity Cathedral in the new administrative capital, the centennial Jubilee of the Sunday schools, the golden...