Date of source: الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 27, 2013
Bishop Julius, the bishop of the Church of Archangel Michael in Kirdāsah, stated that on the same day the church was attacked a number of supporters of Morsi attacked the church. He stated that after 36 days of burning the church, security has not been restored and that they were not able to carry...
Date of source: الأربعاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 25, 2013
Miscellaneous
Some teachers in al-Thaghr Preparatory School in the Village of Burj al-Burulus in Kafr al-Shaykh have enforced the hijāb (head veil) in the school. Those who refused to wear it were asked to transfer from the school. This led a number of parents to submit a complaint to the Education...
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 30, 2013
The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church will approve in a coming meeting before the end of the year four sets of internal regulations. The regulations include: regulations for the elections of the Pope, for new educational institutes, for Church education, and for new bishops. This is in the context...
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 30, 2013
After 33 months of suspended relations, Dr. Shawqī ‘Allām, the Grand Mufti of the Republic shall visit Pope Francis I, Pope of the Vatican. Participating in a peace conference, he will hand him a letter from Dr. Shaykh Ahmad Al-Tayyīb, Shaykh of Al-Azhar. The letter welcomes the resumption of...
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 23, 2013
The Copts in Diljā have held the first Sunday mass after the army and police forces entered the village. This was held in the Monastery of Virgin Mary and Bishop Abram that was burnt in the presence of security forces (Islām Fahmī and Khadīgā al-‘Adlī, al-Watan, Sept. 23, p. 3). Read original text...
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 23, 2013
The Orthodox Church would like to see an amendment to the “Arab and Islamic Nations” in Article 1 to be amended to the “Arab nation and Islamic world”. In addition to that, the words “the Christians and Jews” in the second article should be changed to “non- Muslims”. Bishop Paul did not state what...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 2, 2013
Yesterday afternoon the U.S.Congress Foreign Relations Committee held (Oct. 1) a formal hearing on the violation of human rights in Egypt and theattacksonChristiansandchurches. This was in the presenceofBishopAngaelos, Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church of England.The session included a hearing...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 1, 2013
In the American newspaper, Newsweek, an article was published on the plausibility of dividing five Arab countries, namely Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, and Saudi Arabia into 14 countries as a result of the sectarian conflicts within them. The article featured a projected map accompanied by the comment...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 1, 2013
During the second seminar in a series of seminars called, “Participate in Amending your Constitution,” organized by the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center in the Cathedral of St. Mark in Abbassīya, Dr. Muná Zulfaqār, Vice-Chairman of the Constituent Assembly stated that she is guilty of the proposal...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 1, 2013
Sources in the Constituent Assembly stated that there is an inclination to resolve the dispute over the “identity articles”, through voting in the general session of the assembly after the members failed to reach an agreement within basic principles subcommittee. The sources said that there was a...