Date of source: الثلاثاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 10, 2013
Pope Tawadros II returned to run the affairs of the Church again from the Papal Headquarters in St. Mark’s Cathedral in 'Abbāsīyyah after it had to be abandoned for two months. He had been treatened with murder because of his involvement in the June 30 Revolution. Until today, the Pope cannot hold...
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 28, 2013
Crimes against Copts go unpunished; the perpetrators are unknown while the pain remains. When a sad event takes place against Copts in Egypt denouncements start and popular and formal apologies are presented. Soon after all of the statements boil to nothing. Policies that strengthen impunity in...
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 25, 2013
Pope Tawadros II has visited the injured victims of the al-Warrāq Church attack inside the Military Hospital in Ma’ādi. He stated, “Muslims and Christians live in love. May God project Egypt” (Author not mentioned, al-Watan, Oct. 25, p. 3). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 23, 2013
Security forces have intensified their efforts to arrest the assailants on al-Warrāq Church. About 30 officers from the national and central security investigations units have listened to 120 testimonies from witnesses. The security team continued to search for the assailants in the Corniche area...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 22, 2013
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Dār al-Iftā’ is taking part in an international conference on the relationship between religion and the media that will be held in the headquarters of the German Parliament tomorrow (October...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 22, 2013
Dr. Hāzim al-Biblāwī has given his condolences to Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros for victims of the attack on the Church of Virgin Mary and Archangel Michael in al-Warrāq (Ahmad Abdil ‘Azīm, Wā’il Fāyiz and Muhammd Abū ‘Imayrah, al-Watan, Oct. 22, p. 6). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 11, 2013
Security forces in Cairo have arrested a leader in the “Tablīgh and Daw’ah” group in a flat in Nasr City and found with him 20 bombs as well as maps for the Ministry of Defense (Ahmad ‘Abd al-Latīf, al-Watan, Oct. 11, p.2). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 11, 2013
The Basic Principles Subcommittee of the Constituent Assembly has rejected the proposal submitted by the churches stipulating the formation of the Churches’ Council as an independent institution as was stated in the article on Al-Azhar (Walā’ Ni’maa, et al, al-Watan, Oct. 11, p. 3). Read original...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 8, 2013
The crimes of abduction of Copts have increased in al-Minya. Ten of citizens were abducted, of which five are doctors, in less than a week. However, security sources refuse to call this a ‘phenomenon’ assuring that they are isolated incidents (Islām Fahmī, al-Watan, Oct. 8, p. 10). Read original...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 8, 2013
Dr. Shawqī ‘Allām, the Grand Muftī, stated that carrying or distributing political slogans or partisan banners or organizing protests during the pilgrimage is religiously prohibited (Author not mentioned, al-Watan, Oct. 8). Read original text in Arabic.