Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 7, 2013
Yusrī Sa’īd, one of the returnees from Jerusalem, said that his visit was religious (visiting the places were Jesus Christ was born and crucified) and not political (Mahmūd ‘Abd al-Ghanī and Basmah Mahmūd, al-Yawm al-Sābi’, May 7, p. 6). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 16, 2013
Al-Yawm al-Sābi' learned that Pope Tawadros cut short his retreat after intensive contact with the presidency. Last Wednesday, Apr. 10, Pope Tawadros canceled his weekly sermon and announced that he would retreat to the Bishoy Monastery in objection to the regime’s dealing with the attacks at al-...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 16, 2013
Al-Yawm al-Sābi' learned that Pope Tawadros cut short his retreat after intensive contact with the presidency. Last Wednesday, Apr. 10, Pope Tawadros canceled his weekly sermon and announced that he would retreat to the Bishoy Monastery in objection to the regime’s dealing with the attacks at al-...
Date of source: السبت, نيسان (أبريل) 20, 2013
Below is the original text as it came on The New York Times:
It’s Tuesday afternoon, and a few dozen of the faithful members of St. Mary and St. Antonios Coptic Orthodox Church in Ridgewood, Queens, are singing in the liturgy during observation of the Great Lent, the 55 days of prayer and fasting...
Date of source: السبت, نيسان (أبريل) 20, 2013
Al-Yawm al-Sābi’ newspaper has obtained documents from the investigation into the clashes at the Cathedral, showing that 12 people have been detained, four of them Copts. However some of the accused say they were arrested while trying to prove, in police records, that they had been injured. Another...
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 17, 2013
Al-Yawm al-Sābi' interviewed a prominent lawyer and legal adviser of the Church, Ramsīs al-Najjār. Al-Najjār participated in the meeting of the Clerical Council held in order to study the Personal Status regulations for Copts, to develop a new list for the Law, including amendments to article 35...
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 15, 2013
(CIDT's General Director and AWR's Editor-in-Chief, Drs. Cornelis Hulsman, comments: There is no evidence that 100 thousand Christians have migrated. This figure seems to be inflated, see AWR student Jaco Stoop paper. It is even less true that all migrants left out of intimidation. There is no...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 9, 2013
According to al-Yawm al-Sābi’ the sectarian clashes in Khusūs and the following violence at the Cathedral are not comparable with earlier fights between Muslims and Copts. They represent a warning, since calls for a citizenship cannot be heard this time.
The coptic writer and researcher Sulaymān...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 9, 2013
Several representatives of civil parties and Coptic members of Parliament (MPs) held a press conference about the happenings in al-Khusūs and the Cathedral. It was generally agreed that Muhammad Mursi (Mursī) should bear responsibility for the recent happenings. All participants demanded the...
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 7, 2013
Dahshūr village in al-Badrashīn, south of Giza Governorate turned to a military barrack after the murder of Bishrī, brother of Sāmih Sāmī Yūsuf, a Coptic ironing man. Sāmih had caused fitnah seven months ago in Dahshūr when he burned a shirt of a Muslim.
A security source in Giza Security...