Date of source: الأربعاء, شباط (فبراير) 6, 2013
Grand Shaykhof the Azhar, Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb, demanded that the Iranian President must, in accordance with Islamic sharī'ah and international laws and norms, recognize the rights of the Sunnī community in Iran and acknowledge them as equal citizens (Rāmī Nawwār, Amīrah 'Abd al-Salām, Lu'ay 'Alī and...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 31, 2013
In President Mursī’s first official state visit to Germany, he and Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed critical and thorny issues with a particular focus on the tense political situation in Egypt today.
German state department officials have stated that grants and aid are conditional on economic...
Date of source: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 4, 2013
European Parliament held last Wednesday a session that lasted for about three hours in Brussels for hearing expatriate Copts living in a number of European countries. During the session, the political situation under the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood and President Muhammad Mursī has been tackled....
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 3, 2013
The Azhar's Senior Scholars Authority, headed by the Grand Shaykh Ahmed al-Tayyīb, is set on Monday, February 11, 2013 to nominate the three candidates for the position of the country's muftī. The new muftī will succeed the outgoing muftī, ‘Alī Jum'ah, who is set to retire at the age of 61 in March...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 30, 2013
On the same court decision ruled in the case of the controversial video footage defaming Prophet Muhammad and Islam, al-Yāwm al-Sabiꞌ reported that the death ruling was based on Article 77 of the Penal Code, which states: “it shall be sentenced to death whoever deliberately committed an act...
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 4, 2013
The Ministry of Awkaf or Awqāf (Religious Endowments) stressed that the mutual exchange of congratulations on the occasion of Christian and Muslim festivities is an expression of indigenous feelings of love and affection rooted in the Egyptian people throughout history, and at the same time it...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 1, 2013
The Libyan authorities vowed, last Monday, to find those responsible for the terrorist attack on the Egyptian church in Misurata.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 1, 2013
New year's celebrations in Tahrir Square were canceled after clashes erupted between people who want to continue the celebrations and people who do not.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 1, 2013
Political and revolutionary powers in Alexandria attended the memorial of victims of Two Saints Church blast. Jamīlah Ismā’īl, media practitioner, attended the memorial. Likely, the Maspero Youth Coalition organized a candle light vigil commemorating the victims.
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 2, 2013
Members at the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy has rejected a Finance-Ministry-proposed bill sectioning the introduction of Islamic financial bonds.