Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 24, 2011
Safwat 'Abd al-Ghanī, a member of al-Jamā'ah al-Islāmīyāh's Shūrá Council, handed the group's party papers to the Committee for Political Parties' Affairs.
The party will be called al-Binā' wi al-Tanmīyah.
From the other hand, Ahmad Rāsim al-Nafīs, Shi'ite thinker, said that the documents for...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 24, 2011
The legal advisor of the Freedom and Justice Party, Ahmed Abu Baraka, was assaulted by strangers when he was leaving Maspiro building on Tuesday. He was walking back home near to the Ministry of Interior.
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 25, 2011
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Pope Shenouda III, pope of Alexandria and head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, has begun an investigation into Bishop Bula and Father Royce Aweidah, Chariman and Secretary of the Clerical Council respectively, about what happened during the Coptic sit-in on Monday.
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 25, 2011
Months after the Alexandria “Two Saints Church” bombing in January, the Coptic Church is threatening to sue the Interior Ministry which it claims has failed to produce those responsible and bring justice. Despite sending many requests to the Ministry regarding the bombing which killed 24 people,...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 20, 2011
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The church released an official statement about the demonstrations of Copts in front of the Clerical Council demanding civil marriage.
In the statement, Archpriest Ruways 'Iwayda, Secretary of the Council, said the Council itself is not entitled to give legislation, but rather an organization...
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 11, 2011
Church leaders have said that the recent speech given by Prime Minister Dr. 'Isam Sharaf mainly aimed to appease the situation in the country after protesters staged a sit-in in al-Tahrīr Square.
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 11, 2011
The U.S. magazine Time observed that the scenes from "Revolution First" Friday, July 8, seemed to have seen the participation of closer to 500,000 demonstrators in al-Tahrīr square, less than the supposed one million.
The article explained that the U.S. report had lacked unified demands by...
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 11, 2011
The social solidarity ministry staff are organising campaigns and visits to Coptic hostels for girls, based on a notice to the ministry from the public prosecutor, to search for Kāmīliyā Shihātah, a church source revealed.
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 11, 2011
On July 10, a group of 15 lawyers for the Coalition to Support New Muslims lodged a complaint with Public Prosecutor 'Abd al-Majīd Mahmūd demanding him not to hand over the two Minya girls, Christine and Nancy, who they said wish to convert to Islam.
The complaint relied on an incident when a...
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 12, 2011
The church launched a political campaign to encourage Copts to participate in political life and face political religious movements.
The Virgin Mary and Archangel Church in al-Khalafāwi, Shubrā, hosted writer Fatimah Na'ūt to talk about the importance of political participation for Copts.
Church...