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Date of source: الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 11, 2012
The Cairo Court of Appeal on Thursday (May 10) set the July 2 session to start the trial of Michael ‘Ādil Najīb Faraj and Michael Mus’ad Shākir, aka Midhat Shākir on charges of involvement in the October 9, 2011 incidents outside the state radio & TV building in Maspero area that left dozens...
Date of source: الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 11, 2012
Dr. Safwat al-Bayādī, the head of the Coptic Evangelical Church in Egypt, said he would support a candidate who will put the nation’s interest as his top priority and separate between his religious affiliations and the homeland’s public good.
I would not refuse a pious president who is fair to all...
Date of source: الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 11, 2012
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb said the Egyptian people are now free to choose their representatives like the case with the recent parliamentary elections and the forthcoming presidential elections, adding the people who can elect a president can as well sack him.
“We have no future...
Date of source: الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 11, 2012
‘Awā, in an interview to al-Mihwar channel on Wednesday (May 9), said if he won the presidency, he would do his best to implement the Islamic sharī’ah because it is “the umbrella that cover all segments of the Egyptian people”. [Muhammad Gharīb and Ibtisām Ta’lab, al-Misrī al-Yawm, May 11, p. 6] ...
Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 7, 2012
The committee on the registration of voters participating in the election of a new pope in succession of Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III resumes its activities on Monday (May 7) after a three-day hiatus over the incidents in the central Cairo district of al-'Abbāssīyah.
"The committee has...
Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 7, 2012
Coptic intellectual Jamāl As'ad said the withdrawal of the church from the constituent assembly was a "bad, unjustifiable attitude," adding the church did so because it was only emboldened by the Azhar's withdrawal.
"There are no disputes on the part of the Copts regarding Article 2 of the...
Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 7, 2012
A conference for Coptic activists issued a 10-point guiding paper envisaging criteria for the election of a new president and emphasizing the civil nature of the state, where there will be no discrimination among the citizens.
The paper affirmed that a president of the republic must be a strong...
Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 7, 2012
Dūs said he believes in Abū al-Futūh’s political platform and that the presidential candidate is offering nothing to be afraid of, adding Abū al-Futūh represents the moderate Azharite Islam.
A person attending the conference asked Dūs about the “price Abū al-Futūh had to pay for Salafists to get...
Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 5, 2012
The coalition, in a statement circulated on Friday (May 4), warned that some parties are using these demonstrations and the security forces’ preoccupation with them in order to carry out “terrorist operations targeting churches and vital state institutions”.
“With grief and pain, we condemn the...
Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 5, 2012
Meanwhile, the committee registering names of voters in the election of a new pope in succession of Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III will resume its activities on Monday (May 7) after it stopped for several days over the recent incidents in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah.
Bishop Marqus, the...
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