Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 21, 2012
“Each and every citizen has to take advantage of the means of monitoring available in order to achieve maximum integrity and transparency,” he said in statements. [Shādyah Yūsūf, al-Ahrām, May 21, p. 6] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 22, 2012
Pope Shenouda has passed away in a very critical political juncture and amidst confusion and disputes over the political values founding the state and the constitutional system and, more seriously, amidst growing fears and misgivings over the future of Christians in Egypt and the Arab region,...
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 22, 2012
The Cairo Criminal Court canceled a decision barring Priest Philopater Jamīl from leaving Egypt over charges pressed against him of involvement in incitation in the October 9 incidents outside the state radio & TV building in Maspero, which left dozens killed or wounded. [Author Not Mentioned, ...
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 22, 2012
The behaviors of some Egyptians – Muslims and Copts – need genuine reconsideration as the Egyptians need to be convinced that establishing the pillars of a civil state is a key exit of what the nation is going through, writes ‘Abd al-Latīf al-Manāwī in an opinion article in al-Misrī al-Yawm.
The...
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 22, 2012
Ice was broken on Wednesday (March 21) between presidential candidate Dr. Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awwā and Bishop Bīshūy, the Coptic Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod Secretary and a possible successor of Pope Shenouda III, when ‘Awwā visited the Saint Mark Cathedral to offer condolences over the pope....
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 21, 2012
Presidential candidate Dr. Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awwā described Pope Shenouda as a “patriotic leader who has never bowed to pressures to get involved in sectarian strife from abroad or at home,” adding the pope has stood firmly in the face of divisions.
“Pope Shenouda’s stances were many, including...
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 18, 2012
“Non-Muslims are free to their own faiths and we have to offer them amity and peace if they do not fight us,” said ‘Awwā during a rally next to the al-Fayoum cultural center on Friday (March 16), adding only true believers (Muslims) will apply the Islamic sharī’ah and be fair between Muslims and...
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 26, 2012
All theocracies throughout the ages have proven to be a failure simply because religion and beliefs are bigger than being monopolized by a ruler, writes Bishop Yuhanna Qultah Sa’īd, Deputy Patriarch for the Coptic Catholic Church in Egypt, in an opinion article.
Egyptians are capable of building...
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 26, 2012
Presidential candidate Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awwā said he would accept to have a young man, a Copt or a woman to be his vice president, adding it is impossible for the coming president to provide housing units for all Egyptian youths.
He called on the Muslim Brotherhood, Salafists, al-Jamā’ah al-...
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 26, 2012
Najīb Jibrā’īl, Chairman of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights Organization (EUHRO), said a plenary conference will be held for all Coptic activists and movements on May 6 to settle the Copts’ position on a candidate that would serve the nation and avoid marginalization of their issues. [Muhammad...