Date of source: الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 4, 2012
Local residents in the village of Banī Ghālib in Assiut arrested a 23-year-old Coptic young man and handed him over to police for distributing circulars propagating conversion to Christianity. [Ahmad al-Ansārī, al-Misryūn, May 4, p. 1] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 5, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox Church Guards Coalition denounced the protests in al-Tahrīr and al-‘Abbāssīyah, adding proponents of those protest calls “seek the division of the nation into factions fighting one another”. [Ghādah ‘Abd al-Hāfiz, al-Misrī al-Yawm, May 5, p. 6] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 6, 2012
Azhar scholars said that attacking public property, intimidating citizens and killing soldiers and workers are all against Islam and their perpetrators must be punished. [Dīyā’ Abū al-Safā, al-Akhbār, May 6, p. 6] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: الخميس, آيار (مايو) 3, 2012
Anti-riot police forces reinforced presence around the Saint Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah, where renewed clashes erupted between protesters and thugs on Wednesday (May 2) as nine armored vehicles parked outside the cathedral that closed its gates. [‘Imān Ibrāhīm and...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 2, 2012
Thousands of supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate for Egypt’s presidency, Muhammad Mursī, gathered outside the ‘Amr Ibn al-‘Ās Mosque on Monday (April 30) evening in what was considered as a disguised violation of the law that prohibits the use of mosques to hold public rallies. [Nismah...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 1, 2012
Dr. Muhammad Mursī, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) candidate in Egypt’s first post-revolution presidential elections, said 15 international corporations are ready to pump $200 billion when Egypt becomes stable. [Hajjāj al-Husaynī, al-Ahrām, May 1, p. 4] Read original text...
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 30, 2012
The al-Da’wah al-Salafīyah’s support for presidential candidate ‘Abd al-Mun’im Abū al-Futūh would offer a chance for at least one Islamist hopeful in the runoff round of the presidential elections, if not two, said the Da’wah spokesman ‘Abd al-Mun’im al-Shaht in statements during a press conference...
Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 27, 2012
Acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius pledged the church will not interfere in Christians’ votes to elect a president of the republic, adding Copts demand that the clear mention of civil state be included in the constitution. [Khayr Rāghib, Yāsir Shimīs, Hamdī Qāsim, Ahmad...
Date of source: السبت, نيسان (أبريل) 28, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox Church on Friday morning (April 27) started receiving applications of candidacy for the post of the 118th pope in succession of Pope Shenouda III and will continue receiving papers for 20 days, the remaining time of the 60 days set by the 1957 statute. [Ashraf Sādiq, al-Ahrām,...
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 29, 2012
Bishop Abrām of al-Fayyoum, the secretary of the committee receiving papers of candidates for the papal chair in succession of Pope Shenouda III, refused to reveal names of applicants, adding the names of the seven candidates, of whom three to be selected, will be announced on May 15. [Ashraf Sādiq...