Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 26, 2012
Presidential candidate ‘Amr Mūsá said Copts are part and parcel of the homeland, adding there is nothing called second-class citizens because there will be no discrimination. [Jamāl Abū al-Dahab, Shādyah Yūsuf and ‘Abbūd Māhir, al-Ahrām, April 26, p. 4] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 25, 2012
Counselor Tharwat Hammād, the judge investigating the October 9, 2011 deadly incidents outside the state radio & TV building in Maspero, ordered Michael ‘Ādil and Michael Shākir be referred to the Cairo Criminal Court on charges of stealing an concealing a machinegun owned by the armed forces...
Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 20, 2012
It was the former regime that used used to stir fitnah tā’īfīyah in Egypt, said Shaykh al-Sayyīd ‘Askar, Chairman of the People’s Assembly’s Religious, Social and Awqāf (Endowments) Affairs Committee, adding building mosques or churches should be in line with the number of Muslim or Christian...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 24, 2012
Egypt’s ministry of insurances & social affairs turned down applications by eight U.S. NGOs to obtain license to work on Egyptian soil but approved that of the Littlest Lamb, a U.S. non-profit organization dedicated to providing a safe, loving and supportive home for children who have lost one...
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 23, 2012
Acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius said he is not ready to run for the papal post, adding he is more than 77 years old and has his own congregation in the northern Egypt governorate of al-Beheira. [Majdī Fikrī and Hānī Samīr, al-Dustūr, April 23, p. 3] Read text in...
Date of source: السبت, نيسان (أبريل) 21, 2012
The so-called Islamist Powers Coalition called for sacking Muftī of the Republic Dr. 'Alī Jum'ah after his recent visit to al-Quds (Jerusalem) and that he has to offer apology for the Muslim nation after questioning the senior Muslim cleric, a government official affiliated with the cabinet, in...
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 22, 2012
Pressures are being practiced to convince acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius to quit his current interim position to officially run in the elections to select a new pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church in succession of deceased Pope Shenouda III. ['Abd al-Wahāb, al-Wafd, April 22, p. 1] Read original...
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 19, 2012
A recent visit by Muftī of the Republic Dr. ‘Alī Jum’ah to Jerusalem and prayers at the al-Aqsá Mosque along with official Jordanian figures sparked a row among clerics and scholars in the Muslim world. [Ahmad ‘Abd al-Fattāh and Nādir Abū al-Futūh, al-Ahrām, April 19, p. 13] Read original text in...
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 18, 2012
Salafī preacher Shaykh Muhammad Hassān called on the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and Salafists to stretch a cooperating hand to liberals and Copts in order to protect the nation, adding no faction should work on blackballing others. [‘Umar ‘Abd al-Jawwād, al-Jumhūrīyah, April 18, p. 3] Read text in...
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 16, 2012
Acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius led the Easter Mass as a portrait of late Pope Shenouda III was placed in front of the altar. [Ashraf Sādiq, al-Ahrām, April 16, p. 6] Read original text in Arabic