Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 5, 2013
El-Jamā'ah al-Islāmīyah’s Statements
Al- Jamā’a al-Islāmīa made an official statement that its members contributed to the containment of the clashes that erupted between Muslims and Copts in Banī Āhmad village in Minya, ensuring that they refused using violence against Copts despite differences in...
Date of source: الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 2, 2013
The Coptic Orthodox Church denied rumors about an assassination attempt against Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawardos II during his visit of Two Saints Church (Saint Mark and Pope Peter Church) in Alexandria in a statement on Friday (August 2) ('Abd al-'Azīz Muhsin, al-Misrīyūn, Aug. 2, 2013). Read...
Date of source: الخميس, آب (اغسطس) 1, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II and the Armenian ambassador held talks regarding the relationship between the Coptic and Armenian churches. Pope Tawadros received the Bishop of Catholic Armenians in Egypt, Father Krikor Augustine Kusa, and Armen Melkonian, the Armenian Ambassador to Egypt, in...
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 28, 2013
Coptic Catholic Patriarch Cardinal Ibrāhīm, in his first comment on current events, said that Morsi was not suitable to carry out the duties of his previous position and that he had been limited to following instructions given to him from the Muslim Brotherhood's (MB) Murshid, or Supreme Guide, and...
Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 26, 2013
Coptic Catholic Patriarch Cardinal Ibrāhīm Ishāq Sīdrāk expressed his persuasion that it is impossible to apply in Egypt the secular model adopted by countries located beyond the Alps.
According to the Italian News Agency (AKI), he also expressed his hope for the new government to include in the...
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 21, 2013
In the last period, these threats become a nightmare for a lot of Christians in Egypt, especially after targeting a number of churches, kidnapping women, and killing priests, like Coptic Orthodox Father Mīnā ʿAbbūd Shārūbīm (Reviewer's note: the newspaper mistakenly wrote it as Shārūbīl), 39, in al...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 16, 2013
[Coptic Evangelical Pastor] Ikrām Lam’ī (Reviewer’s note: al-Misrīyūn mentioned that Lam’ī is the President of the Evangelical Theological Seminary, however, according to the Presbyterian Mission Agency’s website, the President of the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Egypt is Rev. Dr. Atef Gendy...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 16, 2013
[Coptic Evangelical Pastor] Ikrām Lam’ī (Reviewer’s note: al-Misrīyūn mentioned that Lam’ī is the President of the Evangelical Theological Seminary, however, according to the Presbyterian Mission Agency’s website, the President of the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Egypt is Rev. Dr. Atef Gendy...
Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 10, 2013
The government’s decision to build the first church in the era of Mursi did not ease 'Adil Malāk's bitter feelings, although the two of them are neighbors near the Presidential Palace. The 61-year old believes that the President’s does not consider the interests of the Copts.
He describes the Copts...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 28, 2013
The Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb stressed that Egyptian Copts are not in danger, despite the West's distortion of events. al-Tayyīb also sent a message to President Muhammad Mursi (Mursī), stating that he must bring together all the parties and communities under the mantle of the...