Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 14, 2013
Revolutionaries stated that they shall confront any terrorism by the Muslim Brotherhood during Eid and Copts stated that they shall protect the Eid prayers. A revolutionary movement, the National Salvation Front Youth, have called for Eid prayers in al-Tahrīr Square to prevent the Muslim...
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 13, 2013
Pope Tawadros II has sent Gen. Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi, Prime Minister Hazzim al-Biblāwī, the Azhar Shaykh Ahmad al-Tayyīb, and Shawqī Allam, the Grand Mufti, letters congratulating them on the occasion of Eid al-Adhá (Majdī Fikrī, al-Dustūr, Oct. 13. p. 3). This article has no link online.
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 16, 2013
Diaspora Copts who are members of the Coptic Solidarity Organization in Washington have sent a memo to the Constituent Assembly explaining its vision for the constitutional amendments. They requested amending the second article and allowing citizens with dual nationalities to run in the...
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 15, 2013
The June 30 Revolution came to restore normalcy and Copts’ rights in a democratic civil state and a home country where religious discrimination has no place. Politicians and jurists agree that the most important point the Copts have on the new constitution is the preservation of the “civil (secular...
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 14, 2013
The human rights activist Tāriq al-'Awdī from the Front for the Defense of the Protesters of Egypt has revealed the composition of the delegation of lawyers and political activists who are to visit Daljā village the coming Thursday to find out the truth about the situation in the village since June...
Date of source: الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 13, 2013
‘Amr Mūsá, President of the Constituent Assembly, visited Pope Tawadros II in his headquarters in St. Mark's Cathedral yesterday (Wednesday). The Pope demanded the abolition of Article 219 of the Constitution of 2012, which prescribes sharī’ah. The meeting lasted nearly 25 minutes. Bishop Bola, who...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آب (اغسطس) 20, 2013
The Cairo Center for Development and Human Rights said in a statement issued August 19 that Muslim Brotherhood supporters in Beni Suef have displayed three nuns from the Franciscan School in the streets as prisoners of war. Two women were also humiliated and sexually harassed when they confronted...
Date of source: الأحد, آب (اغسطس) 25, 2013
“Copts of Egypt challenge the US and the EU”, was a title to a conference organized by a number of Coptic activists to announce their rejection of the intervention of the EU and U.S. in Egyptian affairs and their support to the Muslim Brotherhood. Naguīb Jubrā’il stated that Egyptian Copts only...
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 24, 2013
The human rights organization Human Rights Watch has urged Egyptian authorities to provide protection to Christian churches, organizations, and property and called on Islamists not to incite sectarian violence. The organization has blamed the authorities for not protecting Christians, especially as...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 21, 2013
Bishop Ramiya, General Bishop and President of the Coptic Cultural Center, announced on behalf of the Orthodox Church the Church’s first assessment of attacks on Copts and churches by the Muslim Brotherhood and its allies since last Wednesday (August 14), up to the day before yesterday (August 19...