Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 8, 2013
In the international conference for Copts of the Diaspora that was held in Luxembourg in which EU delegates were present, the EU has received this request from the Dutch Coptic Association and the members of the Coptic organizations in Europe to list the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist...
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 7, 2013
In celebration of the 6th of October victory, at 2pm (the time for the crossing of the Suez Canal) mosques and churches synchronized their prayer calls and bells, respectively. Spokesman of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Bishop Bolus Halīm, stated yesterday (October 6) that the bells of the churches...
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 6, 2013
On the June 30, the European Parliament convened the largest hearing session in its history based on the request of the Coptic Diaspora. They requested this session to present the ‘real’ picture of the Revolution as well as the crimes of the Muslim Brotherhood. This was attended by a group of...
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 31, 2013
Dr. Muhammad Abū al-Ghār, member of the Constituent Assembly (also called the 50-member committee) has requested that an article be added to the draft constitution stating that there would be “no restrictions on the building of Churches”.
Date of source: الأحد, آب (اغسطس) 4, 2013
On Saturday night (Aug. 3), hundreds of supporters of deposed president, Muhammad Morsi (Mursī) protested in front of the Saint George's Church (Mār Jirjis) in Sūhag, hanging the flag of [the militant Islamist organization] al-Qaeda on it and chanting the slogan “Islamist (state) against all...
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 3, 2013
In the village of Dilja, Minya governorate, Coptic churches and houses were targets of assaults by supporters of the deposed President. Father Ayub Yusuf (Ayūb Yūsif), pastor of the Coptic-Catholic St. George Church in Dilja, said that hundreds of Morsi's (Mursī) supporters knocked violently on...
Date of source: الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 2, 2013
Anbā' Mūsā, Bishop of Youth of the Coptic Orthodox Church, received on Thursday, the German Minister of Foreign Affairs Guido Westerwelle, in the Pope’s headquarter, the ʿAbbāsīyyah Cathedral and on behalf of Pope Tawadros II. Anbā' Mūsā stated that during the meeting the Coptic Church affirmed...
Date of source: الخميس, آب (اغسطس) 1, 2013
Dr. Shaūkī ‘Alām, the Grand Muftī, confirmed that Egypt is a religious country and that the Egyptians chose to give religion a role in public affairs. He added that the Islamic character of the state is an identity issue. He stressed that this should not reduce the role of the modern state that...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 31, 2013
The Coptic Evangelical Church rejected the idea of amending the 2012 Constitution and instead demanded the writing of a new constitution. The Church requested that the new constitution ensures the state's civil identity establishes a democratic country through a clear definition of political,...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 30, 2013
A state of confusion dominated Copts in Alexandria yesterday morning (July 29) following the circulation of news concerning armed attacks against Coptic Orthodox Virgin Mary and Saint Moses the Black (al-Anbā Mūsá al-Aswad, also known as Abba Moses the Robber, the Ethiopian and the Strong) ─ ...