Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 30, 2013
Bishop Bola of Tanta and the representative of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the Constituent Assembly (also called the 50-member committee) stated that the Coptic Orthodox Church will not disagree with Al-Azhar when it comes to its opinion on restricting the rights of practicing religious rites to...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 29, 2013
Bishop Markos, the Bishop of Shubra al-Khāymah, stated that there are no weapons in the churches as has been widely disseminated. He said that they depend on God’s protection of the churches and the people. He argued that they cannot hold the security forces responsible for all that is happening...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 5, 2013
On the occasion of the October War victory, Bishop Antonius Aziz, Bishop of Giza for Coptic Catholics and the representative of the Coptic Catholic church in the Constituent Assembly, sent a letter to interim president, Adlī Mansūr and General ‘Abdul Fattāh al-Sīsī, Minister of Defense and Dr....
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 13, 2013
Dr. Sha’bān ‘Abdul ‘Alīm, member of the presidential council of the Nūr Party, stated that they refuse the requests of the representatives of the Church in the Constituent Assembly concerning the Coptic quota. He said that it will divide the country and stressed that according to the Constitution,...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 1, 2013
Bishop Bola, member of the Basic Principles Subcommittee in the Constituent Assembly, withdrew from a meeting yesterday. The meeting was held to hear the suggestions of the Nūr Party representative, but the chair objected to being given only one minute to respond to the representative of the Nūr...
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 4, 2013
Bishop Agabius of Dayr Mawās and Daljā has criticized the Minister of Housing Eng. Ibrāhīm Mahlab and the Governor of Minya, Salāh Zīādah, for their inaction as they did not make any decisions thus far to restore three churches (Bishop Abram Church, The Virgin Monastery, and Mar Girgis Church) that...
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 3, 2013
Bishop Makarios stated that his assassination attempt is a “test to the government” by the assailants in order to see how the government will react (Abdul Wahāb Sha’baān, al-Wafd, Oct. 3, p. 4). Read the original text in Arabic.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 2, 2013
Political factions and youth movements have denounced the assassination attempt against Bishop Makarios in Minya. Majdī Hamdān, a member of the Democratic Front Party, condemned what he described as a despicable and cowardly assassination attempt against Bishop Makarios. He stressed that this...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 12, 2013
Bishop Bolis Halīm, the official spokesman of the Coptic Orthodox Church, stated that Pope Tawadros II will head the meeting of the Holy Synod on November 21 and that the Synodical committee will meet in the Holy Synod on November the 18 (Michael Fāris, al-Yūm al-Sābi’, Nov. 12) Read the original...
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 10, 2013
The Coptic Orthodox Church has sent a memorandum to ‘Amr Mūsá, the head of the Constituent Assembly, requesting him to either cancel any interpretation of the “principles of Islamic sharī’ah,” including any in the preamble or to adhere to the interpretation presented by the SCC (Supreme...