Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 10, 2012
“Despite their active participation in all the events of the Revolution and their standing side by side with men, evolving currents on the political scene are working on throwing their (women) social status quo back to the ages of oppression and discrimination”, said Mirvat Tallāwī, president of...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 1, 2013
Minster of State for Foreign Affairs, Muhammad ‘Amr, condemned the explosion of a building affiliated with the Egyptian Church in the Libyan City of Misrata that left two Egyptians dead and two wounded (Sahar Dīyā’ al-Dīn and ‘Abd al-Wahāb Sha’bān, al-Wafd, January 1, 2013, p. 2). Read original...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 2, 2013
The State Council of Administrative Court set the coming March 26 as date to rule in the complaint filed by the Arab Center for Transparency and Integrity against the General Prosecution and the Illicit Gains Authority as both have not made any progress in the investigations on illicit gains cases...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 3, 2013
The Egyptian revolution of January 25th brought hope for better Muslim-Christian relations, but unfortunately it did not take long for the hopes for many to evaporate. Optimism for better relations is still there, but many more feel that almost two years after the revolution tensions have increased...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 30, 2012
Cairo security apparatuses put a security plan to secure churches in the Christmas and New Year. Maj. Gen. Ahmad Jamāl al-Dīn, Minister of Interior, gave instructions to take all the necessary security measures to secure churches and institutions. [Ahmad Imām, al-Ahrām, Dec. 30, p. 2] Read original...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 31, 2012
Conflict between the Church and Islamic political movements developed after the Church's withdrawal from the Constituent Assembly and the Presidency's disregard for Coptic demands.
Coptic Orthodox Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah said: “The Church does not fear the regime. The future of the State...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 24, 2012
Yahyá Kishk, Governor of Asyut, denied what came into the American daily newspaper The Washington Post about preventing Christians from voting in the yes-or-no referendum over the draft Constitution.
Read Washington Post article “Intimidation, fear keep Egypt’s Christians away from polls on...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 26, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox Church denounced the statements of ‘Imād ‘Abd al-Ghaffūr and calls it a “political failure”.
‘Abd al-Ghaffūr, vice-president, had accused Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II of planting fanaticism in the Church and called his era “secluded”. [Rānīyā Nabīl, al-Sabāh, Dec. 26, p. 3]...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 19, 2012
‘Izbit al-Najārīn, an area belonging to the Masārrah village of Dayrūt, and home to 3,000 Copts, has been under threat from a gang led by a man named Jabrūt K ("J.K."). The gang has been threatening to kidnap villagers’ children if they do not pay ransom money. The situation began at the beginning...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 27, 2012
The electoral alliance announced by Hāzim Salāh Abū Ismā’īl includes al-Ansār Party, al-‘Ummah, al-Sha’b, and al-Nūr al-Jadīd. He will announce the partners of his new alliance and the name of his new political party within hours. This alliance is considered the largest Salafī alliance (Mahmūd...