Date of source: Friday, May 17, 2013
Al-Jamā’ah al-Islāmīyyah has continued to listen to the complaints of Copts, amid recent controversy over laws to restrict the distribution of permits to build new churches. In an announcement by the Building and Development Party (BDP) (Hizb al-Binā’ wal-Tanmīyah) Safwat ‘Abd al-Ghanī,...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Khālid al-Shirīf, media consultant of the Building and Development Party (Hizb l-Binā’ wal-Tanmīyah) the political wing of al-Jamā’ah al-Islāmīyyah, said that al-Jamā’ah is finalizing the formation of commissions that will hear the complains and demands of Copts. The commissions will hear to the...
Date of source: Thursday, January 24, 2013
Churches across all departments in Egypt have intensified their efforts to encourage Copts of all ages to participate in the siege of the Presidential Palace [Itihādīyah] and to call for the fall of President Muhammad Mursī. During a sermon on Wednesday (January 23) morning, dioceses’ bishops...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 22, 2013
A source from the Coptic Orthodox Church revealed efforts by Church leaders in recent days to mobilize other Churches to boycott national dialogue as a result of major disagreements about the election law because of the exclusion of a proposal for affirmative action to ensure that Copts gain seats...