Date of source: Monday, October 29, 2012
All Copts of Egypt will most probably come together on a key demand for the new pope, which is to avoid getting the church involved in politics and to clearly separate between religion and political activism by concentrating on the church’s spiritual role.
Date of source: Thursday, November 8, 2012
Michael Meunir, a Coptic political activist, said thorny issues are awaiting the new pope, including the amendment of the statute to elect a pope and the Millī Council to be more representative of the Coptic congregation and the church’s growth outside Egypt its need for patronization like the...
Date of source: Sunday, July 15, 2012
Egyptians in general and Christians in particular heaved a sigh of relief after the Azhar settled the row about Article II of the Constitution by calling for keeping it intact.
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb said that Article II in the way it is drafted now is a “title of accordance”...