Date of source: Friday, November 16, 2012
Egyptian business magnate Najīb Sawirus said Copts, who resemble the Red Indians of America, are suffering persecution and discrimination, adding the new government in Egypt has picked only one Christian minister out of 48 Muslim ministers. [Rihāb ‘Abd Illah, al-Yawm al-Sābi’, Nov. 16, p. 1] Read...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
In a time in which the Islamist parties and the Muslim Brotherhood are flourishing, President Mursī has called for a national dialogue. The Coptic Orthodox, Catholic, and Evangelical churches have apologized for not participating in the dialogue (Māhir ‘Abd al-Wāhid, Rihāb ‘Abdullah, Hānī ‘Uthmān...
Date of source: Sunday, February 17, 2013
Archpriest Mīkhā’īl Astrās of al-Faiyum confirmed clashes between Muslims and Copts the village of Sirisnā. During the clashes, Molotov cocktails were thrown at the Saint George Church setting the curtains aflame (Rihāb ‘Abdullah and Rabāb al-Jālī, al-Yawm al-Sābi', Feb. 17, p. 4). Read original...