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58. Clashes in front of the cathedral and calls army to deploy during the funeral of "al-Khusūs victims"
Date of source: Monday, April 8, 2013
Following the funeral service at the Cathedral, hundreds of young Copts marched to the interior ministry in al-'Abbāsīyyah. Upon arrival they made several demands regarding security for Copts. They asked that the Egyptian Army be deployed to defend Copts, that they be allowed to hire private...
17. The return of the old guard to the cathedral threatens to open files of corruption
Date of source: Sunday, March 31, 2013
Reports about the violations of a number of bishops have been given to Pope Tawadros in suspicions of involvement in monetary and administrative corruption while under the Papacy of the late Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III. Pope Tawadros has responded by deciding to form a committee to enumerate...
17. Coptic opposition on the date of elections, and the presidency promises the "Pope" to put this in consideration
Date of source: Saturday, February 23, 2013
An official church source said that Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II had intensive calls with the President to urge him to change the date of the elections. (John ‘Abd al-Malāk and Sarah Hāmid, al-Misrīyūn, February 23, p. 4). Read original text in Arabic.
6. Copts call for a million-man protest "renounce sectarian strife" to denounce the attack on the Church of al-Faiyum
Date of source: Wednesday, February 20, 2013
A number of Coptic coalitions and movements, on top of them the Maspero Youth Coalition, called for a million-man protest denouncing fitnah tā’ifīyah after the attack on Saint George Church in Sirsnā Village of al-Faiyum.Mamdūh Ramzī, political activist and member of the Shūrá Council, called for a...
The Minister of Interior to "Tawāḍrūs": The Cathedral Incidents Aimed to Drive a Wedge between the Church and the Police
Date of source: Friday, April 26, 2013
The Minister of Interior, Muḥammad Ibrāhīm, said that the Cathedral incident aimed to drive a wedge between the Church and the police. Ibrāhīm, members of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), and the UAE ambassador to Egypt, offered their condolences to Pope Tawāḍrūs on Wednesday night (...
11. 15th of May .. The Minister of Justice Ends the Civil Marriage Crisis for Copts
Date of source: Thursday, April 25, 2013
The Coptic Orthodox, Catholic and Evangelical Churches will meet with the Ministry of Justice (Author's note: the newspaper did not name the person they are meeting) on May 12, 2013, to discuss a civil marriage proposal to include a new chapter suited to Christian needs (Sarah Hāmid, al-Misrīyūn,...

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