Date of source: Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Today’s overview deals with calls by a former senior U.S. diplomat, Dennis Ross, on Egypt to accept the reality and play by a set of rules, saying the record to date is not good: news reports suggest that more than 100,000 Coptic Christians have left Egypt; there have been new efforts to...
Date of source: Saturday, July 14, 2012
Commenting on a ruling by the Supreme Constitutional Court to dissolve parliament, Ventrell said during a news briefing on Thursday (July 12) that Washington is not taking sides to any of the parties to the political process.
He called on Egyptians to continue achieving what they aspire through...
Date of source: Thursday, December 12, 2013
A hearing was held in the U.S. Congress about state of rights of minorities in Morsi’s (Mursī) era. The session was entitled, “Violation of Human Rights in Egypt”.
Date of source: Sunday, March 14, 2010
The American Religious Freedoms Committee does not feel satisfied with the verdict issued acquitting the four Muslims accused of killing a Copt. They described the verdict as a reflection of the absence of justice in dealing with the violent sectarian incidents between Copts and Muslims which,...
Date of source: Monday, August 3, 2009
A British journal highlights the dispute over the issue of hijāb in Islamic societies.
Date of source: Sunday, June 7, 2009
The author argues that a school book about Christian education enforces sectarianism.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Yūsuf Zaydān has won the Arabic Booker Prize for his book ‘Azāzīl. The Coptic Orthodox Church criticized the move considering it “an enforcement of anti-religious literature.”