Date of source: Wednesday, October 16, 2013
‘Amr Mūsá, the head of the Constituent Assembly, has held a closed meeting with the representatives of Al-Azhar, the Church, the Nūr Party, and revolutionary youth. This is in order to reach a common agreement on the articles of contention in the Constitution. The meeting will discuss Articles 1, 2...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 24, 2013
The Constitution
The representatives of Al-Azhar and the Churches in the Constituent Assembly have met on September 23 to try to reach an agreement on articles on which they have disagreed. Father Safwāt al-Bayādī stated that there was no agreement on the third article. While the Azhar...
Date of source: Friday, October 11, 2013
The Basic Principles Subcommittee of the Constituent Assembly has rejected the proposal submitted by the churches stipulating the formation of the Churches’ Council as an independent institution as was stated in the article on Al-Azhar (Walā’ Ni’maa, et al, al-Watan, Oct. 11, p. 3). Read original...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Egypt’s Human Rights Council listened to ‘Ātif Nādī Habīb, one of the Christians who was detained in Libya, along with 36 other former detainees. Habīb said they were accused of proselytisation and subjected to torture after they were seen with their bibles (Walā’ Ni'matallah, Hibah Amīn and...