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Date of source: Tuesday, June 26, 2012
“The center, concerned with Coptic affairs, emphasizes that the elected president is one of all Egyptians and that ballot boxes bring about legitimacy and this is must be respected by everyone as this is the one of the most important rules of democracy,” said ECDSHR Chairman Joseph Malāk.
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Date of source: Thursday, May 31, 2012
“Reports asserted that the majority of Copts voted for Shafīq, ‘Amr Mūsá and Hamdīn Sabbāhī and a fewer number voted even for former MB member ‘Abd al-Mun’im Abū al-Futūh as well as other presidential candidates with all their different political affiliations and ideologies,” the ECHR said in a...
Date of source: Friday, June 1, 2012
The three Coptic Orthodox, Evangelical and Catholic churches denied they had any contacts from Muslim Brotherhood leaders for dialogue on guarantees the group should offer to civil powers as part of its plans to back its candidate Mursī in the runoff. [‘Abd al-Wahāb Sha’bān and Nashwá al-Shirbīnī, ...
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Bahāʾ al-Dīn Ḥassan [Bahay Hassan] is an Egyptian Human Rights defender who has led the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, CIHRS. Since he has received death threats for his work, he is currently living in France. Najād Barʿaī [Negad Borai] also works in the field Human Rights...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 6, 2012
The governor had asked Mustafá Muhammad ‘Abd Allāh to accompany a delegation visiting churches to congratulate Copts but he violated instructions and refused to do so. [Māhir ‘Abd al-Sabūr, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, June 6, p. 2] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Meanwhile, the Abū Tisht prosecution in the Upper Egyptian governorate of al-Minya ordered the investigative custody of Kamāl ‘Abd al-‘Azīm ‘Abd al-Jawwād for four days on charges of kidnapping 13-year-old Coptic student.
The kidnapper was arrested by Muslim locals in a village after they ambushed...
Date of source: Monday, January 7, 2013
Additionally, Dr. Al-Sayyīd al-Badawī Shihātah, leader of al-Wafd Party, extended his congratulations to the Copts and Pope Tawadros, praising the spirit of love that unites all Egyptian Muslims and Christians into one fabric threaded together by their loyalty and keenness to preserve the safety of...
Date of source: Saturday, January 5, 2013
Pope Tawadros II called on all Coptic Christians to attend mass this Christmas, stressing that the anniversary of the attacks against Copts on this holiday should not prevent Copts from expressing joy during the festive season. Due to Egypt’s political turmoil and the recent approval of the country...
Date of source: Saturday, January 5, 2013
After performing yesterday’s (Jan. 4) Friday prayers, youth members of various political forces and parties marched from ‘Umar Makram Mosque to the Coptic Evangelical Church of Qasr al-Dubārah to extend their Christmas greetings to Copts. Led by the imām of said Mosque, Shaykh Mazhar Shahīn, also...
Date of source: Thursday, March 22, 2012
The behaviors of some Egyptians – Muslims and Copts – need genuine reconsideration as the Egyptians need to be convinced that establishing the pillars of a civil state is a key exit of what the nation is going through, writes ‘Abd al-Latīf al-Manāwī in an opinion article in al-Misrī al-Yawm.
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