Date of source: Wednesday, August 28, 2019
v. Fr. Lūqā Asʿad, bishop of the Church of the Virgin Mary in Rashīd, Buḥayra governorate, has called on the Supreme Constitutional Court to decide on the lawsuit filed by the church acting on behalf of Pope Tawādrūs II, Bishop Bākhūmiyyūs, bishop of Buḥayra, Maṭrūḥ, and the five western cities,...
Date of source: Saturday, August 24, 2019
In the context of the recent Sudanese revolution and civil transformations, this article will follow the systematic persecution of Christians in Sudan.
Instances of persecution of Christians in Sudan are generally isolated and temporary, yet have taken on a systematic nature, especially since...
Date of source: Monday, April 15, 2019
A New Zealand force entered in Syria, to carry out a search for the "New Zealand nurse" Louisa Akavi, whom the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced to be among its three kidnapped officers in Syria in 2013.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 10, 2019
The publishing department of the American University in Cairo, AUC Press, has chosen ‘Coptic Christians and Muslims in Egypt: Two Communities, One Nation’ as their book of the month this June. The authors are Fikrī Andrāwus and Alison Orr-Andrawes, and the book was published in May.
Date of source: Sunday, April 21, 2019
The Minister of Culture Dr. Īnes Abdul-Daīm met in Cairo with the Ambassador of Armenia in Cairo Karen Krikorian to discuss the ways of enhancing intellectual and artistic relations between the two countries.
Date of source: Monday, April 15, 2019
The General Secretary of the Egyptian National Movement Party in Alexandria, Muḥammad Shuʿayb said in press statements today that he always aims to instill a spirit of love and fraternity among the Egyptian people, indicating that he insisted on appointing 50% of the party’s general secretaries...
Date of source: Monday, March 25, 2019
After the participation of Muslims of Ismāʿiliyya village of Minya governorate through donations for building a church in the village during the year before the past, the village once again announces the tolerance and love that prevails amongst its people as the Copts donate building materials to...
Date of source: Saturday, March 23, 2019
Anba Armiyyā, the Archbishop and the head of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center, stressed that there is a close relationship between religion and society, and that religion has a clear influence on the members of society. Thereby, He is calling for a joint discourse between the Church and al-Azhar...
Date of source: Friday, June 7, 2019
The families of ‘Sammālūṭ’ in al-Minya have intervened to cooperate with the police in a council for peace to resolve the tension sparked by the return of "Faransah ʿAbd al-Sayyid", a 26-year-old female Christian-to-Muslim convert with her husband.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 5, 2019
A state of anger is coasting among Copts in ‘Sammālūṭ’ in al-Minya after "Faransah ʿAbd al-Sayyid", a 26-year-old female Christian-to-Muslim convert and her Muslim husband were allowed entry to there village amid increased security presence.