Date of source: Wednesday, November 15, 2017
On November 19, Christians of al-Fashn in the governorate of Banī Swayf will gather for the 40th day anniversary of Father Samʿān Shiḥāta’s death. This is a custom widely observed by Muslims and Christians alike, probably dating back to pharaonic days. In light of this occasion, please find...
Date of source: Saturday, January 7, 2017
Rev. Dr Andrea Zakī, President of the Coptic Evangelical Church, said that the visit conducted by President al-Sīsī yesterday to the Cathedral hailed in a new history of Islamic-Christian relations in Egypt. He said that the president is establishing a new notion of citizenship as a behavior...
Date of source: Monday, January 2, 2017
Dr. Elizabeth ʿAbd al-Masīḥ Shākir, member of the House of Representatives, said that there is no interference by the judicial or legislative powers, highlighting that “Parliament can not interfere in the judiciary’s work.”
Date of source: Monday, January 16, 2017
Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark, welcomed Dr. Mājid Nijm, acting president of Ḥilwān University, accompanied by a delegation from the university.
Date of source: Friday, January 13, 2017
Christmas Eve in St. Mark’s Cathedral in Cairo… Christmas Eve… Our national history will record this as significant and it will remain on our minds, not only because it was President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī’s second visit to the Cathedral, but also because of the value of this historic visit...
Date of source: Thursday, January 12, 2017
The Coptic Street [community] witnessed several events during the past week… We follow the most prominent of them in the proceeding article.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 20, 2017
The Committee of Suggestions and Complaints included the Foreign Names Prevention Bill on its agenda to amend two articles of the law.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Western media outlets manipulated the incident at St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church to promote what is referred to as the “peacefulness” of the Muslim Brotherhood, and presented it as a facet of the political equation. [They also] issued accusations against Egyptian security agencies, alleging that...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Al-Sādāt is the primary person responsible for planting and sponsoring the roots of discrimination in Egypt, but Mubārak is responsible for preserving al-Sādāt’s formula for maintaining religious and sectarian tensions in the country and manipulating them politically.
Date of source: Monday, January 9, 2017
There is sort of an agreement between Egyptian authors and thinkers that what occurs in Egypt with respect to Copts can not be described as persecution. There is a degree of disagreement after that regarding the accurate description of the current reality. There are those that see discrimination...