Date of source: Thursday, October 7, 2021
The Egyptian government is making great efforts to improve its image, however still efforts to be made to achieve real progress toward equal citizenship rights for all.
According to a statement released by Coptic Solidarity: “Copts are the victims of institutional, systematic discrimination in...
Date of source: Sunday, February 2, 2020
The United Nations condemned the tragic death of Nadā, a twelve-year-old girl from Asyūṭ, who died while getting circumcised by a doctor. The UN said in a statement that they are shocked by senseless deaths like these, which continue to happen in 2020 despite gainful advances to end this harmful...
Date of source: Saturday, April 20, 2019
The first hours of voting in the referendum to amend the Egyptian constitution, Saturday, witnessed a weak turnout of voters in most governorates. Attempts to mobilize Copts and women in an effort to confront low voter turnout were evident with the start of Egyptians voting at home. Voting will...
Date of source: Friday, April 19, 2019
Dr. Māyā Mursī, head of the National Council for Women, called every Egyptian woman at home and abroad to participate strongly in the referendum on the constitutional amendments.
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For decades now, Egyptian Coptic Christians and Muslims have been citing widely diverging numbers for the percentage of Christians in Egypt. In the absence of reliable, published data, the figures vary wildly, anywhere from 6 to 24 percent of population.
Date of source: Monday, August 12, 2013
Shīʿah leaders asked for representation for their minority in the Constituent Committee responsible for amending the suspended constitution. They said that what matters the most is the not to repeat the mistakes that led the previous regime to exclude the Shīʿah community from the commission for...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 19, 2012
A representative of political powers participating in national dialogue sessions yesterday said that President Mursī will announce the names of members of the Shūrá Council next Friday, just hours before the start of the second stage of the referendum over the Constitution next Saturday (December...
Date of source: Friday, December 14, 2012
“You do not deserve freedom and justice, if you deny them for your opponents, and if you do not strive to grant them the full rights of citizenship, so be sure that no one will strive for yours, unless you experience the bitter taste of being segregated. Freedom, justice and equality are rights...
Date of source: Saturday, October 19, 2013
Bishop Rafael stated that the refusal of some Coptic streams of Bishop Bola’s appointment in the Constituent Assembly is not well examined. He also stated that the Church does not deal with the Copts as sheep. He added that the wave of atheism that has spread among the Egyptian youth after the...
Date of source: Monday, September 16, 2013
Bishop Paul, the representative of the Orthodox Church in the Constituent Assembly (also known as the Committee of 50), stated that he has not yet made a final decision on Article 219 of the suspended constitution. The article that has explained the principles of sharī’ah has been left by the...