Date of source: Saturday, July 6, 2019
The Coptic community in Egypt is in turmoil following repeated cases of violence and killings inside houses of worship. More recently, the assassination of Reverend Father Maqār Saʿad—Bishop of St. Mark Coptic orthodox church in Shubrā al-Khaymah, central Cairo—by a church guard has revived debate...
Date of source: Monday, April 22, 2019
According to an eyewitness, a car bombing took place on Monday near a church in Sri Lanka as the bomb disposal squad was trying to deactivate a bomb.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 9, 2019
In a hearing held today with regard to the case of espionage for Ḥamās, the representative of the Supreme State Security Prosecution Muḥammad Jamāl revealed the details of the phone call between the ousted President MuḥammadMursī and the Director of his Office Aḥmad ‘Abd al ʿĀṭī as he was in...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Nada Samīr, head of the Social Aids Committee at Miṣr Foundation for Health and Sustainable Development, said that the development of the implementation plan for the first phase of the Dignified Life Initiative is under way among the partner NGOs of the initiative under the direct follow-up and...
Date of source: Monday, April 15, 2019
Today is the fifth commemoration of the 112 girls that were abducted by Būkū Ḥarām, who are still missing.
On April 14, 2014, armed men broke into a secondary school in Chibok and abducted 276 students between the age of 12 and 17, of which 57 escaped by jumping off the trucks. Later, 107 girls...
Date of source: Saturday, April 13, 2019
There are successive news reports about the rising numbers of mass trials and death sentences in Egypt in recent years. The scores of Egyptians who are currently waiting on the death row makes Egypt ranked sixth among the world’s top executioners after China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and Iraq...
Date of source: Saturday, April 13, 2019
The Social Solidarity Minister Ghāda Wālī announced that some amendments have been introduced to the Operating Regulation of the Women’s Hosting and Guidance Shelters in an aim to improve their services.
Date of source: Monday, September 17, 2018
This interview report reflects a brief discussion on August 5, 2018, between Libyan representatives (Mr. Abdulmajid Zuwama Alothmani [ʿAbd al-Majīd Zūwāmah alʿUthmānī], former Minister of Agriculture and current PDG of Libyan Petrol and Gas), Mr Ahmed Shawki Mansour [Aḥmad Shawqī Manṣūr], the GM...
Date of source: Friday, August 9, 2013
Due to a new rumor claiming that Copts had attacked a Muslim house and set it on fire, the clashes began again in Banī Ahmed al-Sharqīya. This led to a security alert to contain the clashes (Hasan 'Abd al-Ghafār, al-Yawm al-Sābi', Aug. 9).Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Al-Yawm al-Sābi’ newspaper looks at the reasons why different areas in Egypt with a high population of Copts have voted in favour of the draft Constitution in the first stage of the referendum and are expected to vote "yes" in the next stage also.