Date of source: Monday, November 26, 2012
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawāḍrūs II has to handle several dossiers inside the church like the pending problems for Copts including divorce, remarriage, inheritance, the laying of a new election system, maintaining national unity, construction of houses of worship and encouraging Christians not to be...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Dr. Yūnis Makhyūn, the representative of the Salafī al-Nūr (Light) Party in the constituent assembly drafting a new constitution for Egypt, said the party would adamantly stick to the rulings of the sharī’ah in the article on equality between men and women. [Muhammad Gharīb, al-Misrī al-Yawm, Oct...
Date of source: Saturday, November 10, 2012
Nineteen parties and movements blamed Prime Minister Hishām Qandīl and the Ministry of Interior for the continuous attacks on churches and private property, referring to the attack on a Church-owned land in Shubrā al-Khaymah.
Date of source: Saturday, October 13, 2012
Ambassador Mirvat al-Talāwī, Chairperson of the National Council for Women (NCW), criticized some members of the constitution-drafting assembly, saying there were attempts to bring women 100 years backward.
“The constitution being drafted at present will influence the future of Egypt and...
Date of source: Thursday, October 11, 2012
The official discourse in Egypt rejects discrimination among Egyptians but a quick look at the practices on the ground would reveal there is actual discrimination among Egyptians on the basis of identity, religious beliefs and political ideologies.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Pope Tawardros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark said he would open a new chapter of relations with everyone, adding his heart is open for all Egyptians – Muslims and Copts.
Date of source: Sunday, October 7, 2012
Mursī, during his meeting with the Egyptian community in the United States while attending the UN General Assembly meetings in New York, had denied there are sectarian problems in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, September 24, 2012
Michel Aoun, a former Lebanese army commander and currently a politician and leader of the Free Patriotic Movement, warned that changing the regime of Syrian President Bashār al-Assad would wreak havoc with Lebanon and the Christians living inside it.
Date of source: Saturday, August 25, 2012
Counselor Mahmūd Mikī, Vice-President, said that a series of new legislations and law amendments will be issued that would lift restrictions of freedoms.
“Wait for a revolution in legislations soon that will be in favor of citizens’ rights and freedoms,” he said. (
Date of source: Monday, January 1, 2018
In a move considered by observers as crucial in order to counter the plight of terrorist groups’ attempts to disrupt between Muslims and Christians from time to time, imams and church leaders met to discuss ways to counter terrorism.