Date of source: Thursday, May 10, 2012
On the other hand, the Azhar reiterated rejection against drafting any laws pertaining to regulation of work inside it away from its scholars, shaykhs and old history, adding it refuses many of the amendments submitted by Salafī lawmaker ‘Alī Qatāmish, particularly stripping the Azhar of its status...
Date of source: Thursday, May 10, 2012
Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah and chairman of the committee on registration of voters of a new patriarch, said he will meet with Bishop Pachomius on Thursday (May 10) to determine standards on voters from parishes abroad after a decision by the Holy Synod to allow them to cast their votes. [‘...
Date of source: Thursday, May 10, 2012
The 18-man committee receiving applications of candidates for the Saint Mark chair held a plenary meeting on Wednesday (May 9) under Bishop Pachomius to set criteria for sorting out the candidates.
The criteria include the gifts of guidance, education and fluency of foreign languages, good...
Date of source: Thursday, May 10, 2012
Meanwhile, Bishop Pachomius said there is no one speaking on behalf of the church or claiming he represented Copts, adding no instructions were made to favor any of the candidates to the papal chair.
Priest Angelus, the secretary of Bishop Pachomius, denied reports claiming the acting patriarch’s...
Date of source: Thursday, May 10, 2012
Acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church held a series of meetings marked by confidentiality with some bishops of the Holy Synod to reach a guiding list of some presidential candidates to agree on one of them to be backed by the church in the forthcoming elections.
The church has set some...
Date of source: Thursday, May 10, 2012
“The justice I know is blindfolded, which means that there is no difference between Muslims and Christians, white people or black people and have-nots or well-off persons based on the Prophet Muhammad hadīth that people are all even like the teeth of a comb,” Khayr Allāh said during a meeting with...
Date of source: Monday, May 7, 2012
Dūs said he believes in Abū al-Futūh’s political platform and that the presidential candidate is offering nothing to be afraid of, adding Abū al-Futūh represents the moderate Azharite Islam.
A person attending the conference asked Dūs about the “price Abū al-Futūh had to pay for Salafists to get...
Date of source: Thursday, May 3, 2012
Sectarian clashes erupted between Muslim and Christian local residents in the village of al-Basrah, in the western Alexandria city of al-‘Āmrīyah, over yet another interfaith romance between a Christian young man and a Muslim woman, seen together walking under a bridge in the area.
Leading members...
Date of source: Thursday, May 3, 2012
Sectarian clashes erupted between Muslim and Christian local residents in the village of al-Basrah, in the western Alexandria city of al-‘Āmrīyah, over yet another interfaith romance between a Christian young man and a Muslim woman, seen together walking under a bridge in the area.
Leading members...
Date of source: Thursday, May 3, 2012
Sectarian clashes erupted between Muslim and Christian local residents in the village of al-Basrah, in the western Alexandria city of al-‘Āmrīyah, over yet another interfaith romance between a Christian young man and a Muslim woman, seen together walking under a bridge in the area.
Leading members...