Date of source: Monday, March 26, 2012
The constitution assembly had comprised six Copts, two from inside parliament and four outside. They are: Margaret ‘Āzir, Īhāb al-Kharāt, Rafīq Samuel Habīb, Majdī Shenouda, Nabīl Mirhim and Muná Makram ‘Ubayd.[Author not mentioned, al-Ahrām, March 26, 2012, p. 4] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Monday, March 26, 2012
Archpriest Father ‘Abd al-Misīh Basīt of Musturud Church said that the Constitution panel was a religious one, but never patriotic, adding that the five Christians chosen to be members in the assembly do not represent the Egyptian churches. He added that clerics from the three Orthodox, Evangelical...
Date of source: Monday, March 26, 2012
Archpriest Father ‘Abd al-Misīh Basīt of Musturud Church said that the Constitution panel was a religious one, but never patriotic, adding that the five Christians chosen to be members in the assembly do not represent the Egyptian churches. He added that clerics from the three Orthodox, Evangelical...
Date of source: Monday, March 26, 2012
Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī, vice-president of the Coptic Evangelical Church, and General Director of the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS), criticized Islamist parties and their discrimination against Copts and Egyptian church figures, adding the only thing these parties care...
Date of source: Monday, March 26, 2012
Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī, vice-president of the Coptic Evangelical Church, and General Director of the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS), criticized Islamist parties and their discrimination against Copts and Egyptian church figures, adding the only thing these parties care...
Date of source: Monday, March 26, 2012
Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī, vice-president of the Coptic Evangelical Church, and General Director of the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS), criticized Islamist parties and their discrimination against Copts and Egyptian church figures, adding the only thing these parties care...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Possible presidential candidate Hamdīn Sabbāhī reiterated support for the implementation of the Islamic sharī'ah and maintaining the second article of the constitution, which, he said, respects all religions.
"The Islamic sharī'ah is one of compassion and tolerance and would never undermine the...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Muslim Brotherhood Murshid (Guide) Dr. Muhammad Badī' and members of the Irshād (Guidance) Office on Tuesday (Feb. 28) responded positively to the messages sent by Dr. Safwat al-Bayyādī, the head of the Coptic Evangelical denomination, and Andrea Zakī, his deputy, in which they raised certain...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Meanwhile, the Qasr al-Nīl Court of Misdemeanors turned down two criminal and civil lawsuits against Coptic business magnate Najīb Sawirus accusing him of disdaining religion on the grounds that the persons who filed the lawsuits have no legal capacity.
Minutes after the ruling was handed down by...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Meanwhile, the Qasr al-Nīl Court of Misdemeanors turned down two criminal and civil lawsuits against Coptic business magnate Najīb Sawirus accusing him of disdaining religion on the grounds that the persons who filed the lawsuits have no legal capacity.
Minutes after the ruling was handed down by...