Date of source: Monday, May 18, 2015
A 17 year old Coptic girl named Mārī ‘Imīl Habīb disappeared after school on the 29th of April 2015. Her family accused a young man named “Ahmad Muhammad al-Binā” of being behind her disappearance. Security forces immediately arrested the “bearded young-man,” and this is what news sources reported...
Date of source: Friday, February 26, 2016
His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the Holy See of St. Mark inaugurated on Sunday the third seminar of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Titled “Church Services and The Coptic Family”, the seminar reviewed a number of papers, including the personal...
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The 1967 Six Day War with Israel changed the face of Coptic pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Acquittal of 6 students in Asyut accused of joining the Muslim Brotherhood
The Criminal Court in Asyut has acquitted the 6 students for case number 337 of 2015: affiliation with terrorist organisation the Muslim Brotherhood.
(Ahmad ʿAbdū, Mūjaz Masr,15th April 2015)
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Conversion in Egypt is a complicated and thorny issue.
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The issue of church building in Egypt is among the most misunderstood and misreported subjects affecting Muslim-Christian relations.
Date of source: Sunday, December 20, 2015
"I will adjourn the session, in case anyone breaks the legal, ethical, and fundamental rules of this Parliament": these were the words uttered by Dr. Āmna Nossair, whose thrusting personality had made her most probably best qualified to be the first woman to preside the Egyptian Parliament in its...
Date of source: Monday, January 5, 2015
CAWU Researcher Rene Witteveen met with Mina Magdy, General Coordinator of the Maspero Youth Union on October 10th 2014.
Date of source: Saturday, April 5, 2014
The discussion about the electoral law for the papal election in the Coptic Orthodox Church has been raging for many decades since 1957. When Pope Yusab II passed away, leading members of the Sunday School Movement, a reform movement in the church, entered monastic life and presented themselves as...
Date of source: Monday, August 19, 2013
The number of victims of the current violence in Egypt is increasing. Most deaths fell during the efforts to end the demonstrations. According to the Ministry of Health there are 638 deaths, among them at least 43 from the police forces. The Muslim Brotherhood claims much larger numbers of...