Date of source: Tuesday, April 24, 2012
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) has approved a draft law to bar ex-regime figures from politics for 10 years. This includes everybody who served as vice-president or prime minister under the former regime or had a leading position in the dissolved National Democratic Party (NDP)...
Date of source: Monday, April 23, 2012
Ahram Online, Monday 23 Apr 2012 Coptic 38 – a group founded to demand liberalisation of divorce laws by Coptic Christian Church – calls for reimplementation of 1938 bylaws that permit divorce under 9 conditions.
Date of source: Sunday, April 1, 2012
In the name of God the Merciful Gentlemen,
The Egyptian Translators And Linguists Association is honored to invite you to a press conference. The press conference will include a request to the Egyptian People's Assembly for the establishment of a syndicate for Egyptian translators.
The...
Date of source: Sunday, April 1, 2012
The Maspero Youth Union (MYU) has published a report on the sectarian violence that occurred in Egypt throughout 2011. The report, released in Arabic and English, focuses on sectarian violence against Copts, particularly after the 25th of January 2011. It is based on documentation by Egyptian and...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Jos van Noord, senior journalist with De Telegraaf, the populist Dutch daily newspaper, published in its influential travel pages an article calling for a boycott of tourism to Egypt and other Arab countries. The article is intended to put pressure on governments to protect Christians—at least this...
Date of source: Friday, March 30, 2012
Coptic intellectuals said that Egypt needs a president who has no political orientation and applies citizenship rights.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Ph.D. candidate, Emma Hayward wrote an interesting analysis for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy on the current status of Coptic Christians in relation to the Egyptian state and concludes that their position is weakening. While it is true that Coptic Christians are now without an...
Date of source: Sunday, April 1, 2012
The coverage of the Egyptian press on the March 19 terrorist attack on a Jewish school in Toulouse, France, was not front-page news for al-Ahrām, al-Masā’ and Akhbār Misr Website but was reported in inside pages. Other print media neglected the attack which had left a rabbi who was the school’s...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 14, 2012
The [Christian] Maspero Youth Union has staged a demonstration outside the Public Prosecutor's office protesting unfair trials against Copts accused of insulting Islam.
The protest was against using “double standards” regarding Copts which the union said reinforces religious discrimination. The...
Date of source: Sunday, March 18, 2012
The Speaker of the People's Assembly, Dr. Sa'd al-Katatnī, mourned Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III's death.
Al-Katatnī said that Pope Shenouda devoted his life to serving his country, Christianity and Christians.
"He lived as a loyal patriotic person who devoted his efforts to elevating the...