Date of source: Saturday, December 1, 2012
Coptic activists expressed “profound anger” over the announced final draft constitution and calls for referendum over it without the presence of any representatives of the churches on the panel.
Date of source: Saturday, December 1, 2012
President Mursī is receiving the draft of Egypt’s first post-revolution constitution from Counselor Husām al-Ghiryānī, Chairman of the Constituent Assembly, in the presence of the constitution-writing members.
Date of source: Saturday, December 1, 2012
Eleven Egyptian newspapers have decided not to print their Wednesday editions to protest President Muhammad Mursī’s controversial constitutional decree. A handful of private satellite channels also reportedly plan to temporarily cease transmission on Wednesday.
Date of source: Saturday, December 1, 2012
Egypt's Constituent Assembly has passed a draft constitution that fails to protect women's rights or guarantee religious freedom, Human Rights Watch said.
Date of source: Monday, November 19, 2012
Abd Al-Rahman Al-Barr member of the Muslim Brotherhood's Guidance Bureau, in statements on the sidelines of the investiture ceremony, called on the withdrawn representatives of the churches to return to the constituent assembly drafting a new constitution for Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, November 19, 2012
Attending the ceremony of the enthronement of the 118th Pope of the See of Saint Mark, Coptic Pope Tawadrus II, were the ambassadors of Saudi Arabia, the United States, Canada and Belgium, former Minister of Information ‘Usāmah Haykal, former Prime Minister ʿIṣām Sharaf, former Deputy Prime...
Date of source: Monday, November 19, 2012
Pope Tawāḍrus II, in a written speech delivered on his behalf by Bishop Pachomius, underlined the importance of an undivided patronizing of the church at the level of all parishes, stressing joint action and unity for the sake of the nation’s peace.
Date of source: Sunday, November 25, 2012
After toppling the prosecutor-general, Counselor ‘Abd al-Majīd Maḥmūd, demands are renewed by Azharite movements to sack Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Aḥmad al-Tayyib on the grounds that he belonged to the former regime.
Date of source: Sunday, November 25, 2012
The Azhar and the Egyptian and British Episcopal churches agreed that the interfaith dialogue should not prejudice any beliefs and that it should be through wisdom and recognition of each party of the other’s faith.
Date of source: Sunday, November 25, 2012
The Egyptian Cultural Center in Paris is holding two symposia to discuss recent developments in the Egyptian society after the revolution with a host of Egyptian and French intellectuals speaking in both events.