Date of source: Sunday, March 25, 2012
On the other hand, the Azhar organized a discussion about the importance of world peace and dialogue, stressing the importance of confronting human rights violations committed by the Israeli occupation forces against Palestinians.
The discussion was attended by a number of Azhar scholars, clerics...
Date of source: Sunday, March 25, 2012
The three Egyptian Christian denominations denied that they received a letter form the People’s Assembly to participate in the constitution panel. [‘Abd al-Wahāb, Al-Wafd, March 25, 2012, p. 1] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Sunday, March 25, 2012
Bishop Pachomius, caretaker patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church and Bishop of Beheira, expressed support for a civil state, noting the Holy Synod will make an official statement about the constituent assembly drafting a new Egyptian Constitution.[Tāmir ‘Abd al-Rā’ūf, al-Ahrām, March 25, 2012, p...
Date of source: Sunday, March 25, 2012
The three Egyptian Christian denominations denied that they received a letter form the People’s Assembly to participate in the constitution panel. [‘Abd al-Wahāb, Al-Wafd, March 25, 2012, p. 1] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Sunday, March 25, 2012
Archpriest Philopater Jamīl of the Virgin Mary church in Faysal district, said that the church would not direct the people to vote for someone in particular in the presidential elections.
Father Ikrām Lam’ī, the spokesperson of the Coptic Evangelical Church, and Father Rafīq Greish, Director of the...
Date of source: Sunday, March 25, 2012
On the other hand, Archpriest Raphael Ava Mina, a monk at Dayr Mār Mīnā (Monastery of Saint Mina) in al-Sāhil al-Shamālī, received recommendations from bishops to become the 118th pope, according to a church source who spoke on condition of anonymity.The bishops, who were monks at the Monastery of...
Date of source: Sunday, March 25, 2012
In response to a question during a rally he held in the town of Abū Hammād, al-Sharqia governorate, about the possibility of applying the Islamic Sharī’ah and whether it is possible that the Holy Qur’ān be a Constitution for the country, he said that this question is an insult to Muslims. “How can...
Date of source: Sunday, September 9, 2018
Interview Script (Documentation)
Interviewer (s): Drs. Cornelis Hulsman and Ms Comfort Dickson
Interviewee: Tunisian humanitarian activist
Interview setting: A private residence in Maadi, Cairo. The interview was conducted between 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Tuesday morning July 17, 2018.
The interview...
Date of source: Friday, July 5, 2013
Egypt independent quoted on July 5 the German Press Agency (DPA) in two news stories “Muslim killed, Copt injured, three houses burned in Luxor” and an update on the story “Update: 23 houses belonging to Copts burned down”.
Below are the original texts:
Muslim killed, Copt injured, three houses...
Date of source: Saturday, May 18, 2013
The Administrative Court selected July 9, for the first sitting of the case. Ghurāb had filed a report at the Council of State for a fatwá after his request got rejected by the Azhar's Fatwá Committee and the Ifta House. Ghurāb considered that not to issue a fatwá is contrary to the principles of...