Date of source: Sunday, November 11, 2012
President Muhammad Mursī on Friday (Nov. 8) issued a presidential decree appointing Bishop Tawadrus as Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark as the decree was received by acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius. [‘Imād Khalīl, ‘Id ‘Abd al-Jawād, Rashā al...
Date of source: Saturday, October 26, 2013
Lawyer and activist Najīb Jabrā’īl, Chairman of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights Organization, said Egyptians are one fabric that al-Tahrīr Square has seen the blood of both Muslims and Christians shed and mixed together.
He said his organization is defending the rights of Copts from a...
Date of source: Saturday, September 29, 2012
For the past 40 years, the church has been Copts’ sole refuge and Pope Shenouda III has been a religious leader and political intellectual thinking for all the congregation that the Christians have come down to only one person, the late patriarch.
Date of source: Monday, April 28, 2014
The conflict between the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Da’wah al- Salafiah has heightened after Yāssir Burhamī’s fatwá prohibited Muslims from congratulating Copts.
Date of source: Friday, August 17, 2018
It’s been five years since the dispersal of Rābʿaa and Nahḍa sit-ins, however no one has forgotten the crime of burning the churches and assaulting the property of the Copts which was documented by the international and local organizations.
Date of source: Saturday, July 26, 2014
Dr. Naguīb Jubrā’īl, president of the Egyptian Union Organization for Human Rights, stated that the organization has assimilated a group of legislative experts to put together proposals for laws related to fighting discrimination which, when prepared, will be presented to the next parliament.
Date of source: Monday, July 21, 2014
The Maspero Youth Union has declared its determination to organize a stand against events in Iraq, where ISIS (the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) issued a choice to Christians yesterday – death, conversion to Islam, or payment of the jizya (tax on free non-Muslims under Muslim rule).
Date of source: Thursday, February 27, 2014
Coptic activists cancelled their stand that was supposed to take place at Cairo airport to receive the bodies of the seven Copts that were killed in Libya. This comes after Field Marshal ‘Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī decided to transport the bodies to their hometown Suhag by a military plane. Safwat al-...
Date of source: Sunday, June 15, 2014
Najuīb Jubra’īl, head of the Egyptian Union Organization for Human Rights, has issued an official statement that has denounced the joint statement which was issued by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International on June 9, 2014.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Najuīb Jubra’īl, the head of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights Organization, requested in a letter to Interim President ‘Adly Mansūr to speed up issuing an anti- discrimination law. The new law is to forbid discrimination based on religion, language or ethnicity as per article 53 of the new...