Date of source: Monday, June 25, 2012
General Shafīq, who lost the presidential race to Mursī, sent a congratulatory cable addressing Mursī as Mr. President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, wishing him success in the “tough mission given to you by the great people of Egypt”. [Ahmad ‘Adlī, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, June 25, p. 3] Read original...
Date of source: Monday, June 25, 2012
Coptic business magnate Najīb Sawirus congratulated elected president Mursī over his win in a free election but criticized his campaign for announcing his victory in advance ahead of the official announcement by the High Presidential Election Commission (HPEC).
“Dr. Mursī is now facing two tough...
Date of source: Monday, June 25, 2012
Dr. Ahmad ‘Abd al-‘Ātī, the coordinator of Mursī’s election campaign, said the new president has resigned from the Muslim Brotherhood group and its political wing the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) to become president of all Egyptians. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām, June 25, p. 3] Read original...
Date of source: Monday, June 25, 2012
Dr. Safwat al-Bayādī, the head of the Coptic Evangelical Church, said he wishes success for Dr. Mursī and pins high hopes on him to achieve Egyptians’ ambitions for equality, freedom and social justice.
Bayādī called on all churches in Egypt to pray for the new president after he won the first free...
Date of source: Monday, June 25, 2012
Acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius said in a cable to Mursī that the results of the presidential election were expressive of the Egyptian people’s will about consolidating an aspired democracy.
He said that he expects Mursī to maintain the civil nature of an Egyptian...
Date of source: Monday, June 25, 2012
Father Rafīq Greish, the media spokesman for the Coptic Catholic Church, called on Mursī to pass the unified law on construction of houses of worship and the law on personal status affairs for non-Muslims and eliminate discrimination on the basis of sex or religion.
Lawyer Najīb Jabrā’īl, Chairman...
Date of source: Monday, June 11, 2012
The three Orthodox, Evangelical and Catholic churches said they reject plans by some to boycott the presidential elections and encourage all Egyptians to participate in the voting process and support the candidate they think would be able to attain the objectives of the revolution and establish a...
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2012
On the other hand, judicial sources in the Higher Presidential Election Commission (HPEC) said the examination of challenges submitted by presidential candidate Ahmad Shafīq revealed that a large number of Copts received threats against voting for Shafīq and were prevented by force from going to...
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2012
Meanwhile, political powers and parties embarked on forming what they called the “Civil Current” within preparations to participate in the next parliamentary elections in a bid to “confront the fulūl (remnants of the former regime) and the Muslim Brotherhood with a unified list,” according ‘Imād...
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2012
Muhammad Mahdī ‘Ākif, the former murshid (guide) of the Muslim Brotherhood, said former minister housing Hasab Allāh al-Kafrāwī asked him to join him and former Arab League Secretary-General ‘Amr Mūsá, currently outside Egypt, to attend a meeting with SCAF members in an attempt to reach a solution...