Date of source: Tuesday, December 17, 2013
The Ministry of Endowments has decided to ban three of the Salafī Call preachers from preaching in mosques. These include preachers Shaykh Abū Isaac Al Huwaynī, Shaykh Muhamad Hassān and Shaykh Muhammad Hussayn Ya’qūb. The ministry decided that they should get a license before giving sermons. This...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 17, 2013
The Ministry of Endowments has decided to ban three of the Salafī Call preachers from preaching in mosques. These include preachers Shaykh Abū Isaac Al Huwaynī, Shaykh Muhamad Hassān and Shaykh Muhammad Hussayn Ya’qūb. The ministry decided that they should get a license before giving sermons. This...
Date of source: Friday, November 15, 2013
In the National Cohesion Conference, the Coptic Evangelical Society has warned against the reproduction of the Constitution of the Muslim Brotherhood. Priest Andréa Zakī, the Vice President of the Coptic Evangelical Church, has expressed his wish that the Constitution of the Muslim Brotherhood not...
Date of source: Monday, July 29, 2013
The inhabitants of the city Dayr Mawwās and the village of Diljā stood up against the supporters of the deposed former president, Morsi, blocking them from storming into and attacking the churches of Virgin Mary and Saint Abram (Ibrā’ām), during Saturday night (July 27) demonstrations. Amjad ‘Izzat...
Date of source: Monday, July 8, 2013
From Rāb’ah al-'Adāwīyyah platform (a square in Nasr City district where Morsi supporters are protesting), the MB’s Guide, or murshid, Dr. Muhammad Badī’, gave a speech to the protesters. He directed messages to the army, Azhar’s Grand Shaykh, and Pope Tawadros. He called the Azhar and army to...
Date of source: Monday, July 8, 2013
The funeral of four Christian victims of sectarian incident in Luxor was held on July 7 at Prince Tawadros El-mashreky (Saint Tawadros al-Mashriqī), known as Dayr al-Muhārib, at al-Ba’īrat village, west of Luxor.
Thousands of Christians attended the funeral of the four victims of Luxor. The...
Date of source: Sunday, June 30, 2013
.The one year of Morsi’s rule was one of the worst years for Copts, Pope Tawadros said on one of the television programs. He explained that it was a disappointing year, pointing to the attack on the Cathedral which had not occurred over 19 centuries. The year of Morsi’s rule left 37 Copts killed,...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 18, 2013
The Supreme State Security service has concluded its investigations into the explosions at the Church of Saint Mark and Saint Peter on January 1 2011 which killed twenty people and injured close to a hundred. The lawyer for the victims, Joseph Malāk, said the investigations into the issue had...
Date of source: Monday, June 10, 2013
The Coptic Orthodox Church denied that there is a contact between the government and church which puts pressure on the Cathedral, in order to prevent Copts from taking part in the June 30 demonstrations. The leaders of the church confirmed their peaceful participation in demonstrations.
Najīb Jubrā...
Date of source: Friday, May 31, 2013
It seems that after President Mursi and his government have failed to resolve the crisis, there is no other solution than to include the Coptic Orthodox Church into the discussion. The connection between the Coptic Orthodox Church and Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church could be the last chance to...