Date of source: Thursday, May 2, 2013
'Abd al-Rahmān al-Barr, Muslim Brotherhood Muftī, issued a fatwá against Muslims greeting Christians at Easter without clarifying the state's position on the Israeli occupation and Mursi’s intimate message to Israeli President Shimon Peres in which he described Israel as a loyal friend. The fatwá ...
Date of source: Monday, May 6, 2013
The Facebook page of Dr. Murād 'Alī, media advisor of the Freedom and Justice Party is subject to severe criticism in the light of the fatwá issued by Dr. 'Abd al-Rahmān al-Barr, Muftī of the Muslim Brotherhood, which stresses that Coptic Easter greetings are forbidden (Muhammad al-Sayyīd, al-Yawm...
Date of source: Saturday, May 4, 2013
Pope Tawadros leads his first Easter festivities amidst the ambiguity surrounding the position of the Copts. The transition from the late Orthodox Coptic Pope Shenouda III to Pope Tawadros oversaw the development of a more complex relationship between the church and state. The Copts are saddened by...
Date of source: Sunday, April 12, 2015
14 men sentenced to execution and 37 others to imprisonment, accused of being linked to the Muslim brotherhood organisation which is believed to ‘have political motives’. This decision has been deemed to be ‘totally unfair’ by the human rights watch who oversee affairs in the Middle East and North...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Dr. ‘Abd al-Rahmān al-Barr, member of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Guidance Office (al-Irshād Office), issued a fatwá banning greeting Copts in Easter. The Muslim Brotherhood Muftī continued that the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is against Muslims’ doctrine because Jesus or ‘Isá (as Muslims say) did...
Date of source: Monday, April 29, 2013
Al-Tahrīr summarises Coptic celebrations and prayers which took place on Palm Sunday in Cairo and across Egypt, highlighting specifically the fact that this Palm Sunday falls at a time during which Egyptian Christians have been undergoing a lot of difficulties, particularly during the recent period...
Date of source: Saturday, April 27, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II has given several interviews to major Egyptian media outlets. Below are extracts and highlights of two of the interviews that were given to Egyptian national newspapers, in which Pope Tawadros discusses Christian Muslim relations in general, as well as specific...
Date of source: Saturday, April 20, 2013
The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit has given an exclusive interview with the newspaper al-Akhbār. In the interview he said that Christians have long been part of the social and religious fabric of Egypt, and that it was in everyone’s interests to create a...
Date of source: Saturday, April 20, 2013
Bishop Raphael, General Secretary to the Holy Synod, has said that although the previous regime tried, and failed, to maintain its legitimacy for over 30 years by driving a wedge between Muslims and Christians, the Muslim Brotherhood has succeeded in five months. The Bishop noted that during the 25...
Date of source: Saturday, April 20, 2013
The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR)'s fact-finding committee issued a report about the attack on Saint Mark Cathedral in al-'Abbāsīyyah. The report highlighted that up till now, according to the prosecution, there are no suspects in the incidents, despite filing more than 45 reports from...