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Date of source: Friday, December 9, 2011
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III sent a congratulatory cable to Prime Minister Kamāl al-Janzūrī in which he expressed good wishes for him in his mission as head of a salvation government. [Yūsuf Rāmiz, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, Dec. 9, p. 3] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Following the NOS reporting and responses I asked Lamis Yehya, who had joined me in the visit to Mārīnāb to come to our office in Cairo.
Date of source: Thursday, November 3, 2011
Lieutenant General Sāmī 'Anān, chief of staff and deputy chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), stressed the importance of continued investigations into the Maspero incidents during the current period to recognize and penalize those who are involved in such incidents, and to...
Date of source: Saturday, November 5, 2011
The Cabinet, under the chairmanship of Dr. 'Isām Sharaf, postponed the discussions of the unified law for building worship houses until after the Adha feast. Family House, National Justice Committee and the Egyptian Church asked for some amendments to be made to the final draft law.
Date of source: Friday, October 21, 2011
Less than 8 days after criticizing the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) in his weekly sermon and accusing it of killing protesters in Maspero incidents and of running over some of them by armored vehicles, Pope Shenouda III retracted his stance saying, ”Up till now, we do not recognize...
Date of source: Friday, November 4, 2011
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), under the chairmanship of Field Marshal Husayn Tantāwī, approved the new composition of the Supreme Council of the Press proposed by Dr. 'Isām Sharaf, Prime Minister.
The proposed council is to be composed of the president of Shūrá Council, as a...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 19, 2011
The Liberal Lawyers Union and the 25th of January Association, two human rights organizations, demanded that Egyptian authorities enact laws that firmly establish the principles of equality, citizenship, and tolerance and help in the construction of houses of worship according to clear rules and...
Date of source: Friday, November 4, 2011
Bishop Yu'annis, secretary of H.H. Pope Shenouda III, said that the Coptic pope sent his approval of the law on the construction of houses of worship and churches to the Egyptian Cabinet and the Supreme Military Council. Bishop Yu'annis added that the Pope had intended to visit the Grand Shaykh...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 29, 2011
The Egyptian government, along with the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), had previously warned against using religious slogans in the elections because it identifies its users and their religious orientations and by this it will mix religion with politics.
The darkest side of mixing...
Date of source: Thursday, November 24, 2011
Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb, the Azhar's Grand Shaykh, called on the Ministry of Interior Affairs to immediately ceasefire against the protesters. Shaykh al-Tayīb called on the Egyptian Armed Forces to avoid any confrontations among the people.
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