Date of source: Saturday, March 31, 2012
Some Coptic organizations and activists, in a statement they called the March 30 Declaration, vehemently rejected the 100-member panel and “attempts by certain groups to draft the new Egyptian Constitution alone,” urging the Egyptian Church to immediately announce its position on the panel and...
Date of source: Saturday, March 31, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox Church, in the statement, called on SCAF Chairman Field Marshal Muhammad Husayn Tantāwī to approve a constitution panel that is representative of all Egyptians without discrimination among the citizens of Egypt on religious or ethnic basis. [Rajab Ramadān, Muhammad Abū al-‘...
Date of source: Saturday, March 31, 2012
The Alexandria Millī Council sent a statement on Friday (March 30) to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) in which it condemned the mechanisms used to form a constitution-drafting assembly.
The Council stressed equality among all Egyptians in rights and duties regardless of religious...
Date of source: Saturday, March 31, 2012
The Azhar apologized for not participating in the constituent assembly and expressed reservations over its “poor” representation in the panel after it decided to withdraw Wāsil from it.
The decision was taken during a meeting of the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy under Grand Shaykh Dr. Ahmad al-...
Date of source: Saturday, March 31, 2012
The scholars said that religious groups “have to return to their barracks”!
“It was a vital matter that the Azhar take its representative out of the constitution assembly simply because it is not proper for the stature of the Azhar to participate in a panel marked by domination not partnership and...
Date of source: Thursday, November 28, 2013
Islamic and humanitarian organizations have denounced the decision of Angola to ban Islam in the country as well as demolish mosques as have appeared in news reports that were denied by Luanda. Al- Azhar has stated that it hopes that the news is incorrect. It has demanded the Angolan authorities to...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Al-Azhar has demanded a decisive international stand against Angola after the decision of the Angolan government to prohibit Muslims from practicing their religious rites as well as demolishing the mosques in Angola. Dr. Mahmūd ‘Azab, the advisor to Shaykh of Al-Azhar, has described the decision of...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Dr. Shaykh Ahmad al-Tayyīb, Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, and Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II, are on the list of the targets for murder after their participation in the meeting with political forces that announced the overthrow of President Muhammad Mursī.
Communications have been sent to the...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Presidency confirmed that President Muhammad Mursi (Mūrsī) held a surprise meeting with Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II, and Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb, Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, at the Presidential Palace (Nāsir 'Abd al-Majīd, al-Wafd, June 19, p. 4). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Residents of al-Khusūs have confirmed that the majority of the Muslims arrested have no connection to the event and were arrested unjustly after security forces stormed their homes and threatened the families with weapons.
Maj. Gen. Mahmūd Yusrī, Director of al-Qalyubia Security Department, denied...