Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2012
Scholars from the Azhar attacked demands by al-Nūr to add the phrase “the four Islamic doctrines” to Article II, noting the people asking for this addition “have flawed understanding of the Islamic sharī’ah”.
Former Muftī of the Republic Dr. Nasr Farīd Wāsil, a representative of the Azhar on the...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
A prominent bishop at the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church revealed that one of the reasons to exclude candidates for the Saint Mark chair will be “ill reputation”. [‘Abd al-Wahāb Sha’bān, al-Wafd, May 15, p. 1] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
A prominent bishop at the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church revealed that one of the reasons to exclude candidates for the Saint Mark chair will be “ill reputation”. [‘Abd al-Wahāb Sha’bān, al-Wafd, May 15, p. 1] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The number of monks applied for the position rose to seven after Monks Bīshūy and Archpriest Maximus presented their papers and recommendations to the candidacy committee. [Mustafá Rahūmah, al-Watan, May 15, p. 4] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Political powers, parties and movements expressed reservations over the rate of representation of women, Copts and law experts included into the initial report by People’s Assembly Legislative Committee. [Khālid ‘Abd al-Rasūl and Ahmad Ghunaym, al-Watan, May 15, p. 4] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
A prominent bishop at the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church revealed that one of the reasons to exclude candidates for the Saint Mark chair will be “ill reputation”. [‘Abd al-Wahāb Sha’bān, al-Wafd, May 15, p. 1] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The number of monks applied for the position rose to seven after Monks Bīshūy and Archpriest Maximus presented their papers and recommendations to the candidacy committee. [Mustafá Rahūmah, al-Watan, May 15, p. 4] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Political powers, parties and movements expressed reservations over the rate of representation of women, Copts and law experts included into the initial report by People’s Assembly Legislative Committee. [Khālid ‘Abd al-Rasūl and Ahmad Ghunaym, al-Watan, May 15, p. 4] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
He noted that 200 Muslim and Coptic political figures, intellectuals and clerics have participated in the study, including Bishop Marqus, Bishop Yūhannā Qultah, Freedom and Justice Party deputy leader ‘Isām al-‘Iryān, People’s Assembly member Subhī Sālih, Abū al-‘Izz al-Harīrī, Jamāl al-Bannā and...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
CIDT director Hānī Labīb said the center has conducted a recent public opinion poll on Article 2, which reads that Islamic sharī’ah is the main source of legislation.
“The nine-month-long survey covered 5,000 respondents from 10 governorates as only 2% demanded the article’s abolition while 7%...