Date of source: Thursday, July 26, 2012
President Muhammad Mursī endorsed a decision appointing former Deputy Governor of Cairo Samīr Marqus as an aide to the president amidst welcome in Coptic circles that praised Marqus’s political and intellectual savvy. [Hadīr Subhī and Manāl Sulaymān, al-Misryūn, July 26, p. 3] Read original text...
Date of source: Monday, July 2, 2012
Coptic circles have been lately preoccupied with the figure to be vice president, comparing some effective names like incumbent Minister of Tourism Munīr Fakhrī ‘Abd al-Nūr, thinker and political researcher Samīr Marqus, activist Michael Meunir and former lawmaker Georgette Qillīnī. [‘Abd al-Wahāb...
Date of source: Monday, May 7, 2012
A conference on president election criteria held by several Coptic organizations on Sunday (May 6) was marred by splits and squabbles after Dr. Sharīf Dūs, Chairman of the General Coptic Organization in Egypt (GCOE), expressed support for presidential candidate ‘Abd al-Mun’im Abū al-Futūh. [‘Abd al...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Coptic pharmacist Mu'min Majdī Shihātah was forced to leave his dwelling place in the village of Abū George, Banī Mazār town, in a 'urfī (conciliatory) session for comparing Dr. Muhammad al-Barād'ī to hard-line Shaykh Abū Ishaq al-Hūwaynī, according to a Coptic advocacy group. [Shādyah Yūsuf, al-...
Date of source: Friday, January 27, 2012
Several Coptic clergymen and activists criticized the Evangelical Synod of the Nile's approval to ordain the first female priest in Egypt, to the awe of other Christian denominations in Egypt. [Jamāl George, al-Fajr, Jan. 27, p. 14] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Saturday, January 14, 2012
Counselor 'Āsim al-Juharī, the head of the anti-graft agency, referred complaints accusing Coptic business magnate Najīb Sawirus accusing him of "an inflated wealth in a dubious manner in light of his relations with the former regime. [Yūsuf al-Ghazālī, al-Wafd, Jan. 14, p. 1] Read original text in...
Date of source: Thursday, December 1, 2011
As all national powers had a firm stand to support Copts' rights in shaping the future of Egypt along with their Muslim brothers after all the seeds of division sowed by the dissolved National Democratic Party, Copts and the Muslim Brotherhood preferred to be in an alliance together in order to...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 7, 2011
As parties and political movements are rolling up their sleeves for the People's Assembly and Shūrá Council elections late this year, talk never stops about Copts' participation, now that the Egyptian Constitution does not discriminate between one citizen and another on the basis of religion, color...
Date of source: Friday, August 19, 2011
The three Egyptian Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant churches praised the document issued by the Azhar and expressed appreciation for the "national role" played by the Azhar institution to "mend the rift" among the political factions.