Date of source: Monday, August 29, 2011
The brother of the assassin of former president Anwār al-Sādāt returned to Egypt from exile in Iran August 28 and surrendered to the authorities.
Date of source: Monday, August 29, 2011
Engineer Salāh Hāshim, one of the founders of the Jamā'ah Islāmīyah (Islamic Group), said unity of the different factions and movements would furnish an opportunity for the Islamists to make it to power.
Date of source: Thursday, July 28, 2011
The first time there was chatter about the establishment of a Coptic state was during the time of late President Anwar al-Sadāt, when the idea of setting up the so-called State of Assiut had first emerged.
Date of source: Sunday, June 5, 2011
Some Egyptian Christian emigrants have always been parroting during the former regime's time that they could not come to Egypt to convene meetings and forums for dialogue over the Christian citizens' cares and problems as well as discrimination and challenges facing equality in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 1, 2011
CAIRO - The January 25 revolution is having a momentous impact on the Coptic Church. “The Copts will ignore Church policies,” surmised Mamoun Fendi, president of Fendi Associates, a Washington DC-based research group and think-tank, during the 18-day revolution.
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Sanne Lundberg’s thesis was about the strong Coptic Christian perception of being discriminated, the interplay of this belief with religious beliefs, as well as
Date of source: Sunday, May 8, 2011
It goes without saying that a comprehensive process for reformulating Egyptian politics is just around the corner.
The last constitutional amendments have limited presidential terms to a maximum of four years, with candidates eligible to serve no more than two terms, and have stipulated the...
Date of source: Friday, August 6, 2010
On the margin of nationalization after the July Revolution, the church has become a state institution and become the representative of Copts following the patriarchal approach. On the margin of privatization and open door policies, the regime referred the responsibility of Copts to the church and...
Date of source: Friday, April 1, 2011
As a Brit I've never before been a revolutionary. Revolution just isn't in our vocabulary. Our American friends, as we might expect, were all gung ho on it from the start. My sympathies were entirely with Mr. Mubārak, who had served his country well in the Air Force, then as Vice-President under...
Date of source: Saturday, March 12, 2011
Al-Jamā'ah Islāmīyah (Islamic Group) has rallied ranks with the Copts to confront the Salafists or Wahabīs in an attempt to end a wave of Fitnah Ṭā’ifīyah started by former President Anwar al-Sadāt and pursued by the deposed President Husnī Mubārak.