Date of source: Monday, March 30, 2015
In a wide reaching interview with al-Watan News, Dr. Mustafa al-Fiqī, said that President Sīsī is well aware of the regional situation in the Middle East and that Egypt is not going down the path of other Middle Eastern countries. He added that the President himself is comfortable in dealing with...
Date of source: Thursday, May 3, 2012
Anti-riot police forces reinforced presence around the Saint Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah, where renewed clashes erupted between protesters and thugs on Wednesday (May 2) as nine armored vehicles parked outside the cathedral that closed its gates. [‘Imān Ibrāhīm and...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 28, 2012
(Right) now all the political groups in Egypt conform to one main principle, which is to make sure that every part of society is represented in the constituent assembly that will draft the Egyptian constitution. There is no doubt that this principle is credible as long as it is implemented...
Date of source: Friday, January 21, 2011
Hanān Muhammad writes that all the past decrees issued by President Husnī Mubarāk regarding the building of churches have failed to resolve the issue.
Mustafá al-Fiqī, Head of the Foreign and Arab Affairs Committee at the Shūrá Council, believes that a unified law for building places of worship...
Date of source: Sunday, January 23, 2011
The chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee at the Shūrá [Consultative] Council says that the government is about to announce “a sovereign decision” regulating the building of churches, according to al-Shurūq al-Jadīd on Sunday.
Dr. Mustafá al-Fiqī said the decision would “satisfy God and the...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 18, 2011
The meeting of the Egyptian-European Council was the scene of a heated debate between the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee in the Shūrá Council and the Papal Nuncio in Cairo regarding Pope Benedict's recent statements regarding the protection of Middle Eastern Christians.
According to...
Date of source: Sunday, December 19, 2010
A church source has told al-Misrī al-Yawm that the authorities have promised to release all remaining detainees (84) from the ‘Umrāniyyah church riots by Christmas.
The source added that Pope Shenouda III ended his voluntary seclusion after a visit from Dr. Mustafá al-Fiqī, who is a close personal...
Date of source: Thursday, December 23, 2010
‘Ādil Ḥammūdah says that when Pope Shenouda ordered the transfer of his dialysis machime and other medical equipment to Wādī al-Naṭrūn for his recent seclusion, observers felt that he was planning a long stay, which would mean he would miss the president's inauguration of parliament, which could...
Date of source: Sunday, December 19, 2010
An church source says that a meeting between Pope Shenouda III and MP Jamāl As‘ad is being set up.
This comes after the Pope was contacted by Dr. Mustafá al-Fiqī from the Shūrá Council, who told the Pope that As‘ad would like to apologize for any unnecessary attacks he may have made on the Church....