Date of source: Saturday, May 4, 2013
Pope Tawadros heads to the Holy Easter Mass at Saint Marks Cathedral tonight. A number of guests ranging from public figures and officials, to well-wishers will be attending the mass. The Pope led the Good Friday prayers yesterday morning at the Cathedral in al-'Abbāsīyyah after his return from...
Date of source: Sunday, November 22, 2015
In his analysis on the Muslim Brotherhood, Dr. Wahīd `Abd al-Majīd, the deputy director of the Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies (ACPSS) said that the many factors that drive the generational split within the Muslim Brotherhood Organization had weakened it.
Date of source: Friday, September 26, 2014
Dār al- Iftā’ confirmed to join terrorist and extremist groups is harām.
Date of source: Saturday, September 15, 2012
Dr. 'Abd al-Mijīd Mahmūd, Public Prosecutor, is continuing an investigation in the case of the film discrediting the Prophet Muhammad. Attorney Hāmid Muhammad, member of the Freedoms Committee (in the Lawyers Syndicate), had filed a report against a number of expatriate Copts accusing them of...
Date of source: Saturday, September 15, 2012
Today, September 15, 2012, the Coptic Orthodox candidacy committee will receive appeals on candidates for the next 15 days.
Bishop Bula of Tantā, spokesman for the Church in election matters, said that appeals will not be accepted except from registered voters and on the specific dates.
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Date of source: Saturday, February 4, 2012
The Good Shepherd channel, patronized by Bishop Maximus, who broke away from the Coptic Orthodox Church and founded a new Orthodox Christian community, is back again after a hiatus of more than one year.
The channel is now transmitted on the NileSat after it was showing only on the European...
Date of source: Saturday, January 28, 2012
Ann Emil Zakī, a 35-year-old mother of four, adamantly insisted to become the first Egyptian woman to be ordained as priest right after she finished her theological studies. [Mīrā Mamdūh, Rose al-Yūsuf magazine, Jan. 28-Feb. 3, pp. 58-59] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Monday, January 2, 2012
The ‘urfī (conciliatory) council of the elders of Muslims and Copts in Asyut governorate managed to restore calm to al-‘Adar on the third day of sectarian incidents in the village and some other neighboring villages, sparked after a Coptic high school student has reportedly published cartoons...
Date of source: Sunday, January 1, 2012
Islam criminalizes attacks on churches and non-Muslim houses of worship as Islamists, namely the Muslim Brotherhood and a number of Salafī parties, volunteered to protect churches during the New Year celebrations. [Dīyā' Abū al-Safā, Akhbār al-Yawm, p. 7, Jan. 1] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Saturday, December 17, 2011
The Iftā' House announced that Shaykh 'Imād 'Ifat, the Fatwá Secretary there, was killed in clashes and acts of violence off the cabinet office on Friday 16 after he was shot in the heart. ['Umar 'Abd al-Jawād, Al-Jumhūrīyah, Dec. 17, p. 2] Read original text in Arabic