Date of source: Wednesday, June 4, 2014
PEC (Presidential Elections Committee) has announced officially that Field Marshall Abd al- Fattāh al- Sīsī has won the presidential elections with a total of 96.91% of the votes compared to Hamdīn Sabāhī who got 3.09% of the votes.
Date of source: Saturday, January 25, 2014
Minister of Endowments Muhammad Mukhtār Jum’ah stated that the destruction of the Cairo Security department a form of treason to religion and the homeland. He requested the gravest possible penalty for all those who support terrorism (‘Amr Shākir, al- Akhbār, Jan. 25, p. 8). Read original text in...
Date of source: Saturday, January 25, 2014
The Azhar has denounced the terrorist attack that has taken place on the Security Department yesterday, calling it a crime against religion, the nation and humanity. (Author not mentioned, al- Akhbār, Jan. 25, p. 8). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Friday, August 15, 2014
“Freedom has a high price and burning churches is part of this price that we pay for our country in love and patience.”
Date of source: Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Religious scholars praised the call of President al- Sīsī to renew the religious discourse.
Date of source: Thursday, January 23, 2014
Interim President Adly Mansūr met January 22 with his Holiness Pope Tawadros II, who headed a delegation composed of a number of bishops and members of the Coptic Orthodox Community Council. Ambassador Ihāb Badawī, the official spokesman of the president, stated that the Pope has congratulated the...
Date of source: Sunday, June 8, 2014
Shaykh Kamāl Tādum, official spokesman of the Reconciliation Committee between the Dābūdiah and the Banī Hilāl tribes, said that a reconciliation agreement was reached after the condition that the Banī Hilāl put for the conciliation was agreed upon by the Dābūdiah.
Date of source: Monday, August 11, 2014
Dr. ‘Abāss Shūmānn, Deputy of the Azhar Shaykh, stated that the Azhar Shaykh is not above criticism and that the Azhar shall not be silent in the face of violations of principles of the faith (Diā’ Abū al-Safā, al-‘Akhbār, Aug 11, p. 2).
Date of source: Friday, June 6, 2014
Dr Ahmad al- Tayyib, al- Azhar Shaykh, Eng. Ātif Hilmī, Minsiter of Communications and Information Technology and Dr. Ashraf al- ‘Arabī, Minister of Planning has inaugurated Hall of “al- Azhar Memory Panorama”.
Date of source: Thursday, August 7, 2014
After returning of his medical trip abroad, Pope Tawadros visited Grand Imām Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib Shaykh of the Azhar to congratulate him and all Muslims on the occasion of Īd al- Fitr.