Date of source: Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Meanwhile, the European Union (EU) expressed deep concern over deteriorating economic conditions in Egypt and expressed commitment through broad lines of the program of aid available, according to an official statement by the European Commission in Cairo.
The EU also expressed hope that a...
Date of source: Friday, February 24, 2012
Counselor Tharwat Hammād, the judge assigned by the justice ministry to investigate the October 9, 2011 clashes outside the state radio & TV building in the area of Maspero, ordered the referral of 31 army soldiers in those incidents to the forensic officials to examine their injuries and see...
Date of source: Monday, February 20, 2012
Also on Maspero, the Cairo Criminal Court decided postponement to the March 17 session to consider the petition by Bishop (Father) Philopater Jamīl on a ban on his departure from Egypt pending investigations with him on the Maspero incidents.
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Date of source: Sunday, February 19, 2012
The Minyā al-Qamh prosecution is still investigating the crisis over rumors that church clerics kidnapped and detained her after she converted to Islam.
Hanān ‘Attīyah Girgis, the 40-year-old mother of Rānyā, said during investigations with her that her husband Khalīl has forced Rānyā to convert to...
Date of source: Monday, December 30, 2013
Security forces have revealed the communications of takfirīs with Hamas to fund the smuggling of arms and explosives. They have revealed that the Muslim Brotherhood international organization plots to attack churches during Christmas (Jamāl Hussayn, et al, al-Akhbār, Dec. 30, p. 3). Read original...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 25, 2013
The Coptic Orthodox and Protestant Churches have denounced the terrorist attack on Dakahlia Security Department which targeted innocent people and police officers. Bolus Halīm, the spokesman of the Coptic Orthodox Church, stated that the Church gives its condolences to the martyrs of the nation. He...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Grand Imām Ahmad al-Tayyib, Al-Azhar Shaykh, denounced the terrorist attack that took place in Mansura. He called upon all Egyptians to unite to support the state’s institutions in order to protect Egypt’s security and stability (‘Diā’ Abū al -Safā’, al-Akhbār, Dec. 25, p. 3). Read original text in...
Date of source: Friday, December 13, 2013
The Muftī of Saudi Arabia, ‘Abd al-Azīz al-Shaykh, has stated that he who detonates himself is a “criminal who speed up his entrance to hell”. He called suicide bombing the tools of the enemies of Islam to destroy the Islamic youth (Author not mentioned, al-Akhbār, Dec. 13, p. 3). Read original...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Najīb Jibrā'īl, the head of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights Organization, called upon the Copts abroad to give a ‘yes’ vote in the coming constitutional referendum. He called it a national duty and emphasizes that “We must not let the Muslim Brotherhood have this chance”. He stated that despite...
Date of source: Sunday, November 24, 2013
Mary Mīlād, the head of the Right Party, stated that this stage is a milestone in the history of Egypt, because we went out of two large revolutions and are preparing to vote on the Constitution of Egypt. This is the first practical step in the “Road Map”. She said that there is a big difference...