Date of source: Sunday, November 3, 2013
Bishop Makarios the Bishop of Minya, has denied in an official statement the claims made by Al Jazeera Channel that the Copts have accused the security forces of collaborating with terrorists in burning the churches. The statement assured that there is no truth to what Al Jazeera has stated. He...
Date of source: Sunday, November 3, 2013
The official page for Bishop Marcus, Bishop of Shubrā al-Khaymah, has issued a statement by Priest Arsanbus, who is responsible for organizing the ceremony of Mar Jirjis in Luxor. A decision was taken to cancel the celebration this year in Luxor after a phone conversation with Pope Tawadros II due...
Date of source: Sunday, November 3, 2013
Judicial sources stated that the state security prosecution is conducting investigations in the Warrāq Church “massacre” (Nadā Hamdī, al-Dustūr, Nov. 3, p. 6). Read the original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 21, 2012
The new law on NGOs will be discussed with the ministers of social insurances and justice as well as the NGOs federation within a week to bring viewpoints closer and strike a balance between the civil society’s interests and the government’s controls on foreign funding.
Date of source: Thursday, November 29, 2012
The Egyptian Union for Human Rights Organization, founded by Counselor Najīb Jabrā’īl, in cooperation with the local and international groups, threatened to demand the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to send international fact-finding commissions to gather evidence from all sources and...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 20, 2012
The issue of Copts’ population was raised in a very exciting different way, particularly in this timing, considering the fact that the powers that be in Egypt have been neglecting this topic since the times of former Presidents Muḥammad Anwar al-Sādāt and Muḥammad Ḥusnī Mubārak.
Date of source: Monday, November 26, 2012
Dr. Ihāb Ramzī, a professor of criminal law at Banī Swayf University, said he was flabbergasted to read 10 drafts of the constitution, adding this is a well-laid plan to create a state of tumult among political powers.
Date of source: Monday, November 26, 2012
Dr. Nājiḥ Ibrāhīm, a co-founder and theoretician of the al-Jamāʿa al-Islāmīya (Islamic Group), called on President Muḥammad Mursī to lead the nation with a mentality of a statesman, not that of the Muslim Brotherhood group, and give more room for power sharing regardless of ideological differences.
Date of source: Monday, November 19, 2012
The village of Dashāsha, Samsaṭā town, Banī Swayf governorate, has seen a violent brawl between Muslims and Christians over children playing on the streets, leaving five from the two sides injured.
Date of source: Saturday, October 27, 2012
In his address before the imāms and preachers on Thursday (October 25), President Mursī said the Ummah (Nation) will never rise without a conviction, as if the Egyptian society has never known convictions and faiths before the Muslim Brotherhood made their way to power.