Date of source: Friday, October 12, 2012
Calm was restored to the city of ‘Isnā, southern Luxor governorate, where sectarian troubles took place after differences between Copts and Muslims over a plot of land belonging to the Virgin Mary Church for years.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 10, 2012
The State Council’s Administrative Judiciary Court on Tuesday (October 9) adjourned reviewing lawsuits requesting the dissolution of the Muslim Brotherhood group and closing down all its headquarters nationwide to the November 20 session. [Nuhá ‘Āshūr, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, Oct. 10, p. 3] Read text...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Thousands of citizens participated in a march that encompassed representatives from 40 political parties and movements and revolutionary groups from Shubrā to Maspero Tuesday (October 9) on the first anniversary of the “Maspero massacre” that left 27 protesters dead and hundreds others injured...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 6, 2012
The 118th pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church denounced forced eviction of Copts in some areas in Egypt, adding he also refuses Copts’ voluntary emigration because “in both situations it is Egypt’s reputation that is tarnished”.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 9, 2012
On this day one year ago, a revolting young man of the unforgettable name of Mīnā Danyāl was among the more than 20 Copts killed in the Maspero incidents.
Date of source: Sunday, September 30, 2012
U.S. ambassador in Cairo Anne Patterson termed as “nonsense” statements by former Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Fayzāh Abū al-Najā who accused NGOs of working within a scheme to divide Egypt, adding it is the same “nonsense” that the United States backed the victory of...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 9, 2012
The Maspero Youths Union announced that a march will be staged on Tuesday (October 9) to pay tribute to the martyrs of the clashes outside the state radio & TV building in Maspero on October 9, 2011, which left 27 protesters dead.
Date of source: Thursday, September 27, 2012
Two masked gunmen opened fire on a grocer’s store owned by a Coptic citizen in the North Sinai city of Rafah on Tuesday (September 25) a few days after he had received a message threatening him that his property will be attacked if failed to leave the city within 48 hours.
Date of source: Thursday, September 27, 2012
Muhammad al-‘Azab, a member of the Shūrá Council from the Salafī al-Nūr Party and member of the National Council of Human Rights, severely criticized U.S. President Obama’s speech before the UN on Tuesday (September 25), adding the address was void of the simplest rules of diplomacy as he said he...
Date of source: Sunday, October 7, 2012
A book titled “Bishop Bīshūy…the Student of Pope Shenouda III, Guardian of the Orthodox Christianity and Defender of the Faith in Modern Times” triggered a row inside church circles.