Date of source: Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius also refused the figures announced by the CAPMAS chief.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 22, 2012
George Fikrī from al-Shrūq al-Jadīd writes that Bishop Pachomius, the Acting Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, has banned all discussions about the upcoming elections of a new patriarch from Christian satellite television. Meanwhile, Bishop Bulā of Tanta and member of the nominations...
Date of source: Thursday, August 23, 2012
Today (August 23) is the first court trial of Islām ‘Afīfī at the Giza Criminal Court headed by Counselor Muhammad Fahīm. ‘Afīf is accused of offending the President and publishing false news that disturbs the public interest
Date of source: Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Shaykh Mazhar Shāhīn, the preacher of ‘Umar Makram Mosque, known as the Orator of the Revolution, stressed the need to acquaint the West with the Prophet Muhammad and enact legislations criminalizing insults against any prophet.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Abū Islām will face charges of disdaining religion, disrupting public order and tranquility and fomenting sectarian sentiments by tearing the Bible’s Old and New Testament during clashes outside the U.S. embassy in Cairo after protests against the a film denigrating the Prophet Muhammad.
Date of source: Monday, September 24, 2012
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Israel will not change the 1979 peace treaty with Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, September 24, 2012
The mother of Albir ‘Ayyād, a Christian young man charged with disdaining religion, accused the police of arresting and detaining her son at al-Marj police station without a prior arrest warrant from the prosecution and also accused police officers there of torturing him and inciting prisoners to...
Date of source: Sunday, September 23, 2012
Dr. Muhammad ‘Abd al-Salām, a representative of the Azhar on the constitution-drafting panel, said the Azhar demands keeping the text of Article II as mentioned in the 1971 intact, which is advocated by the representatives of the three churches.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Monk Basilius al- Maqqāry, one of the most popular disciples of Fr. Matta al- Miskīn, stated that the alter lottery through which the Pope was selected does not exist in the laws of the Church. [Father Basilius earlier told Cornelis Hulsman of Arab-West Report that he had given an interview to al-...
Date of source: Saturday, August 25, 2012
Jirjis Fikrī, in an opinion piece in al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, said that Copts have been living in their ghetto for 30 years for many reasons. However, these reasons lead to one result which is that the church developed an administrative hierarchy similar to that of the state! For instance, the church...