Date of source: Sunday, October 7, 2012
Reactions varied over President Muhammad Mursī’s visit to the city of al-‘Arīsh on Saturday (October 6), which was paid under tight security measures, while Coptic families in Rafah denied media reports about a meeting with Mursī.
Date of source: Sunday, October 7, 2012
The Maspero Martyrs’ Families Union vociferously criticized the Maspero Youths Union, terming it in a statement on Saturday (October 6) of being a “corrupt entity” and accusing it of capitalizing on the Maspero youths’ blood to collect funds from Copts illegitimately.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Former People’s Assembly member Georgette Qillīnī said the motive behind the league’s demands is the suffering of its members about divorces and remarriage licenses.
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...