Date of source: Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Counselor Amīr Ramzī, a participant in preparing church suggestions for the unified law of building houses of worship, said that the draft law will be discussed in the National Justice committee in the Cabinet.
He added that the Coptic Church is waiting for an official notice from the Cabinet to...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Muslims and Christians clashes re-erupted on June 27, 2011, in al-Fath area in Shubrā al-Khaymah (Qalyoubia governorate) following the burial of two bodies of Muslims, shot by Christians on June 26, 2011.
Police forces arrested seven Muslims and Christians, where a policeman was injured.
Date of source: Monday, June 27, 2011
Security agencies in Sohag governorate managed to restore tranquility to the troubled village of Awlād Khalaf, where violent clashes with gunfire broke out between Muslims and Christians after a Copt embarked resuming the construction of a church without license.
Differences between Muslims and...
Date of source: Friday, June 24, 2011
Hundreds of Muslims and Christians gathered in front of Saint George Church in Banī Ahmad in al-Minya governorate demanding that a priest would not return to the church.
A Coptic bishop in al-Minya had given instructions to remove the priest to another area.
Salafists threatened to kill that priest...
Date of source: Saturday, June 25, 2011
Dr. Salāh al-Dīn al-Juharī, one of the figures who took part in preparing the Azhar Document, said that it did not at all mention anything about a "civil state".
He accused some newspapers and TV programs of "fabrication and delusion" for carrying incorrect news about the Azhar paper's support for...
Date of source: Friday, June 17, 2011
During Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III's weekly sermon, "Copts without restriction" movement organized a candlelight vigil in memory of the Imbābah victims, and demanded that those who responsible for the attack on the two churches in Imbābah area in al-Giza governorate are punished.
Date of source: Saturday, June 18, 2011
Major General Mamdūh Muqalad, the head of the prosecution office in al-Minya governorate said that the Ministry of Interior Affairs are exerting its effort in three governorates (Cairo, Minya, and Asyut) to find two Christian women who disappeared in Nazlat 'Abdīn village in Minya on Sunday, June...
Date of source: Thursday, June 16, 2011
A number of Coptic citizens who converted back to Christianity filed a report with the Public Prosecutor complaining against each of the Minister of Interior Affairs, and Assistant Minister for Civil Status sector, for not applying the verdict in their favor from the Supreme Administrative Court on...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 14, 2011
The justice ministry’s legislation committee finalized on June 13, 2011 a draft law on criminalization of discrimination, pledged by Prime Minister ‘Isām Sharaf more than a month ago, a member of the National Justice Committee said.
“The draft, to be referred to the justice minister Counselor ‘Abd...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Lawyer Najīb Jabrā’īl said his client Kāmīliyā Shihātah will not appear in the June 14, 2011 session at the State Council’s Administrative Judiciary Court in a case filed to demand that her whereabouts are disclosed.
“I expect the court to turn down the case and close it once and for all on the...