Date of source: Friday, June 10, 2011
AWR's Managing Director Hānī Labīb writes an opinion article in Rose al-Yūsuf magazine that talks about a civil state.
Date of source: Monday, May 30, 2011
The Family Court in Qūwaysanā decided to consider the separation case between 'Abīr Fakhrī Tal'at, fitnah sparker in Imbābah, and her Christian husband on June 26, 2011.
She was a no-show in court, but her seven lawyers came and represented her and presented documents that prove her conversion to...
Date of source: Friday, May 27, 2011
The National Council for Human Rights gave its draft law on building worship houses and anti-discrimination law to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF).
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Date of source: Sunday, May 29, 2011
Muhammad 'Abd al-Qudūs writes that he is biased toward the legitimate demands of Copts in their right and freedom to build churches, and equality in job opportunities and political life.
Copts are first rank citizens like Muslims. He further noted that people will be surprised from his standpoint...
Date of source: Friday, May 20, 2011
Coptic Evangelicals elected on May 18, 2011, a new president for the Synod of the Nile Evangelical (Presbyterian) Church.
Father Albert Luis, Pastor of the Evangelical Church in Timā, is the new president.
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Date of source: Sunday, May 22, 2011
"We sacrifice our soul and blood for you our Pope." This slogan was chanted by Copts for Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III, when he asked to end the sectarian protest by Maspero. Protesters refused, and continued their protest.
Pope Shenouda is better than you a million times, and I hope you take...
Date of source: Monday, May 23, 2011
Malawī police in al-Minya governorate summoned Samuel Guirguis Sa'd, a 25-year-old taxi driver, after converting to Islam and broadcasting the video of the event on the Internet.
His family called the police fearing from clashes that can erupt between Muslims and Christians after his return to home...
Date of source: Thursday, May 19, 2011
Dr. Nabīl al-'Arabī, minister of foreign affairs, has met with Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City in Italy where they discussed the situation in Egypt, specifically the Coptic file.
Date of source: Saturday, May 14, 2011
The Administrative Judiciary Court handed down a verdict rejecting a lawsuit filed by a Coptic lawyer regarding a Christian woman who converted to Islam and wants to convert back to Christianity.
The court turned down the lawsuit because the Coptic lawyer failed to provide an authorization from the...
Date of source: Saturday, May 14, 2011
The Administrative Judiciary Court will settle on Sunday, May 15, 2011, a lawsuit demanding that Maurice Sādiq, an expatriate Copt in the United States, be stripped of his Egyptian nationality.
Sādiq was accused by a lawyer of blasphemy, insulting Muslim scholars and asking Israel to occupy Egypt...