Date of source: Tuesday, November 20, 2018
On the occasion of al-Mawlid al-Nabawīy, or the Birth of the Prophet Muḥammad, offices of the Ministry of Endowments [Awqāf] organize festivities thought the country’s governorates. The Egyptian Christians do not miss to convey their sentiments of congratulations, manifested in different ways to...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Bishop Yūsuf Abū al-Khayr of Suhāj, Bishop Immanuel Ayad [ʿAmānuʾīl ʿAyād] of Luxor, and Patriarch Isḥāq Ibrāhīm of the Coptic Catholic Church of Egypt inaugurated today a hotel affiliated to the Coptic Catholic Dioceses of the Red Sea and Sohag [Suhāj].
Date of source: Thursday, August 30, 2018
The makers of the Yomeddine [Yawm al-Dīn] “Judgment Day” movie announced that it will be commercially released in Minya, the birthplace and hometown of its star Rāḍī Jamāl, where the screenings will start on 23rd of September, specifically at Scape Cinema.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 31, 2018
In support of the national unity, both the Endowments Ministry and the church launch the “Female Preacher and Nun” Initiative under the slogan “Together in the service of the homeland”. The initiative is aimed at speaking and dialoguing with women through Muslim Female Preachers and Christian Nuns...
Date of source: Thursday, June 12, 2014
Ambassador Ihāb Badawī, the spokesman for the presidency, stated that the President instructed Prime Minister Eng. Ibrahīm Mahlab to form a ministerial committee, in which the Azhar and the Church shall take part.
Date of source: Monday, October 8, 2018
Dr. Fātḥī Fikrī, professor of constitutional law and member of the ten-man expert committee for drafting the constitution, said that al-Azhar has no power to submit a draft law to the Parliament except through the government.
Date of source: Monday, August 5, 2013
A group of Coptic activists calls for a protest, the next night (August 5), in front of the Attorney General’s Office, to condemn the recent attacks against Copts. Rāmī Kāmil, president of the Maspero Youth Union, member of the Coptic Youth Front and organizer of the demonstration, said that the...
Date of source: Monday, February 19, 2018
In 1535, the system of Capitulations of the Ottoman Empire began. Henceforth, foreigners in the Empire were subject to their own prosecution in specific courts. This also applied to Egypt. However, the situation of foreign Christians was much better than the situation of Egyptian Christians
Date of source: Monday, February 19, 2018
Munā Abū Shanab caught everyone, but in particular men, by surprise, when she launched an initiative calling for Polygamous marriage.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 20, 2018
On Thursday,the Ministry of Endowments will hold a symposium at al-Ḥusayn Mosquetitled 'The Danger of Propaganda Rhetoric', Among the participants are Dr. ʿAbd Allāh al-Najjār, member of al-Azhar Islamic Research Academy, Dr. ʿUthmān Aḥmad ʿUthmān, Professor of Economy and the deputy of the Higher...