Date of source: Friday, May 9, 2014
Al- Sīsī’s statements in which he said he is “a Muslim who loves his religion” has angered the secularist movements and Coptic activists who stated that he should not have made such a statement.
Date of source: Friday, May 9, 2014
Al- Da’wah al- Salafiah has succeeded in nipping a sectarian strife in the bud in Hūsh ‘Īssá, Beheira.
Date of source: Friday, May 9, 2014
The General Council for Sufi Orders has decided to hold the elections of its supreme board next Thursday May 15 based on a decision of Prime Minister Ibrāhīm Mahlab.
Date of source: Friday, May 9, 2014
Ahmad al- Sharīf, member of the shūrá council of al- Da’wah al- Salafiah, stated that the takfirī groups who operate in Sinai have threatened to kill Yāssir al- Burhāmī, the vice president of al- Da’wah al- Salafiah.
Date of source: Friday, May 9, 2014
Coptic leaders during the conference of “Representation of Minorities in Parliament” have agreed to the importance of an appropriate representation of the Copts for the parliament and local councils.
Date of source: Friday, May 9, 2014
Pope Tawadros starts today an official visit to the Emirates in which he will meet state officials and will head the first mass for him in the Saint Antonios Church in Abu Dhabi.
Date of source: Friday, May 9, 2014
Pope Tawadros has led the mass for commemorating al- Arba’īn for his mother (traditional occasion of 40 days after someone’s death).
Date of source: Friday, May 9, 2014
Muhammad Mukhtār Jum’ah, Minister of Endowments, has assured that he will not allow imāms and preachers to campaign for any political group or candidate.
Date of source: Friday, May 9, 2014
Anonymous sources stated that the committee assigned to draft a new parliamentary elections law is about to give 90% of the seats to individuals and 10% to the parties.
Date of source: Thursday, May 8, 2014
Security forces of the Ministry of Interior arrested 14 people accused of attacking police stations and the Church of St. Dimyana in Faiyum, as well as inciting for violence in different governorates.