Date of source: Monday, November 5, 2012
Minister of Information Salāh ‘Abd al-Maqsūd congratulated Bishop Tawadrus over his election as the 118th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church, wishing him success in his responsibilities in this critical stage of the nation’s history.
Date of source: Sunday, October 7, 2012
A prosecutor in al-Sharqia governorate ordered the four-day investigative custody of a female student of the Faculty of Arts and her boyfriend on charges of disdaining religion.
Date of source: Monday, November 5, 2012
Although Sarah is a minor in the eyes of the law, she is an adult in the eyes of the Salafists who had earlier called for including into the new constitution an article lowering the marriage age for girls from 18 to nine!
Date of source: Thursday, September 27, 2012
President Muhammad Mursī has reiterated that all Egyptians enjoy the same rights and duties and that there is no Christian minority in Egypt, said presidential spokesman Yāsir ‘Alī, commenting on U.S. President Barack Obama’s statements on Copts’ rights in Egypt. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām,...
Date of source: Sunday, October 7, 2012
The first session of a trial against a group of Coptic Christians led by Maurice Sādiq will start on October 21 before the South Cairo Court under Counselor Sayf al-Nasr Sulaymān in the case of a film denigrating the Prophet Muhammad and Islam.
Date of source: Monday, November 5, 2012
Counselor Muhammad ‘Abd al-Salām, the Attorney-General for the Western Alexandria Prosecutions, on Sunday (November 4) ordered the arrest of Mahmūd Salīm ‘Abd al-Jawād, an owner of a bookshop in al-Dab’ah, Mersa Matrouh governorate, on charges of abducting 14-year-old Christian girl Sarah Ishaq ‘...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Abū Islām, prior to referral to the court, said he meant to insult U.S. Pastor Terry Jones, who called for a so-called Qur’ān Burning Day, back.
Date of source: Sunday, October 7, 2012
North Sinai Governor Major General ‘Abd al-Fattāh Harhūr, after a tense meeting with the Copts in the border governorate, refused to allow them to leave the city under the pretext that there should be no succumbing to the terrorists.
Date of source: Sunday, October 7, 2012
Mursī, during his meeting with the Egyptian community in the United States while attending the UN General Assembly meetings in New York, had denied there are sectarian problems in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 26, 2012
The public prosecution referred Ahmad Muhammad Mahmūd ‘Abd Allāh, better known as Abū Islām, the chairman of the al-Omma (Nation) satellite channel, his son Islām, the station’s executive director, and a journalist of the name Hānī Muhammad, Yāsīn Jād Allāh, working for al-Tahrīr newspaper, to the...