Date of source: Friday, August 17, 2012
The public prosecution set the August 23 session to try Islām ‘Afīfī, chief editor of al-Dustūr newspaper, before the Giza Criminal Court on charges of publishing false reports slandering the president of the republic.
Date of source: Friday, August 17, 2012
Prime Minister Hishām Qandīl is holding a session of dialogue after ‘Id al-Fitr holiday with representatives of non-governmental organizations and civil society in Egypt to discuss legal steps to pass a law on NGOs
Date of source: Friday, August 17, 2012
Today’s press overview is tackling a “weird” so-called fatwá sanctioning the killing of opponents of President Muhammad Mursī, made by Shaykh Hāshim Islām, a member of the Azhar’s fatwá committee. In his religious opinion, Islām considered the opponents as “khawārij [Kharijites which means...
Date of source: Friday, August 17, 2012
Bishop Krikor Augustinus of the Roman Catholics in Alexandria also offered congratulations to Minister of Awqāf Tal’at ‘Afīfī over ‘Īd al-Fitr.
Date of source: Friday, August 17, 2012
A meeting between Bishop Pachomius and Shaykh Ahmad al-Tayīb dealt with strong ties binding Muslims and Christians that was manifested in the 1919 and January 25 revolutions.
Date of source: Friday, August 17, 2012
Acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius led a high-ranking church delegation to the Azhar, the Iftā’ House and awqāf (endowments) ministry to congratulate Muslims over ‘Īd al-Fitr
Date of source: Friday, August 17, 2012
Several Coptic rights advocates and movements, including the 1938 Copts League, which calls for divorce and re-marriage for Christians, are protesting today (Aug. 17) outside al-Ittihādīyah presidential palace to call for abolishing personal status laws as well as amendments introduced by late...
Date of source: Friday, August 17, 2012
The Egypt Copts Coalition called on Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Muhammad Sayīd Tantāwī to hold Islām, who is also the spokesman for the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), accountable over his fatwá to kill the protesters of August 24 demonstrations against the Muslim Brotherhood.
Date of source: Friday, August 17, 2012
Today’s press overview is tackling a “weird” so-called fatwá sanctioning the killing of opponents of President Muhammad Mursī, made by Shaykh Hāshim Islām, a member of the Azhar’s fatwá committee. In his religious opinion, Islām considered the opponents as “khawārij [Kharijites which means...
Date of source: Thursday, August 16, 2012
Meanwhile, Archpriest Frances Farīd of the Beni Suef parish said President Muhammad Mursī’s decisions to retire Field Marshal Muhammad Husayn Tantāwī and cancel the complementary constitutional declaration ended the military’s grip over power but were taken in the wrong time.