Date of source: Sunday, November 4, 2012
The leadership of the church, represented in the new patriarch, will have its impact on the way it deals with the key state institutions like the presidency, the government and the Azhar, which in turn will necessarily play a significant role in the stability of the homeland, particularly after...
Date of source: Sunday, November 4, 2012
The sacred lot, which will be the decisive step in naming the new pope, dates back to the days of Jesus, according to Dr. Rasmī 'Abd al-Malik Rustum, a member of the Lay Council and the papal nominations committee and former dean of the Coptic Studies Institute.
Date of source: Sunday, November 4, 2012
Arrangements are being completed at the papal headquarters were completed to provide honorable civilized celebrations of the sacred lot ceremony to pick the 118th as the church's scout teams are getting ready to attain an organizational success similar to that of the elections.
Date of source: Friday, January 12, 2018
Atheism in Egypt has generated widespread debates in the printed media as well as on social networking websites following the 25 January 2011 Revolution, amid the growing feeling of a large sector of Egyptians of freely expressing their ideas and religious beliefs, and a shock for the Egyptian...
Date of source: Saturday, October 20, 2018
Egyptian MP Ghāda ʿAjamī and member of the Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, expressed her support to Algeria’s decision to ban the full-face veils at work, describing it “a brave decision”.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 23, 2013
The Ministry of Endowments condemned the attack and stated that it comes against all religions, all religious codes, and human values. It also requested that the imams and preachers focus on national unity and how to promote it in their sermons the next Friday (Ahmad al-Buhayrī and Haytham al-...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Religious institutions have denounced the attack in al-Warrāq. Grand Imām, Dr. Shaykh Ahmad al-Tayyīb, Al-Azhar Shaykh, stated that the act is a terrorist attack, which contradicts with morality and religion. Dr. Shawqī ‘Allām, the Grand Muftī, stated that attacking churches is prohibited...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 23, 2018
The courts in Egypt are witnessing weird cases every day and some of these cases become part of the collective memory.
One of these cases is the famous case in which the famous Coptic leader of the Wafd Party, Makram ʿUbayd Pasha, or Makram Ebeid, pleaded the case of a Muslim Egyptian citizen, who...
Date of source: Saturday, May 10, 2014
Salafīs have refused to implement the decision of the Ministry of Endowments which prohibits preaching of those who are not imāms.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 3, 2013
The appeal trial of Damyānah ‘Abīd, a Christian teacher from Luxor, who is accused of defamation of Islam and evangelizing among her students in Nag’ al-Shaykh Sultān primary school in southern Luxor, has upheld the misdemeanor of the appellant today, Tuesday (September 3). The appeal was made by...