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Date of source: Sunday, November 11, 2012
President Muhammad Mursī on Friday (Nov. 8) issued a presidential decree appointing Bishop Tawadrus as Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark as the decree was received by acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius. [‘Imād Khalīl, ‘Id ‘Abd al-Jawād, Rashā al...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 24, 2012
President Muhammad Mursī on Tuesday (October 23) received a delegation of Azhar clerics led by Grand Shaykh Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb and senior clergymen of the Egyptian church and discussed the role of the religious discourse in societal change. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Akhbār, Oct. 24, p. 7] Read...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal said any citizen in any place all over the world who seeks asylum to the Netherlands must first be present on Dutch soil and then offer a convincing proof that he/she needs international protection. [Dīnā Darwīsh, al-Akhbār, Oct. 23, p. 7] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Saturday, September 22, 2012
Acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius refused the Salafī Front’s accusations against Bishop Serapion of Los Angeles of involvement in the film denigrating the Prophet Muḥammad, stressing that the church has been in the forefront of parties that criticized the movie. [...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 18, 2012
New World for Development and Human Rights Association submitted a project proposal to the Minister of Justice Counselor Ahmad Mikī, that includes establishing a national press media council to regulate media in Egypt.
The council will assure the independence of the media and the freedom of...
Date of source: Friday, September 14, 2012
Some of the media reported that one of the producers of the "Innocence of Muslims" film, discrediting Prophet Muhammad, is an expatriate Copt living in California, U.S. called Ilīyā Basīlī. Some also mentioned that he is an owner of some companies in Egypt. Since these companies concern me and one...
Date of source: Sunday, September 16, 2012
Offensive art is degrading especially when it is used to offend or discredit others, then it does not become an art. Art helps people to build a good standards.
Jesus Christ used art to deliver messages, principles and commandments when He said Parables to His disciples to deliver his messages in...
Date of source: Thursday, September 13, 2012
The Israeli media outlets broadcasted extensive media coverage of the killing of the United States Ambassador in Libya . Further, it expressed its concern about statements that an Israeli Jew produced the film.
Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper said that it is a provocative movie that mocked the Prophet...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 11, 2012
A number of pages and accounts on the the social networking websites Facebook and Twitter lashed out at the film offending the Prophet Muhammad that was produced by a number of expatriate Copts, namely: Maurice Sādiq.
Nādir Bakār, member of the Constituent Assembly, published on his Facebook page...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Three Christian churches lashed out at expatriate Copts who produced a movie offending the Prophet Muhammad. Maurice Sādiq, who was stripped of his Egyptian nationality and Pastor Terry Jones produced the film.
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