Date of source: Friday, February 15, 2013
Dr. Safwat al-Bayādī, head of the Evangelical Church in Egypt, said that God is the protecter and the Church will pray for these terrorists so that God can guide them to build rather than destroy.
Father Rafīq Greish, spokesman of the Coptic Catholic Church, said that God protects his worship...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Dr. Shawqī Ibrāhīm ‘Abd al-Karīm, professor of jurisprudence at the Azhar University branch in Tantā, was elected to be the new Muftī of the Republic. He will replace Dr. ‘Alī Jum’ah whose term will end on March 3, 2013 (Lu’ay ‘Alī, al-Yawm al-Sābi’, Feb. 12, p. 5). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 12, 2013
The Islamic newspaper al-Misrīyūn published an article entitled “Pope Tawadros complain to Germany about Egypt”.
After his three-day visit to Egypt, the German Volker Kauder, a CDU politician and Chairman of the CDU/CSU [Christian Democratic Union and Christian Secular Union] parliamentary group...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Expatriate Copts are launching a conference today (February 12) in Amsterdam the capital of the Netherlands. The report came on "Copts United website" as follows:
Dutch Coptic Association holds conference of “Egypt under MB rule”
By-Girgis Tawfik | 7 February 2013
Coptic Dutch Association holds an...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Copts were angered by statements of al-Shaykh Abū Islām, owner of al-Ummah Satellite Channel, against Christianity. Copts considered his statements offensive to the Christ and Virgin Mary, demanding the Public Prosecutor to arrest him.
Najīb Jubrā’īl, Coptic lawyer and head of the Egyptian Union of...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Dozens of Copts assembled in Samallūt Township outside of the office building of al-Minya Governorate, demonstrating against the state of lawlessness, thuggery, and kidnapping spreading in the Governorate, demanding the return of security in the streets.
Midhat Loweis Jirjis [a Copt] said that a...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 12, 2013
National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA) will settle the issue of banning the YouTube website in Egypt after the verdict of the Administrative Court to ban the website for a month. The verdict was based on the YouTube-broadcasted video discrediting Prophet Muhammad and Islam, which...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 12, 2013
DECLARATIO
(Video)
Dear Brothers,
I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three canonizations, but also to communicate to you a decision of great importance for the life of the Church. After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my...
Date of source: Thursday, April 26, 2018
This article was written with the purpose of exploring the overlapping interests between MISEREOR & CIDT/CAWU, which, in my view, explains the many years of cooperation between MISEREOR & CIDT/CAWU. This paper provides a brief overview of both parties, their goals and achievements, and...
Date of source: Thursday, February 16, 2012 to Sunday, April 15, 2018
Local residents said they will confront any attempts to spark sectarian troubles as Salafīs formed a security cordon alongside the policemen to protect the church and to make sure that no Copts or any of their houses or property come under attack.
Some locals had rushed to the church on the belief...