Date of source: Thursday, March 9, 2017
One of the most important problems under the reign of Pope Kīrullus VI concerned those who were suspended from obtaining marriage permits.
Date of source: Sunday, March 12, 2017
Dear esteemed Egyptian church leaders,
In the previous part of my letter, I said that I would write to you this open, transparent discourse after the Personal Status Code was returned to the churches so as to yield language consented upon by all Christian communities. This letter includes...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 7, 2017
The three main churches of Egypt, Evangelical, Catholic and Orthodox, are about to endorse the final version of the unified personal status law of the Copts in Egypt. Despite the internal differences between these churches, they are gathered together to try and reach a unified personal status law...
Date of source: Thursday, March 9, 2017
Monk Tīmūthāwus Āfā Mīnā, responsible for the al-Ṭāḥūna Church of Pope Kīrillus in the area of al-Zahrāʾ,Miṣr al-Qadīma, said that March is the month for visiting al-Ṭāḥūna to celebrate the day of his excellence Pope Kīrillus on March, 9th of every year.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb is holding a press conference on Tuesday morning to offer the outcome of meetings of senior intellectuals and Azhar scholars throughout three sessions to adopt the Four Public Freedoms document.
An Azhar source told al-Dustūr newspaper that the paper...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Meanwhile, the Cairo Court of Appeal set the Būlāq Abū al-‘Ilā Court of Misdemeanor to look into the lawsuit accusing Coptic business magnate Najīb Sawirus of disdaining religions and defaming Islam for publishing anti-Islam cartoons on the Internet.
Mamdūh Ismā’īl, a member of Egyptian Bar...
Date of source: Thursday, January 5, 2012
The Islamic Legitimate Body of Rights and Reformation (ILBRR) said that Muslims should not congratulate non-Muslims on their religious occasions but approved congratulations to non-Muslims over worldly affairs like the birth of a child, marriage or condolences. [‘Abd al-Rahman Abū ‘Awf, al-Dustūr,...
Date of source: Friday, April 29, 2016
Prominent Writer and Novelist Muḥammad Salmāwī said that Egypt hasn’t seen a president that pays a great deal of attention to the intellectuals as much as President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī. Salmāwī added that the latter has always been keen on meeting with Egypt’s intellectuals and that al-Sīsī...
Date of source: Friday, April 29, 2016
A report by Al-Dustūr newspaper questioned the recent statements and the decision by the Egyptian Government to backtrack from building the bridge of “King Salman” in Sharm Al-Sheikh.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Mahmūd Lūṭfi ʿAmer, a former Salafi Preacher, explained that his fatwa for the demolition of the Conservatory had been misunderstood and put out of context.