Date of source: Wednesday, April 13, 2011
The cabinet decided to conduct a shakeup in the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) to oust all the old faces belonging to the former ruling National Democratic Party (NDP).
The new lineup included several Coptic figures like Dr. Butrus Butrus Ghālī as chairman as well as Dr. Iskandar Ghatās...
Date of source: Sunday, March 27, 2011
'Abd al-Mun'im 'Abd al-Maqṣūd, a lawyer of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), said that 518 members of the group have been acquitted by several courts for using the slogan Islam is the Solution in the previous parliamentary elections.
Date of source: Sunday, March 27, 2011
Public Prosecutor ʿAbd al-Majīd Maḥmūd will hear Dr. Maḥmūd Mazrūʿah, Dean of Usūl al-Dīn Faculty of al-Azhar University, on March 27 in a report filed by lawyer Mamdūḥ Ismāʿīl and five other lawyers against Yaḥyā al-Jamāl, Deputy Prime Minister of Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, April 11, 2011
Helwan Governor Qadrī Abū-Husayn said the Church of the Two Martyrs, Saint Mina and Saint George, in Sūl village, will be opened soon.
Abū-Husayn said the reconstruction of the church cost 2.5 million Egyptian pounds.
Archbishop of Giza says the church will welcome worshippers on Sunday (April 16)...
Date of source: Thursday, April 7, 2011
Al-Dustūr had interviewed Muhammad Rif'at, a professor of international law, where he talked about the second article of the constitution, which was added by the late President Muhammad Anwar al-Sādāt.
Rif'at added that the second article is not applied in reality and can not be applied, noting the...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Dr. Muhammad Badī, the Muslim Brotherhood Murshid (Guide), called on Copts to join the group's Freedom and Justice Party, asserting that the new party is not confined to Muslims.
Meanwhile, Dr. Muhammad Gamāl, a member of the MB's Shūrá (Consultative) Council, said the party is not against...
Date of source: Sunday, August 22, 2010
The author argues that the controversy about the TV series al-Jamā‘ah (The Group), which deals with the emergence and development of the Muslim Brotherhood, is very healthy.
However, he criticized the Brotherhood's accusations against Wahīd Hāmid, the author, of having written the series upon...
Date of source: Thursday, August 26, 2010
The State Security Investigations Department has released Shaykh Abū Yahyá who claimed that Kāmīliyā Shihātah converted to Islam in front of him.
Persons close to Abū Yahyá believe that he was arrested to prevent him from testifying before the prosecution regarding the reports accusing the police...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 24, 2010
On the sidelines of the national unity meeting in al-Minya, Governor Ahmad Diyā’ al-Dīn stressed that his meeting with Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III did not tackle the Maghāghah Bishopric crisis.
The governor pointed out that the meeting has upset plans by some Copts to bring pressures to bear...
Date of source: Friday, August 20, 2010
In his weekly sermon, Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III stated that the church requires a wife’s consent before her husband is ordained a priest.
He added that if a wife refuses, then the ordination would not take place. The pope revealed plans to hold a conference on marital disputes.