Date of source: Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Pope Tawadros' travel to Ethiopia, scheduled for next September and aiming at meeting Pope Mattias I, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Church, has been delayed due to Egypt's unstable security situation (Majdī Fikrī, al-Dustūr, Aug. 27, p. 3). The article has no link online.
(Daniela De Maria, Intern)
Date of source: Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Egyptian Copts rejected the draft bill aiming at protecting rights of religious minorities in Egypt and Middle East, proposed by U.S. Congressmen (Majdī Fikrī and Ashraf Lāshīn, al-Dustūr, Aug. 29, p. 1). The article has no link online.
(Daniela De Maria, Intern)
Date of source: Monday, September 2, 2013
Also Rev. Father Safwāt al-Bāyadī, head of the Evangelical Church, praised the elimination of Article 219 from the new constitution, clarifying that it was the civil forces among Muslims who asked for it before the Christians did. He added that the remainder of Article 2 of the suspended...
Date of source: Friday, January 17, 2014
Bishop Mūsá, Bishop of Youth in the Coptic Orthodox Church, has saluted the Egyptian people for voting on the referendum. He described it as a balanced constitution of law and liberties (Nagwá Bikhāyt, al-Dustūr, Jan. 17, p. 2). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Sunday, March 16, 2014
Rev. Rif’at Fikrī, head of the Media Council of the Coptic Evangelical Church has mourned the victims of the terrorist attack that took place yesterday (March 15th) in Musturud, Cairo.
Date of source: Saturday, March 15, 2014
In the mosque of Prophet Muhammad (al- Masjid al- Nabawī) in al- Madīnah al- Munawarah, the first simultaneous translation of a Friday sermon to English and Urdu was held.
Date of source: Saturday, March 15, 2014
Calling them the “shayhks of fitnah (civil strife),” Azhar university professors have criticized shaykhs affiliated to the Muslim Brotherhood.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Bishop Bola of Tanta has cast his vote in the constitutional referendum. He assured that the Egyptians are sending a message to Sisi through the referendum. Bishop Bola also added that it is a message to the foreign countries that what happened in Egypt is not a coup and that this referendum is...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Dr. Shawkī ‘Allām, the muftī of Egypt, has denounced the reported attacks of the Boko Haram in Nigeria on students and schools under the pretext that English language education is harām (religiously prohibited).
Date of source: Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Al- Minya
Clashes between Muslims and Copts have erupted again in the village of Banī Ahmad al-Sharqiya, al-Minya governorate. Security sources said that villagers were surprised by a flock of strangers from the neighboring villages after sunset prayer. They fired in the air heavily prompting the...