Date of source: Friday, July 30, 2010
Pope Shenouda insisted that the Secular Copts group who recently proposed a draft personal status law neither represents the Coptic Orthodox people nor the Church.
Date of source: Friday, July 30, 2010
Sa'd al-Husīnī, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood's parliamentary bloc, declared that the MB will include a number of Copts candidates in case of participation in the next parliamentary election.
He also expressed his confidence with the solidarity of all the political parties in facing what...
Date of source: Thursday, July 22, 2010
The alleged disappearance of a priest’s wife in Upper Egypt is discussed in the article.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Is the alleged discrimination against Copts in the fields of art true? The author comments on the statement of Pope Shenouda in one of the TV programs when he says that Copts do not get their rights, even in football.
The author states that the absence of Copts from fields such as art and sport is...
Date of source: Saturday, March 26, 2011
Muhammad Salīm al-'Awā, an Islamic thinker, said that he does not support any of the persons planning to run for the presidency in Egypt.
He added that his relations with Copts are still and will always be fraternal. He justified some of his past statements against clergymen to be nothing but to...
Date of source: Saturday, March 26, 2011
Azhar Scholars Front demanded the resignation of Yaḥyā al-Jamāl, Deputy Prime Minister, for speaking sacrilegiously about God.
Al-Jamāl had said on a TV program that if God came on earth and entered the referendum he [God] will get 70 percent, and he [God] has to thank God for that.
Date of source: Saturday, March 26, 2011
Rāmī Lakah, one of the leaders of al-Wafd party, met with Dr. Muhammad Badī’, Muslim Brotherhood’s Murshid [Guide], asking him to clarify the position of the MB in many cases which increase Coptic fears concerning paying Jizyah and the second article of the constitution.
Date of source: Saturday, March 26, 2011
Hundreds of Copts resumed their protest on Kūrnīsh al-Nīl district in front of Maspero for hours demonstrating for their demands.
Their demands are:
releasing the detainees arrested in the previous protest [Copts had protested before following the incident of ‘Ātfīh, then they ended their sit-in...
Date of source: Monday, March 28, 2011
Troubles erupted between Coptic and Muslim residents of Manfalūt, Asyut governorate, on March 27, 2011, prompting the army to intervene to calm the situation on both sides.
One of the residents neighboring Virgin Mary Church of Manfalūt seized lands belonging to the church and annexed it to his...
Date of source: Monday, March 28, 2011
Muslim Brotherhood youths held a meeting in the absence of the leaders of the MB Irshād (Guidance) office, for which they prepared 12 recommendations.