Date of source: Friday, November 23, 2012
President Muḥammad Mursī issued a constitutional declaration seeking retrials of former regime officials charged with murdering and attempted murdering of protesters.
The declaration also contained an article immunizing all constitutional declarations and decrees issued by the president of the...
Date of source: Friday, October 19, 2012
During the debate, held for the first time in the history of the church among the clergymen and monks seeking the post, Bishop Tawdrus of al-Beheira, said the church has to listen to what the youths should say and also to seek more interaction with the society.
Date of source: Thursday, November 29, 2012
Bishop Basantī of Ḥilwān and al-Maʿṣara, a member of the Coptic Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod, said the Egyptian people came together in Taḥrīr Square and other governorates to announce their rejection of “the immense powers” grabbed by the president.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 17, 2012
The Supreme Constitutional Court flatly rejected all the texts contained in the new draft constitution in a first official reaction to the blueprint
Date of source: Thursday, October 4, 2012
“I have burnt the English-language book of (U.S. Pastor) Terry Jones,” said Abū Islām.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Bishop Armiyā, secretary of late Pope Shenouda III, said it was the Holy Synod that picked Bishop Pachomius as acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, wondering why Bishop Pachomius should be relieved now.
Date of source: Monday, October 15, 2012
Egyptian diplomats in Cairo, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue, said Public Prosecutor ‘Abd al-Majīd Mahmūd did very well when he turned down an offer to be Egypt’s ambassador to the Vatican, which itself could have objected, adding this could have been a...
Date of source: Monday, October 15, 2012
The Nasr City Court of Misdemeanor on Sunday (October 14) decided to adjourn to the October 21 session the case of Ahmad Muhammad Mahmūd ‘Abd Allāh, alias Abū Islām, who facing charges of disdaining Christianity and tearing and burning a copy of the Bible during clashes and protests against a film...
Date of source: Sunday, October 14, 2012
The papal nominations committee on Saturday (October 13) settled on a final list of candidates vying over the chair of Saint Mark in succession of Pope Shenouda III, Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, who passed away on March 17, 2012.
Date of source: Thursday, November 1, 2012
Nādir al-Sirafī, a spokesman for the 1938 Copts League, which advocates divorce and remarriage in Christianity, called on the constituent assembly, to omit Article 3 of the draft constitution. [‘Umar al-Najjār, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, Nov. 1, p. 4] Read original text in Arabic