Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
It is true the government does not have a policy of persecution against Copts but this should not deny the fact that Copts have been suffering from many problems, dilemmas and congesting atmosphere. [Tāriq Hijj, al-Wafd, May 15, p. 2] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
“Our issue now is to achieve justice, freedom, democracy, equality and respect for human rights, on top of which comes citizenship,” said Tayīb during a meeting with Dutch ambassador in Cairo Susan Blankhart on Monday (May 14). [Muhammad ‘Abd al-Khāliq, al-Ahrām, May 15, p. 1] Read original text in...
Date of source: Monday, May 14, 2012
Meanwhile, a well-placed source at the committee supervising the papal elections said it approved announcing the initial list of candidates for the Coptic Orthodox patriarch post on May 19, adding the list will include only seven out of the 15 candidates who applied for the position so far.
The...
Date of source: Monday, May 14, 2012
Many of Egypt’s 8.5 million Copts are deeply alarmed by the possibility of having an Islamist president, opting rather to vote for former officials in the Mubārak regime.
Coptic votes will be mostly divided between Mūsá and Shafīq, both had served in Mubārak’s government, said the Washington Post...
Date of source: Monday, May 14, 2012
Some Salafī preachers led a smear campaign against candidates said to be staunch supporters of the January 25 revolution in favor of the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate Muhammad Mursī.
Led by a man called Shaykh Tawfīq ‘Ulwān, the preachers called for voting for Musī, threatening that whoever fails...
Date of source: Monday, May 14, 2012
Meanwhile, the first TV channel for women wearing the niqāb will be launched soon as a Salafist of the name Abū Islām, the owner of this channel, said he thought of the idea after Islamist channels took a decision to exclude the “hijāb-wearing sisters”. [Muhammad Khafājī, Sawt al-Ummah, May 14, p....
Date of source: Monday, May 14, 2012
In the first press conference held by the committee on monitoring the activities of the mass media covering the presidential elections, rapporteur Majdī Dayf said several violations were spotted by the TV stations during the period between April 30 and May 10.
“The committee spotted some excesses...
Date of source: Monday, May 14, 2012
A Copt’s conversion to Islam in al-‘Adawah town, the Upper Egyptian governorate of al-Minya, sparked unrest between Muslim and Christians on Sunday (May 13).
Dozens of members of Islamist groups gathered outside the ‘Adawah police station to protect 32-year-old man Ayman Yūsuf Sa’d from his...
Date of source: Monday, May 14, 2012
Many of Egypt’s 8.5 million Copts are deeply alarmed by the possibility of having an Islamist president, opting rather to vote for former officials in the Mubārak regime.
Coptic votes will be mostly divided between Mūsá and Shafīq, both had served in Mubārak’s government, said the Washington Post...
Date of source: Monday, May 14, 2012
Some Copts backpedaled on support for Dr. ‘Abd al-Mun’im Abū al-Futūh, whom they used to view as more moderate than the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate Dr. Muhammad Mursī, after Abū al-Futūh gained the support of Salafists.
Copts chose to back the fulūl (Arabic word for remnants) of the former...