Date of source: Thursday, May 3, 2012
Several presidential candidates were keen to meet veteran politician Mustafá al-Fiqī, including ‘Abd al-Mun’im Abū al-Futūh. Al-Fiqī discussed with Abū al-Futūh a state of doubts prevailing in the Egyptian street over the Islamist candidate, particularly by proponents of a civil state and women who...
Date of source: Thursday, May 3, 2012
The Church of Our Lady Mary in Vienna held ceremonies to commemorate the departure of Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III, coinciding with his inauguration of this church.
Shaykh Mazhar Shāhīn, the preacher of the ‘Umar Makram Mosque, who is known as the Orator of the January 25 Revolution, addressed...
Date of source: Thursday, May 3, 2012
Sectarian clashes erupted between Muslim and Christian local residents in the village of al-Basrah, in the western Alexandria city of al-‘Āmrīyah, over yet another interfaith romance between a Christian young man and a Muslim woman, seen together walking under a bridge in the area.
Leading members...
Date of source: Thursday, May 3, 2012
Meanwhile, Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah, the chairman of the Coptic Orthodox Church’s Media Committee, said he was selected to be a member of the unofficial delegation visiting Saudi Arabia in an attempt to defuse tension after protesters’ attacks on the Saudi embassy in Cairo over the...
Date of source: Thursday, May 3, 2012
The Military Police forces guarded the cathedral fences and all gates out of concerns the violence could move closer to its surroundings.
Some thugs tried to enter the cathedral on Wednesday morning, making it hard for many bishops to enter after it has closed all its gates. [‘Imān Ibrāhīm and...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Meanwhile, the Abū Tisht prosecution in the Upper Egyptian governorate of al-Minya ordered the investigative custody of Kamāl ‘Abd al-‘Azīm ‘Abd al-Jawwād for four days on charges of kidnapping 13-year-old Coptic student.
The kidnapper was arrested by Muslim locals in a village after they ambushed...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Meanwhile, the Abū Tisht prosecution in the Upper Egyptian governorate of al-Minya ordered the investigative custody of Kamāl ‘Abd al-‘Azīm ‘Abd al-Jawwād for four days on charges of kidnapping 13-year-old Coptic student.
The kidnapper was arrested by Muslim locals in a village after they ambushed...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Meanwhile, the Abū Tisht prosecution in the Upper Egyptian governorate of al-Minya ordered the investigative custody of Kamāl ‘Abd al-‘Azīm ‘Abd al-Jawwād for four days on charges of kidnapping 13-year-old Coptic student.
The kidnapper was arrested by Muslim locals in a village after they ambushed...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Meanwhile, the Abū Tisht prosecution in the Upper Egyptian governorate of al-Minya ordered the investigative custody of Kamāl ‘Abd al-‘Azīm ‘Abd al-Jawwād for four days on charges of kidnapping 13-year-old Coptic student.
The kidnapper was arrested by Muslim locals in a village after they ambushed...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Church sources said 13 metropolitans and bishops and four monks obtained recommendations for running in the elections to choose a new patriarch of the papal chair in succession of Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Jumhūrīyah, May 3, p. 3] Read text in Arabic
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