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In March 2007, a referendum changed several articles of the Egyptian Constitution.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 23, 2013
During a Defence and Security Committee held Monday, April 22 at the Shūrá Council, Dr. Samir Marcos (Samīr Marqus), an assistant to the former President, emphasized that Egypt has witnessed armed violence against Copts and the Church for the last thirty years.The Committee was called for in order...
Date of source: Friday, November 9, 2012
Public Prosecutor Counselor ‘Abd al-Majīd Mahmūd gave orders officially upholding the possession by Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah of a plot of land disputed between Muslims and Copts in Cairo after investigations revealed the right of the church’s representative to the land. [Sanā’ ‘Abd al-‘...
Date of source: Thursday, October 4, 2012
In an attempt to cool down an explosive situation in Beni Suef, a prosecutor in the Upper Egyptian governorate ordered Nabīl Nādī Rizq, 9, and Mīnā Nādī Faraj, 10, be placed in a reformatory for causing sectarian troubles after they urinated on a copy of the Qur’ān. [Mustafá ‘Arafah, Rose al-Yūsuf...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Egypt’s top census official revealed that Egyptian Christians are 5.130 million. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām, Sept. 26, p. 2] Read original text in Arabic
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This book was first published in 2012 by CIDT in Arabic. It was later translated into English, expanded with texts of Nushin Atmaca and Patricia Prentice and edited by Cornelis Hulsman with help of Jenna Ferrecchia and Douglas May.
Date of source: Friday, July 20, 2012
A Coptic human rights activist sent an urgent message to Foreign Minister Muhammad Kāmil ‘Amr asking him to summon the Israeli ambassador in Cairo to notify him of the strong protest and discontent of all Egyptians – Copts and Muslims – over an Israeli Knesset member’s desecration of a copy of the...
Date of source: Saturday, July 21, 2012
The constitution-writing panel is facing two fresh crises as differences erupted once again over the drafting of Article II as well as the status of the army and the military establishment’s influence in the state. [Hamdī Dabash, Dālyā ‘Uthmān and ‘Usāmah al-Mahdī, al-Misrī al-Yawm, July 21, p. 1...
Date of source: Thursday, July 19, 2012
Former presidential candidate Hamdīn Sabbāhī sent a message to Egyptian Christians asking them not to pack up and leave their homeland after the rate of emigration by Egyptians, particularly Copts, has been reportedly on the rise this month. [Mahmūd Kāmil and Bahā’ al-Mahdī, al-Akhbār, July 19, p...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Representatives of Christian denominations and some Sufi Muslim leaders met several times to discuss ways to promote moderate ideologies in the society, disseminate the culture of acceptance of others and advance the rule of law, lawyer Amīr Ramzī revealed. [Ahmad al-Sa’dāwī, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd,...