Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 21, 2013
The media spokesperson in the Ministry of Interior has stated that 3 people have died and 9 have been injured in the attack that took place in front of a church in al-Warrāq. He added that the investigation unit is intensifying its efforts to arrest the perpetrators (Author not mentioned, al-Ahrām...
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 20, 2013
Counselor Jamīl Halīm has stated that the article pertaining to the Council of Churches has been referred to the Formulation Subcommittee of the Constituent Assembly after the Basic Principles Subcommittee has agreed upon its main ideas (Author not mentioned, Watanī, Oct 20, p. 6). This article has...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 19, 2013
A report that was published by Radio Sawā’s website discussed the fear of Americans to learn the Arabic language, anxious that their teachers may be terrorists. Others claimed that there is misunderstanding between Arabs and Americans and that is why there is a general hesitation to learn the...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 19, 2013
Bishop Rafael stated that the refusal of some Coptic streams of Bishop Bola’s appointment in the Constituent Assembly is not well examined. He also stated that the Church does not deal with the Copts as sheep. He added that the wave of atheism that has spread among the Egyptian youth after the...
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 29, 2013
Watanī newspaper reports on the kidnapping of Copts and requesting ransom in Upper Egypt and North Sinai. 10 Copts have died and 10 others have been kidnapped due to their refusal to pay extortions. It stated that the thugs of Asyut, Minya, Nag’ Hamādī, and Suhag are now using Copts as a way of...
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 28, 2013
Pope Tawadros stated in a TV interview that Egypt cannot be compared to any country in the world and needs a man such as al-Sīsī. He stated that in the past elections the Church has supported Ahmad Shafīq, as he is qualified and has managed the Ministry of Aviation well, which is why they supported...
Date of source: الأربعاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 18, 2013
Lawyers stated in front of the hearing session organized by the national dialogue subcommittee of the Constituent Committee that the Freedom and Justice and the Nour Parties are sectarian rather than religious parties (Gamāl Issām al-Dīn, al-Tahrīr, Sept. 18, p. 5). This article has no link online...
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 16, 2013
A number of political activists have announced forming a popular delegation to visit Daljā village in al-Minya next Thursday (September 19) and trying to investigate the violence against Copts in the village. Tariq al-‘Awadī, member of the high board of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party, stated...
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 16, 2013
Initiatives
Girgis Sālih, the ceremonial head of the Middle Eastern Churches and a member of the Baīt al-‘Aīlah, stated that the Church and the Azhar have agreed to increase the number of the Azhar Shaykhs and the Churches’ priests who are taking part in the sessions of Baīt al-‘Aīlah. Under the...
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 16, 2013
A security source has stated that the security forces have arrested 20 people, thugs and supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, who are accused of violent actions in the village. In addition, guns have been found in the village (Hussayn 'Abd al-Ghaffar, al-Yawm al-Sābi’, Sept. 16). Read original ...