Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 17, 2012
Najīb Sawirus, Egyptian tycoon, wrote in al-Tahrīr "[...] for those who are using their media channels to intimidate the opposition you will not intimidate us [opposition] or silence us, we will not give way but we will be stronger in the battle of righteousness, peace and democracy."
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 7, 2012
The management of “ONTV” announced the sale of the group of channels owned by businessman Najīb Sawirus to Tāriq Bin ‘Umar, a French businessman of Tunisian origin, who also owns two other channel networks, “Italia Sport 24” and the Italian “Brema TV”, as well as the Tunisian channel “Nasama”.
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 16, 2012
Egyptian business magnate Najīb Sawirus said Copts, who resemble the Red Indians of America, are suffering persecution and discrimination, adding the new government in Egypt has picked only one Christian minister out of 48 Muslim ministers. [Rihāb ‘Abd Illah, al-Yawm al-Sābi’, Nov. 16, p. 1] Read...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 13, 2018
The businessman Najīb Sāwīris responded to the online offenses of the terrorist group "Muslim Brotherhood", following their biased comments on the decision to legalize some churches, pointing out that it is a basic human right.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 24, 2012
A new proposed article by the Azhar criminalizing any insults to God, the prophets, Orthodox Caliphs or the Prophet Muhammad’s wives stirred differences and arguments between the top Sunni institution and Copts. [Rajab al-Murshidī and Salāh al-Dīn Hassan, al-Watan, July 24, p. 5] Read text in...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 24, 2012
Dr. Amnah Nusayr, a professor at the AzharUniversity, termed as “shameful” the incident, adding the Bible is a holy book and its desecration should not be ignored by any of the followers of all divine religions.
Dr. Zakī ‘Uthmān, a member of the senior scholars board in the Azhar, said Jews do not...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 24, 2012
Civil movements rejected a proposal by ‘Ādil ‘Afīfī, leader of the salafī al-Asālah (Authenticity) Party, to form a commission of top scholars comprising salafī preachers and Azhar officials to be in charge of interpreting the principles of the sharī’ah stated in the Egyptian Constitution,...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 24, 2012
A new proposed article by the Azhar criminalizing any insults to God, the prophets, Orthodox Caliphs or the Prophet Muhammad’s wives stirred differences and arguments between the top Sunni institution and Copts. [Rajab al-Murshidī and Salāh al-Dīn Hassan, al-Watan, July 24, p. 5] Read text in...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 24, 2012
Meanwhile, the lists of voters electing a new pope for the Coptic Orthodox Church in succession of Pope Shenouda III, who died in March, were placed on the notice boards of the St. Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah and churches in governorates.
The eligible Coptic voters number...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 24, 2012
Supporters and fans of Dānyāl, who was a member of the Socialist Popular Alliance Party and a co-founder of the Maspero Youth Union, celebrated his 21st birthday which he never lived to see. [‘Alyā’ Hāmid, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, July 24, p. 5] Read text in Arabic