Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 15, 2012
On the other hand, statements by lawyer Joseph Malāk, an Alexandrian Coptic activist, stirred arguments in Coptic and church circles after he announced that he had addressed the U.S. administration in Washington and the U.S. embassy in Cairo to ask for mediation with President Muhammad Mursī on the...
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 15, 2012
On the other hand, statements by lawyer Joseph Malāk, an Alexandrian Coptic activist, stirred arguments in Coptic and church circles after he announced that he had addressed the U.S. administration in Washington and the U.S. embassy in Cairo to ask for mediation with President Muhammad Mursī on the...
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 15, 2012
The Coptic Evangelical Church, led by Dr. Safwat al-Bayādī, issued a statement on Egypt’s draft constitution asserting its acceptance of Article II as written in the 1971 Constitution without any changes or amendments.
The chapter on rights and freedoms, however, may include a clear article about...
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 15, 2012
Counselor Edward Ghālib said the additions made to the text of Article II of the Constitution has relieved everyone and converged with the Azhar paper on rights and freedoms, which was approved by all political groups in the society.
Counselor Munsif Sulaymān said through calm and legal dialogue...
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 15, 2012
Egyptians in general and Christians in particular heaved a sigh of relief after the Azhar settled the row about Article II of the Constitution by calling for keeping it intact.
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb said that Article II in the way it is drafted now is a “title of accordance”...
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 15, 2012
“This Saturday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will do something that no U.S. Secretary of State has ever done: meet with a democratically elected president of Egypt.
The meeting should be about more than symbolism. Egyptian women were at the forefront of their revolution, but the systemic...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 11, 2012
[Reviewer’s Note: Article II of the Egyptian Constitution reads, “Islam is the official religion of the state, Arabic its official language and the principles of Islamic sharī’ah are the main source of legislation”. Salafists seek removing the word ‘principles’ or replacing it with the word ‘...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 11, 2012
[Reviewer’s Note: Article II of the Egyptian Constitution reads, “Islam is the official religion of the state, Arabic its official language and the principles of Islamic sharī’ah are the main source of legislation”. Salafists seek removing the word ‘principles’ or replacing it with the word ‘...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 11, 2012
Dr. Safwat al-Bayādī, the head of the CopticEvangelicalChurch in Egypt, called on the general Evangelical council and heads of Evangelical synods to meet on Friday (July 13) to exchange views on the current developments and Article II of the Constitution. [Husnī Mīlād, al-Akhbār, July 11, p. 10] ...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 11, 2012
Dr. Safwat al-Bayādī, the head of the CopticEvangelicalChurch in Egypt, called on the general Evangelical council and heads of Evangelical synods to meet on Friday (July 13) to exchange views on the current developments and Article II of the Constitution. [Husnī Mīlād, al-Akhbār, July 11, p. 10] ...