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Date of source: Thursday, March 7, 2024
On March 7, 2024, the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church, led by Pope Tawāḍrūs, and attended by 110 of the current 133 members, held its general meeting at the LOGOS Center of the Papal Residence in St. Bīshūy Monastery, Wādī al-Naṭrūn, Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, May 3, 2021
Dr. Usāma ʿAbd al-Ḥayy, secretary general for the Egyptian Medical Syndicate, said that the fact that 500 doctors have now died from the Coronavirus is tragic, stressing that this number cannot be overlooked but was unfortunately expected.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Abū al-‘Ilā Mādī, leader of al-Wasat (Centrist) Party and deputy chairman of the constituent assembly, said the panel members have been doing their best to dissuade the church from withdrawing.
Date of source: Sunday, May 13, 2012
Meanwhile, the People’s Assembly Culture, Information and Tourism Committee is debating a 44-article bill on the audio-visual mass media to regulate their work after recent violations were spotted. [Muhammad Fathī, al-Ahrām, May 13, p. 7] Read text in Arabic
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: Friday, April 20, 2012
'Askar made the remarks during a meeting with Peter Shea, second secretary at the US Embassy's economic and political office in Cairo.
Asked about U.S. funding to solve the street children problem in Egypt, ‘Askar replied that he does not mind that at all but without any interference on the part of...
Date of source: Thursday, September 20, 2012
Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb, Azhar's Grand Shaykh, said that offending the Prophet Muhammad is something repetitive and will happen again.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 11, 2012
The Holy Azhar denounced calls for a global day to try Prophet Muhammad, describing the instigators as hateful people that always wanted to hurt Islam and Muslims.
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Date of source: Tuesday, June 21, 2011
The Azhar on Monday (June 20, 2011) issued a paper on the future of Egypt during the coming phase, asserting the importance of establishing a "modern, democratic, constitutional and national state" that would guarantee the equality among all citizens in rights and duties.
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar...
Date of source: Thursday, April 14, 2011
As reported in previous summaries [Salafists' destruction of shrines, or Salafists burn shrines amid Azhar criticism] Sūfīs and salafīs have recently clashed over Sūfīs' veneration of shrines of religious figures – a practice that salafīs regard as a form of anti-Islamic polytheism.
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