Date of source: Sunday, February 19, 2012
[AWR: this interview was recorded, transcribed and translated by Diana Maher Ghali]
Date of source: Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Coptic legislator Ihāb ‘Ādil Ramzī of al-Hurrīyah Party in al-Minya severely criticized the Muslim Brotherhood’s recent announcement to field Khayrat al-Shātir as its candidate for the forthcoming presidential election, adding the group is only bringing back to life the dissolved National...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Near thirty journalists gathered at the Cairo Foreign Press Association headquarters to gain insight on the process involved in selecting a successor to the recently deceased Pope Shenouda. Arab West Report presented its research on the subject, accepting also further inquiries.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Below is the full text of the 1957 Statute on the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Election in English for the first time. The Arabic version is also available on AWR website.
Date of source: Monday, March 26, 2012
Church and Coptic figures lashed out at the Constitution panel and the percentage of Copts in it, considering the constituent assembly as “shameful” and stressing that they will not accept discrimination against Copts. [‘Imād Khalīl, al-Misrī al-Yawm, March 26, 2012, p. 4] Read original text in...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Nevine is a member of the Evangelical Church of Egypt who is inspired by Evangelical Christian leaders who seek to unite in order to fulfill God’s plan for herself and her fellow Egyptians.
Date of source: Sunday, February 5, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox Church appealed to Christians to pray for peace and an end to bloodshed of Egyptians Bishop Raphael, General Bishop responsible for churches in central Cairo, urged prayers for Egypt’s stability and protection for the youths of Egypt. [‘Imād Khalīl, al-Misrī al-Yawm, Feb. 5, p....
Date of source: Friday, December 30, 2011
One year ago this evening Egypt was rocked by an explosion in Alexandria, killing twenty-one and injuring over 170, at the Two Saints’ Church in the Sīdī Bishr region. One year before that, at Coptic Christmas on January 7, six Christians were killed along with a Muslim security guard at a church...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 29, 2011
The Coptic Orthodox Church said Saturday it is not specifying a list of candidates for Coptic adherents to vote for in the upcoming parliamentary elections and is merely calling on Copts to vote.
Date of source: Friday, November 25, 2011
A recent Constitutional declaration added new texts that cover the civility of the state and a democratic rule, in addition to giving the sovereignty of the state to the people regardless of their religion.
Some people believe that these texts will not be achieved because the same Constitutional...