Date of source: Monday, July 4, 2011
CAIRO: Egypt’s Supreme Administrative Court ruled on Sunday in favor of Christian reconverts, allowing them to be identified as Christians on their national ID cards and birth certificates.
Date of source: Thursday, May 19, 2011
Dr. Nabīl al-'Arabī, minister of foreign affairs, has met with Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City in Italy where they discussed the situation in Egypt, specifically the Coptic file.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Hundreds of Copts yesterday continued their strike outside the official TV building for the third day on Cairo Nile Corniche over recent sectarian violence, as revolutionaries are planning a march in support of national unity on Friday. The message of the march will be that Muslims and Christians...
Date of source: Friday, April 29, 2011
Dr. Rafīq al-Daw, vice-chairman of the Iron & Steel Factory, donated the sum of EGP200,000 (roughly $34,000) for building a mosque inside the the Suez Canal University in the coastal governorate of Suez.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Ramadān is no longer a social occasion confined to Muslims only; Copts also celebrate Ramadān. They adore it and consider it “the month of Egyptians.” Buying “yamīsh” [nuts and dried fruit], eating desserts such as “kunāfah” and going to al-Husīn have become annual habits for Copts during Ramadān...
Date of source: Saturday, August 14, 2010
Dr. Melad Hanna states that the crisis that threatens the unity of Egypt is the disability to accept oneself and hence the disability to accept the others.
Date of source: Saturday, August 28, 2010
The Minister of Religion confirms that the national unity tables of breakfast are important indications of the strong relations between Muslims and Christians.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Business tycoon Naguib Sawiris, a Coptic Christian, said yesterday he would accept a Muslim president for Egypt, on the condition that he would be committed to “values of justice, and equality between a Muslim and a Christian, and between a man and a woman”. He added that he rejected a Christian...
Date of source: Friday, April 1, 2011
As a Brit I've never before been a revolutionary. Revolution just isn't in our vocabulary. Our American friends, as we might expect, were all gung ho on it from the start. My sympathies were entirely with Mr. Mubārak, who had served his country well in the Air Force, then as Vice-President under...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Now is the time to discuss sensitive issues, fears and requirements made by the Copts, to achieve real national unity. Calls these days for the formation of political parties on Christian or Islamic grounds pose a threat to national unity. They would only strengthen fanatics.