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Coptic Pope in Egypt Says, “The World Is Enduring Difficult Circumstances due to Coronavirus”
Date of source: 11 Apr 2020
By Walīd ʿAbd al-Raḥmān‎
The Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt announced a day before yesterday that Pope Tawāḍrūs II will hold all prayers and sermons including Easter Sunday in his residence in the Monastery in Saint Pishoy. He urged all Copts to participate in the prayers which are broadcast on the Coptic TV channels. The...
Reviewed by Marvin Mücke
Translator Marvin Mücke
Rose al-Yūsuf magazine insults Coptic bishops causing strife
Date of source: 12 Jun 2020
By No Author Mentioned
It began with a broad heading that read, "Bishops ally with coronavirus ... against the Pope! And "killing in the name of the Lord," below a picture of Father Raphael [Rāfāʾīl], the general bishop of churches in central Cairo, placed next to a picture of the supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood...
Reviewed by Emma Scolding
Translator Emma Scolding
A year after his death…Has the file of Mursī’s murder been closed forever?
Date of source: 12 Jun 2020
By Muḥammad Mughāwir
In the year that has passed since his death, none of the facts around the circumstances and reasons for Mursī’s sudden death have emerged despite his family’s demands to investigate the evidence of his murder. Mursī, Egypt’s first democratically elected president, was physically and mentally abused...
Reviewed by Emma Scolding
Translator Emma Scolding
Council of Senior Scholars oppose the Dār-al Iftā’ bill: “unconstitutional and violates al-Azhar’s independence”
Date of source: 18 Jul 2020
By Maḥmūd Muṣṭafā
Al-Azhar added in their letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives that the Egyptian constitution states that al-Azhar is the principal point of reference in any matters to do with sharīʿah law, of which the issuing of fatwās is foremost, and is also the authority on decision-making in...
Reviewed by Romy Welch
Translator Romy Welch
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Homosexuality in Christianity…What did Bishop Raphael Say about Sarah Hegazy’s Suicide?
Date of source: 20 Jun 2020
By ʿAntar ʿAbd al-Laṭīf
Bishop Rāfāʾīl said in a lecture entitled “The Importance of Church Teaching” that “We [church leadership] are constantly reviewing the bible, the consensus of the church’s priests, church law, and the liturgy.  For example, regarding homosexuality, today because of this girl who killed herself…a...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
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After Ḥanīn and Mawada’s Sentencing…Legal Researcher: According to the Principles of Constitutionality…Those Accused of Vague Expressions like “Threatening Values” Cannot be Punished
Date of source: 27 Jul 2020
By Ḥussayn Ḥassanayn
These comments were made in light of the Economic Court’s ruling on social media influencers: Ḥanīn Ḥussām, Mawada al-Adham, and three others; the court sentenced each of them to two years in prison and an 300,000 EGP fine. ʿUbayd mentioned the Supreme Constitutional Court’s provisions, saying that...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
After the Muslim Brotherhood’s Rumors…Ministry of Endowments Responds with Mosque Numbers
Date of source: 9 Sep 2020
By May ʿAbd al-Munʿim
The group is using fabricated videos and pictures as well as videos and photos of the war in Syria and Iraq to promote their idea.  This pushed Minister of Endowments Dr. Muḥammad Mukhtār Jumaʿa to respond to the group’s claims on more than one occasion with the most recent response being on...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Court Sentenced Monk Accused of Killing Bishop to Death
Date of source: 1 Jul 2020
By Amr Mustafa (ʿmar Muṣṭafa)
The two accused admitted that they had planned to kill the bishop because of disagreements that had existed between them. They ambushed the bishop when he was on his way to the church within the Monastery to perform prayer. When he arrived they hit him three times on the back of his head with an...
Reviewed by Marvin Mücke
Translator Marvin Mücke
The Comboni congregation and the CAWU Learning Center need your support in helping African refugees in Cairo
The fast growing CAWU-Learning Center needs your support
The slain French teacher and Volkhard Windfuhr; fighter against extremism and intolerance
Bullying against Coronavirus doctors prompts criticism in Egypt
Date of source: 10 Apr 2020
By ʿAbd al-Fattaḥ Faraj
Dīnā Majdī, a dermatologist at al-Ismāʿīliyyah Fever Hospital, was surprised by her neighbors’ attempt to expel her from her building on the pretext that she had been in contact with people with the Coronavirus. Majdī confirmed in a video she posted on Facebook, that she “sought police help to...
Reviewed by Aḥmad Badr
Translator Aḥmad Badr
The Maronite Archbishop in Cairo Offers his Condolences to the Victims of the Beirut Explosion
Date of source: 5 Aug 2020
By Michael Fāris
In the statement Shīḥān said that it was very painful for him to see such great loss of human lives and the images of the massive destruction of the city.  He said that the Maronite community in Egypt prays for the victims’ families, the quick recovery for the wounded, and for the stability and...
Reviewed by Marvin Mücke
Translator Marvin Mücke
A Year Since Arrest of Coptic Activist and Founder of Maspero Youth Union Rāmī Kāmil…Accused of Joining Terrorist Organization
Date of source: 24 Nov 2020
By Fāris Fikrī
Seven police officers in civilian clothing had arrested Rami from his house early in the morning.  He was then taken to an unknown location and questioned before appearing at the Supreme State Security Prosecution and being interrogated without his lawyer.  Rāmī is accused of spreading fake news,...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Long-term partnership between Majorel Egypt and the Center for Arab-West Understanding
Coptic Church Allows Bibāwī to Return and Controversy Erupts on Social Media
Date of source: 22 Aug 2020
By Muṣṭafā Raḥūma (Mostafa Rahouma)
A number of Copts defended Pope Tawāḍrūs’ decision to revoke Bibāwī’s ban from the church saying that he has never been prosecuted by any church body. Kamāl Zākhir, the founder of the Secular Copts Current within the Coptic Church, said that the decision shows the Church’s willingness to reconcile...
Reviewed by Marvin Mücke
Translator Marvin Mücke
Dār al-Iftāʾ Observatory: Terrorism Trying to Provoke Sectarian Violence
Date of source: 31 Oct 2020
By Shaymāʾ ʿAbd al-Hādī
The observatory stressed that terrorists have been trying to provoke sectarian conflict by using religious symbols and other sacred imagery, which holds a special place in people’s hearts.  This is why the international community must act definitively and quickly to proscribe international...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Significant Milestones in the Life of Pope Tawāḍrūs II
Date of source: 4 Nov 2020
By Usāma ʿĪd
Pope Tawāḍrūs, whose real name is Wajīh Ṣubḥī Bāqī Sulaymān, was born on November 4, 1952. The pope’s family lived all over Egypt, including al-Manṣūra, Sūhāj, Damanhūr, and Alexandria. He got a bachelor’s degree in pharmacology at Alexandria University in 1975.  In 1983, he also got a bachelor’s...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
The Holy Family between science, belief and wishful thinking
Our CAWU-Learning Center Refugee Choir performs on December 23 in Maadi, Cairo
An Egyptian Ambassador’s frustrations about pro-Muslim Brotherhood policies in the West
Pope Tawāḍrūs II meets businessman Najīb Sāwīris
Date of source: 6 Sep 2020
By Michael Fāris
Najīb Sāwīris’s last official visit to the cathedral was in May 2015 when his father Onsi Sawiris [Unsī Sāwīris] received the “Ḥikma” award from the pope and Bishop Ermia [Irmiyā], head of the Coptic Cultural Center. The Media Center of the Coptic Orthodox Church, which reported the news, did not...
Reviewed by Emma Scolding
Translator Emma Scolding
Highlights of 2020
Middle Eastern responses to President Donald Trump leaving office
Date of source: 20 Jan 2021
By Dīnā ʿAbd al-Raḥmān (Dina Abdulrahman)
The incident sparked different views worldwide, the scene of the riot immediately reminded some of the black lives matter protests that rolled across the country in the wake of George Floyd's killing at the hands of Minneapolis police officers last year. The comment that was most shared was that...
Egyptian responses to the change of presidents in the US
AWR Quarterly Newsletter - January 2021
Eschatology in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
The French Council of Muslim Faith approves ‘charter of principles’ for Islam in France
Date of source: 18 Jan 2021
By Editorial Team (Akhbār al-Yawm Portal)
French news channel ‘France 24’ reported, on Monday, that after an internal crisis that lasted for several weeks, council officials have announced that an agreement was reached, affirming the Islamic faith’s ‘compatibility’ with ‘secularism’ and ‘gender equality’, and rejecting ‘the exploitation of...
Reviewed by Nia Babar
Translator Nia Babar
Reconciliation Meetings in Egypt and the hopeful model of Asyūṭ
Date of source: 8 Feb 2021
By Dīnā ʿAbd al-Raḥmān (Dina Abdulrahman)
The Ministry of Interior began working on the reconciliation system in 1940. An office was established named the Bureau of Arab Affairs, which is considered the first formal body for reconciliation procedures. This evolved into the formation of reconciliation committees in Egypt in accordance with...
Reconciliation meetings in Egypt
Waḥīd Ḥāmid and Political Disappointment: He Passed Away Reassured about the State of Democracy in Egypt
Date of source: 2 Jan 2021
By Muhammad Karīm
The commercial element was dominant in his early works even those that offered a critical perspective or opposed the state and revealed the faults of the political and social system like the films “The Innocent,” “Terrorism and Kebab,” and “Birds of Darkness.”  These films came out at a very...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Government Agrees on Amendment to Punish Those who Perform Female Circumcision Including Doctors and Nurses
Date of source: 21 Jan 2021
By ʿAbd Allāh Sālim
The first amendment stipulates that those, who perform circumcision on the female body either by removing part of, modifying, mutilating, or injuring the reproductive organs, shall be imprisoned for no less than five years.  If the circumcision results in a permanent disability, then the culprit...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Minister of Endowments: Extremism, on both sides, is a threat to society
Date of source: 18 Jan 2021
By Mīna Ghālī
The announcement came during a seminar entitled “Reading the History of Extremism and its Dangers”. The seminar was attended by many media figures including, Khālid Mīrī, Editor-in-Chief of ‘al-Akhbār’ newspaper, Khālid Ṣalāḥ, Editor-in-Chief of a‘Al-Yawm as-Sābiʿ’ newspaper, and Dr Muḥammad al-Bāz...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
A dent in the trust of medical care in Egypt
Pope Francis: 'We cannot be silent when terrorism abuses religion'
Long overdue investments in Upper Egypt helps to fight extremism

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