Date of source: Saturday, January 6, 2024
Pope Tawādrūs II congratulated President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī over the confidence of the people who re-elected him to continue to push forward development and prosperity in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, January 7, 2024
The Copts of Egypt stand by the Muslim community in their rejection of Israeli aggression and display of solidarity with the people of Gaza and Palestine in general.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 27, 2023
As controversy renewed with the beginning of a new Gregorian calendar year, al-Azhar and Dār al-Iftāʾ issued fatwās related to the greeting of non-Muslims over their holidays. Some pages re-published a video for Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, urging Muslims to congratulate non-Muslims...
Date of source: Saturday, December 30, 2023
Religious institutions in Egypt rejected “seasonal unofficial fatwās” prohibiting congratulating Christians for Christmas, adding that whoever promotes these opinions is considered to be a hardliner who has nothing to do with Islam. Al-Azhar said in a statement that people who deem congratulating...
Date of source: Monday, January 1, 2024
Pope Tawāḍrūs II has praised the Egyptian President's ability to separate religion from politics, stating, “I love that President Sīsī distances himself from religion.”
Date of source: Monday, January 1, 2024
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, has declared that what is happening on the ground in Palestine is a hideous atrocity and a crime of unprecedented magnitude, stressing that these events cannot be described as war, since war is typically fought between two equal sides. He described...
Date of source: Friday, December 15, 2023
Coptic Christians are awaiting the president’s decisions to resolve their issues, which have remained unsolved over the years under successive governments.
Date of source: Monday, December 4, 2023
On Monday, December 4th, the Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria, Anbā Ibrāhīm Isḥaq Sidrāk, welcomed a delegation of archbishops of Catholic churches in Africa at the patriarchate’s headquarters in the Cairo district of Kūbrī al-Qubba.
Date of source: Monday, December 18, 2023
The Secretary-General of the Islamic Research Academy, Dr. Naẓīr ʿEyād, and Head of al-Azhar Education Sector, Shaykh Ayman ʿAbd el-Ghanī, received a delegation from the Center of Christian Muslim Understanding and Partnership (CCMUP). The delegation included the Director of the center, Bishop Dr....
Date of source: Monday, December 11, 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs II said that participating in the elections is a duty for all citizens in the building the nation.