Date of source: Saturday, August 4, 2012
Mursī appealed to Muslims in the village to protect their Christian brothers, promising compensations to everyone harmed in those incidents. [‘Usāmah al-Hawwārī, al-Ahrām, Aug. 4, p. 1] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Saturday, August 4, 2012
The Dahshūr unrest entered a new juncture on Friday (Aug. 3) after dozens of local Copts and several Coptic movements protested outside the St. Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah to reject the forced displacement of 120 Christian families.
Giza Governor Dr. ‘Alī ‘Abd al-Rahman,...
Date of source: Saturday, August 4, 2012
The Egypt Copts Coalition organized protests outside the Giza Security Department to condemn sectarian displacement of Copts and plundering and burning of their houses and property in Dahshūr.
Some 100 local residents of Dahshūr as well as members of the Free Maspero Copts Movement, Egyptian Coptic...
Date of source: Saturday, August 4, 2012
Political parties and movements denounced the “deplorable” unrest between Muslims and Christians in Dahshūr and called for forming a fact-finding commission and working on brining the displaced Coptic families back to their homes in the impoverished area.
Dr. Muhammad al-Barād’ī, a representative...
Date of source: Saturday, August 4, 2012
The Shūrá Council, the upper house of the Egyptian two-chamber parliament, will set up an eight-member commission to start conciliatory efforts in Dahshūr. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām, Aug. 4, p. 4] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Saturday, August 4, 2012
Christian advocacy groups called for protests outside the presidential palace to urge President Muhammad Mursī to put an end to the suffering of Christians in restive Dahshūr while other Christians gathered outside the Giza Security Department to protest the forced displacement of Christians in the...
Date of source: Monday, July 9, 2012
Meanwhile, Dr. Muhammad Badī’, the Murshid (Guide) of the Muslim Brotherhood, received on Sunday (July 8) acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius and his delegation.
Badī’ asserted during the meeting that Egypt’s progress will be at the hands of all its sons, as has been the...
Date of source: Monday, July 9, 2012
On the other hand, Chairman of the Teachers’ Syndicate Ahmad al-Halawānī, who is also a member of the constituent assembly drafting a new constitution for Egypt, said that there will be no change to Article 19 of the 1971 Constitution that read “religious education syllabus is a basic subject”. [...
Date of source: Monday, July 9, 2012
On the other hand, Chairman of the Teachers’ Syndicate Ahmad al-Halawānī, who is also a member of the constituent assembly drafting a new constitution for Egypt, said that there will be no change to Article 19 of the 1971 Constitution that read “religious education syllabus is a basic subject”. [...
Date of source: Monday, July 9, 2012
Meanwhile, Dr. Muhammad Badī’, the Murshid (Guide) of the Muslim Brotherhood, received on Sunday (July 8) acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius and his delegation.
Badī’ asserted during the meeting that Egypt’s progress will be at the hands of all its sons, as has been the...