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A top prosecutor ordered the arrest of hard-line Muslim preacher Wajdī Ghunaym for investigations over charges of slandering Coptic Orthodox Pope Shinūdā III after he died. [Aḥmad Shalabī, al-Miṣrī al-Yawm, April 2, p. 16] Read original text in Arabic
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...
Homeless children are everywhere on the Egyptian streets, and are increasing in large numbers. This produces the dangerous situation of child trafficking. These two problems can be solved together through the making of an Egyptian adoption law. The idea of an adoption law was presented by the...
Archpriest Salīb of Saint George Church in al-Mārīnāb village of Idfū city, Aswan, said that the church contacted the Aswan military ruler after the crisis got worse. Extremists had sealed off the village on the morning of September 7, 2011 and closed entrances and exits to prevent Christians from...
The United States of America is now seeking to find alternative means to interfere in the Middle East and the Arab world. Hence why the U.S. appointed an envoy to protect minorities' rights in the Middle East, especially Egypt, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and put Copts in Egypt at the top of those...
The Coptic Peace Charity Organization in Shubrā arranged a National Unity banquet which is held by Egyptian churches every Ramadan.  
The Coptic Orthodox Church calls on all people to seek good ethics and bring anyone who commits mistakes before justice irrespective of their religion, according to Archpriest Ṣalīb Sawirus, a member of the Church's al-Majlis al-Millī (Community Council). Jamal As'ad, a Coptic activist, said that...
Some Muslims intend to demonstrate in front of the mosque of "The leader Ibrahim" in Alexandria asking for the release of Kamilia.  
The Egyptian religious establishment adhered to its position of favoring stability and opposing the spread of chaos and sabotage. It has also supported the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces and the five communiqués it has issued since it took over following the stepping down of President Ḥusnī...
Coptic Orthodox churches throughout Egypt held an “exceptional mass” on Tuesday in order to prevent Coptic participation in the “Day of Wrath” protests, according to al-Ahrār.   The paper says that after praying for Egypt, priests asked attendees not to demonstrate, but instead to go home.   “The...

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