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With the bells of church bells and tears of mourning.. Yesterday the Coptic Orthodox Church commemorated the first memorial of the martyrs of the Masspero incident.  
Fārūq Husnī, the former minister of culture, said he hoped there would be no plans to settle accounts with him over his past remarks regarding his position towards the hijāb, noting the he sticks to his personal conviction that the hijāb should be classified as personal option.
The Coptic Orthodox Church bells rang on Sunday (November 18) after acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius and members of the Holy Synod enthroned Pope Tawāḍrus II in ceremonies attended by Ambassador Rifāʿah al-Ṭahṭāwī, Chief of the Presidential Cabinet, as delegate of President Muhammad Mursī, Prime...
Dr. Samīr Marqus, the president’s aide for democratic transformation affairs, handed his resignation to President Mursī on Saturday (November 24).
The crisis of the withdrawal of Egyptian churches’ representatives from the constitution-writing panel has dominated discussions inside as controversy continued over the reasons behind the decision taken by churches, represented by five members.
Former Grand Muftī of the Republic Shaykh Naṣr Farīd Wāṣil, who represents the Azhar on the constituent assembly writing a new constitution for Egypt, said he does not see any reason for the withdrawal of the representatives of churches from the constitution panel, adding the differences are not...
Bishop Yuhanna Qultah, the deputy patriarch of the Coptic Catholics and a representative of the Egyptian churches in the constituent assembly writing a new constitution for Egypt, announced the withdrawal of the three churches from the panel.
Police forces in Maghāghah, al-Minya governorate, managed on Wednesday (October 31) to contain sectarian clashes between Muslim and Christian students that erupted after a quarrel over priority to get seats in a train. The clashes left five wounded.
Police forces in the Upper Egyptian governorate of al-Menya contained sectarian troubles between two Muslim and Christian families in the village of Banī Hasan.  
Public Coptic figures agreed that acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius has successfully run the transitional period that has been tough for the church. [

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