Date of source: Thursday, January 10, 2013
Al-Fajr released a statement delivered by Nādir al-Sirafī, spokesman of the “Copts 38” group, upon a meeting with Pope Tawadros II in the papal headquarters in ’Abāsīyyah. Al-Sirafī, and three other members of “Copts 38”, Rafīq Farūq, Vivian Jamīl, and Ra’fat Rīd, presented the problems almost 10...
Date of source: Thursday, January 17, 2013
Bishop Bīshūy, known as the late Pope Shenouda III’s “right-hand”, has been described as undiplomatic and extreme in his ideas that are prejudiced against other Christian Churches. He had publicly accused Protestant Evangelicals of recruiting Orthodox youth as part of a broader plot to evangelize...
Date of source: Thursday, January 3, 2013
In an article entitled “No. 9 and the kidnapping of Coptic Minors”, Egyptian journalist Muhammad al-Bāz comments on the situation of Copts under a growing Salafī threat and police forces reluctant to interfere of fear that the Salafī may “attack the Ministry of Interior” (quoting minister of...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Coptic Orthodox churches and a number of Coptic activists warned of a terrorist in a post on social media sites bearing his name and a photograph of him.
Date of source: Sunday, April 24, 2016
Dr. Muḥammad Mūkhtār Jumʿah, Minister of Awqaf, denied recent reports that the Salafist Jihadist group affiliated with the terrorist group “Bayt al-Maqdis” took over 3,000 mosques in Egypt. These mosques allegedly included mosques in Mansoura, Marsa Matruh and Kafr El-Sheikh, as well as Faysal and...
Date of source: Monday, April 25, 2016
Security forces arrested a number of young suspects in the vicinity of Al-Fatḥ mosque in Ramsis and intensified their presence. Four police cars and armored vehicles were stationed.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Prominent TV presenter and writer, Ibrāhīm ʿĪssa, stressed in his show broadcast by “Al-Qahira Wa al-Nas channel “, that the development of countries is assessed by the level of its democracy.
Date of source: Monday, May 18, 2015
Sources reveal that masked assailants kidnapped 4 Copts when they were getting in a taxi in the mountainous region near the village of Dīr Jabal al-Tīr in the Samālūt area of northern al-Minyā. Security forces are reportedly intensifying and widening their investigation, though they have not yet...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 28, 2015
In an aired phone interview presented by Al-Mehwar TV-Channel, Egyptian painter Ahmad `Abla strongly criticized the minister of culture, `Abd al-Wāhed al-Nabawi, saying that the changes the minister wants to implement will kill the creative soul of Egyptian art, in particular on what concerns the...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Writer and director of the series, Albert Karam announced that he has finally completed drafting the screenplay after more than three years of historical research. He made a distinction between the new series from other works on Pope Shenūda III, saying that this series will cover the political and...