Date of source: Monday, April 25, 2016
Dr. Muḥammad Nūr Faraḥāt, professor of constitutional and international law, said that the youth movements do not have the adequate and required ability to propose alternatives in the current political scene, considering that the power possessed by the youth is limited to staging protests only.
Date of source: Saturday, April 23, 2016
The Press' Syndicate demanded that the security services seriously and immediately investigate in two cases of the random arrest of journalists from a coffee shop and also in raiding the houses of ʿAmr Badr and Maḥmūd al-Saqqā.
Date of source: Friday, April 22, 2016
The issue of the ban of the Egyptian Coptic Church on Coptic Christians visiting Jerusalem to perform the pilgrimage rituals was raised in the media and stirred a debate in the past week in concurrence with Easter celebrations.
Date of source: Sunday, April 17, 2016
Father Bimen, coordinator of the relations between the Egyptian and Ethiopian churches confirmed that cooperation between the two churches is not affected by politics.
Date of source: Monday, April 18, 2016
Security agencies of Al-Sharqiyya Governorate intensified its presence, on Monday, in front of the Church of Al-Hūsainiyya city and the church of Al- īkheiwa village, after a girl called “Basma” was slaughtered by a carpenter.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Giza Endowments Directorate (Awqaf), launched a campaign to remove the signs of the associations and institutions from the facades and inside of its mosques while only allow a sign with the name of the mosque with the removal of all advertisements.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 20, 2016
The fire-fighting forces managed to extinguish a fire that broke out inside the Coptic Catholic Mar Girgis Church in Luxor city. There were no casualties.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Israeli newspapers revealed the discovery of a rare amulet bearing the name of the Egyptian ruler Thutmose III, Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty who reigned from 1479 – 1425 BCE. The amulet was discovered at the Temple Mount Sifting Project located in Jerusalem.
Date of source: Thursday, April 21, 2016
Despite the ban by the Egyptian Coptic Church, about 5000 Christians made their way to Jerusalem in the past few days for the pilgrimage to the holy land, which lasts for 11 days.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 19, 2016
The Egyptian Evangelical Church decided to temporarily postpone the deliberation of the issue concerning the ordination of women as “priestesses”. This decision follows a media controversy sparked after the convention of the Supreme Evangelical Synod that began Monday evening, to resolve the issue...