Date of source: Thursday, August 16, 2018
The National Council for Women in Egypt welcomed the appointment of the first Egyptian blind presenter on TV satellite channels.
The National Council for Women, headed by Dr. Māya Mursī, and all its members, thanked the family of the program "al-Safīrah ʿAzīzah", which is broadcast on the channel "...
Date of source: Friday, May 26, 2017
The Church of Egypt issued a press release on Friday in the wake of the incident that killed at least 28 Copts and injured 24 [others] when a bus on its way to the Saint Samwell the Confessor Monastery was attacked.
Date of source: Sunday, March 26, 2017
Amīra Jirjis Khalīl Sīfīn, A 17-year-old Egyptian girl, has caused a new sectarian crisis in the southern Egyptian city of Luxor, which caused the injury of dozens of individuals, and the arrest of 11 others. Parliament also issued an urgent statement directed at Egyptian Prime Minister Sharīf...
Date of source: Sunday, March 26, 2017
Dozens of people, including police officers and [army] conscripts, were injured in clashes between Muslims and Christians in the village of al-Muhayidāt in Luxor, in the south of Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, March 12, 2017
The Observatory of Islamophobia, an affiliate of the Egyptian Fatwa House welcomed the opportunity to conduct a national dialogue with Netherlands about Islam before the parliamentary elections. In this dialogue, hundreds of Dutch citizens were able to participate in a national debate about Islam.
Date of source: Thursday, March 9, 2017
The Alexandria Criminal Court ruled to sentence ʿĀdil Abū al-Nūr Sulaymān",
also known as ”ʿĀdil ʿAsaliyya” to death for slaughtering the Coptic citizen Lamʿ ī Yūsuf in Alexandria.
Date of source: Monday, May 18, 2015
A source within the security forces confirmed that they had in custody two suspects thought to be involved in the disappearance of four Copts, in what was likely an attempt to extort ransom. Security apparatus had previously received a report that criminals had attacked a taxi with the four in it,...
Date of source: Saturday, May 16, 2015
After nearly a year under Sīsī, Egypt’s Christian minority has mixed feelings in regards to progress made during his presidency on Coptic issues. Some praised his visits to cathedrals, his strong reaction to the killing of 21 Egyptian Copts in Libya, and his approval of the building of several new...
Date of source: Monday, April 27, 2015
Egyptian authorities shut down three satellite television channels broadcasting over a French satellite without a license. The Egyptian government has previously shut a total of fifty six satellite channels before including music and religious channels.
(27 April, 2015, al-‘Arabiyya, Ashraf ‘Abd...
Date of source: Thursday, April 9, 2015
Erdoğan requests the release of Mursī in order to improve relations with Egypt
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that Egypt needs to free former president MursĪ and to withdraw the death sentences against his supporters in order for Turkey to consider the improving of its relations with Egypt. The...