Date of source: Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Muhammad Mukhtār Gum’ah, Minister of Endowments, requested listing al- Jazīrah as a terrorist sponsoring organization. He added that this is due to the support it gives to terrorist groups by spreading a discourse inciting violence in Egypt.
The Urgent Affairs Court postponed its ruling on a...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Dr. Su’ād Nassār, Professor of Comparative Islamic Jurisprudence (fiqh), presented in the International Conference of the Islamic Scholars Council the possibility of having female muftis. The conference was entitled “the Dangers of Takfīrī Thought, and Fatwas made without knowledge on National...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Pope Tawadros received Ibrahīm Mahlab, Prime Minister, and Sidkī Subhī, Minister of Defense, members of a high ranking governmental delegation, to pay respects and give condolence to Pope Tawadros on the death of his mother.
Ibrahīm Mahlab, Prime Minister, has approved that Mayādah Ashraf and Mary...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Anonymous sources stated to al- Shurūq, that a number of mediators have communicated with Dr. Muhammad Alī Bishr, who has been delegated with the political affairs of the Muslim Brotherhood in an attempt to resolve the current political conflict. The sources stated that Bishr commented that these...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Attackers, believed to be members of the Muslim Brotherhood, targeted the house of a Coptic family in Nakariyah village, Sharqia. They attempted to kill the members of the family and start a sectarian strife (fitnah). A number of armed persons stormed the house of Eng. Sabry ‘Issa Makary, General...
Date of source: Monday, March 31, 2014
Security forces in Beni Suef succeeded in convening a reconciliation session between Copts and Muslims in Diābiah Village which was attended by family heads and senior figures in the village. The conflict took place in November 2013 due to a construction of a road bump and led to 16 injuries and...
Date of source: Monday, March 31, 2014
Dr. Muhamad Mukhtār Gum’ah, Minister of Endowments, stated that a protocol was signed with the Salafi leaders including the Jam’iah al – Shari’iah and Ansār al- Sunnah al Muhammadiyah. The agreement was that a supervisor from the ministry would be appointed in the mosques’ boards in order to...
Date of source: Monday, March 31, 2014
Councilor Hishām Barakāt, the Public Prosecutor, announced yesterday the preliminary results of the investigations carried out by the prosecution in the acts of violence that took place in ‘Ain Shams, Cairo March 29th where masked armed men, joined by protestors of the Muslim Brotherhood, started...
Date of source: Monday, March 31, 2014
Secular political parties reject all proposals for a reconciliation between al- Sīsī and the Muslim Brotherhood group. Dr. Abd al- Ghaffār Shukr, head of the Social Popular Alliance Party stated that al- Sīsī has announced reconciliation with political parties and revolutionary movements that work...
Date of source: Monday, March 31, 2014
Pope Tawadros led the third morning mass for his deceased mother, Samiah Nassīm, in St. Mark’s Church in Alexandria. His mother passed away Friday morning, March 28, at the age of 83. Soon after the mass, the Pope returned to the headquarters in St Mark’s Cathedral in Abbāssiyah, Cairo. He will...