Date of source: Sunday, September 30, 2012
There is no reason for the current state of extremism that brought a camp of some who belong to the political Islam groups to start a needless fight seeking the amendment of Article II of the Egyptian Constitution of 1971 that read “the principles of Islamic sharī’ah is the main source of...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Egypt’s top census official revealed that Egyptian Christians are 5.130 million. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām, Sept. 26, p. 2] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Meanwhile, a Coptic leading member of the Nasserite Popular Movement, Amīn Iskandar, accused the United States and Israel of “sowing the seeds of sectarian strife in Egypt,” dubbing the producers of a film defaming the Prophet Muhammad as “persons who sold their souls to the devil”.
Date of source: Sunday, November 4, 2012
All Egyptians are looking forward to enhancing the lofty spiritual role that has been characterizing the Coptic church throughout its history in a time when Egypt now needs a new moral resurrection to blow the cobweb of corruption away.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Representatives of the Egyptian church churches on the constituent assembly, during a meeting with Dr. Tayīb at the Azhar office, the proposed article on the zakāt (alms), adding that taxes already are collected from all citizens without discrimination.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 25, 2012
The Supreme State Security Prosecution started questioning Ahmad ‘Abd Allāh, better known as Abū Islām, the owner of al-Omma (Nation) TV station, over reports lodged against him by lawyers Hāmid Hassan and Nāsir al-‘Asqalānī, members of the Egyptian Bar Association, that he was involved in...
Date of source: Sunday, November 4, 2012
The leadership of the church, represented in the new patriarch, will have its impact on the way it deals with the key state institutions like the presidency, the government and the Azhar, which in turn will necessarily play a significant role in the stability of the homeland, particularly after...
Date of source: Sunday, September 30, 2012
Nine Coptic families in Egyptian Rafah started packing up and leaving to the city of al-‘Arīsh following recent threats a few days ago as some members of those families said they are relocating to ‘Arīsh after the governor approved to send them there, where there are no dwelling places available.
Date of source: Sunday, November 4, 2012
The sacred lot, which will be the decisive step in naming the new pope, dates back to the days of Jesus, according to Dr. Rasmī 'Abd al-Malik Rustum, a member of the Lay Council and the papal nominations committee and former dean of the Coptic Studies Institute.
Date of source: Sunday, November 4, 2012
Arrangements are being completed at the papal headquarters were completed to provide honorable civilized celebrations of the sacred lot ceremony to pick the 118th as the church's scout teams are getting ready to attain an organizational success similar to that of the elections.