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The Beni Suef branch of the National Council for Human Rights has warned that they fear the ongoing events in Beni Suef are signs of a growing fitnah. They have called on all those involved to try and control the situation and come together to find a prompt solution to the crisis (Mustafá al-Bahār...
North Cairo Court decided to postpone the case of the Salafī preacher Abū Islām, accused of disdaining Christianity, to April 15. Coptic lawyer Najīb Jubrā’īl had filed a lawsuit to the Public Prosecutor against Abū Islām, owner of al-Ummah Channel, accusing him of disdaining Christianity and...
The memo sent by the Church to the Presidency expressed the need to legalize the built churches and allow the building of new ones, to include ceremonial halls and service building to be able to serve the poor and needy. The Church also called on Mursī to pass a personal status law for non-Muslims...
Members of Senior Scholars and Islamic Research Academy denounced the attack on a Coptic Church in Benghazi, Libya, further humiliating the Church’s priest by shaving his beard and mustache as well as beating him and nine other people. Azhar scholars stressed that attacking a church, demolishing or...
‘Ayād related the story of his disappearance, he said that he was participating in Friday’s protests to denounce the “brotherhoodization” of the country. When the protest turned physical, a person attacked him and took him to Bilāl Mosque in al-Muqattam where he was tortured and beaten in the...
On Tuesday, March 19, hundreds of Copts came to 'Izbat al-Nasārá in the village of Minbāl of al-Minya Governorate to be blessed by the oil that flows from Virgin Mary's icon. According to a Christian man, Copts from all ages and backgrounds arrived at the village to witness the painting. He...
The author of the article, ‘Abd al-Wahāb Sha'bān, discusses the consequences of the insulting language used by both Shaykh Abū Islām Ahmad ‘Abdullah and Priest Zakarīyā Butrus. Sha'bān describes how Abū Islām and Butrus publicly criticise and insult Christianity and Islam, respectively. According...
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II has requested that all of the districts send in their recommendations surrounding the Personal Status regulations to the clerical council. On Thursday, March 21, the Pope held a lecture about the Personal Status regulations during a conference organised by the...
A conference titled, “The Egyptian Identity Between the Nation and the Sacred,” has been organized and will be held on Saturday Mar. 23. Attending the conference are representatives of the Azhar, the three Churches of Egypt (the Orthodox, Catholic, and Evangelical) and a number of leaders of the...
Security forces in Sohag succeeded in controlling what appears to be sectarian strife following the outbreak of an armed brawl between a Muslim family and a Christian family over a piece of land owned by the state. The clashes took place in the village of al-Khizindārīyah in Tahtā Township. The...

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