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Former presidential candidate Hamdīn Sabbāhī sent a message to Egyptian Christians asking them not to pack up and leave their homeland after the rate of emigration by Egyptians, particularly Copts, has been reportedly on the rise this month. [Mahmūd Kāmil and Bahā’ al-Mahdī, al-Akhbār, July 19, p...
The United States wants a successful democratic transition in Egypt in a way that would fulfill the Egyptian people’s ambitions and promises of the January 25 revolution, adding how this can be achieved is up to the Egyptian people alone to decide, said U.S. State Department Spokesman Patrick...
A meeting convened at the Azhar conference center in Nasr City, organized by the Sufi-Coptic Alliance on Tuesday (July 17), vociferously criticized the Muslim Brotherhood and salafists. [‘Usāmah al-Mahdī and Mahmūd Ramzī, al-Misrī al-Yawm, July 18, p. 6] Read original text in Arabic
The Coptic Orthodox and Catholic churches and a large number of Coptic activists refused to meet U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her visit to Egypt on Sunday (July 15) out of rejection of the United States’ interference in Egypt’s internal affairs. [Husnī Mīlād and Ahmad ‘Abd al-...
Representatives of Christian denominations and some Sufi Muslim leaders met several times to discuss ways to promote moderate ideologies in the society, disseminate the culture of acceptance of others and advance the rule of law, lawyer Amīr Ramzī revealed. [Ahmad al-Sa’dāwī, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd,...
The Coptic Orthodox Church welcomed traveling with President Muhammad Mursī to Ethiopia to contribute to the efforts to settle the River Nile water crisis if it received an official invitation to this effect. [‘Imād Khalīl, al-Misrī al-Yawm, July 13, p. 4] Read original text in Arabic
Human Rights First on Saturday (July 14) urged U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to put the issue of enhancing Egyptian women’s rights on her agenda of talks with Egyptian President Muhammad Mursī. [Basmah al-Mahdī, al-Misrī al-Yawm, July 15, p. 4] Read original text in Arabic
Dr. Nājih Ibrāhīm, a member of the al-Jamā’ah al-Islāmīyah (Islamic Group) Shūrá Council, said the Egyptian society is not read now for the implementation of the Islamic sharī’ah, urging the people in power to seek socio-political justice and public freedoms. [Munīr Adīb, al-Misrī al-Yawm, July 5,...
Scholars of the Azhar said the appointment of a Coptic vice president is permissible in Islam as long as this step would maintain the interests of the nation and the people, citing examples of Christian officials serving in Islamic caliphate countries. [Marwah al-Bashīr, al-Ahrām, July 12, p. 35]...
Egypt’s top court on Tuesday (July 10) overruled a decision by President Muhammad Mursī to reinstate the dissolved People’s Assembly, the lower house of the Egyptian two-chamber parliament. [Khālid Abū al-‘Izz, al-Ahrām, July 11, p. 1] Read text in Arabic

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