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Dr. Nabīl Hilmī, the former dean of the Faculty of Law, al-Zaqāzīq University, said during the meeting that he supports keeping article 2 of the constitution but has to be watered down so as to avoid it causing any splits among the segments of the Egyptian society. Shaykh ‘Usāmah al-Qūsī, a Salafī ...
Meanwhile, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) condemned the “police and army forces’ failure to protect houses and property of Copts in the village, adding arson is a crime that should have no place for conciliation. [Hānī Danyāl and Nādir Shukrī, Watanī, Feb. 19, p. 1] Read text in...
Local leaders managed to contain a sectarian fitnah in Mīt Bashār as Muslim elders of the village formed human shields to protect the church and Copts’ houses there until security agencies found Rānyā in the house of one of her relatives in Cairo. The girl, who was handed over to the al-Zaqāzīq...
Pope Tawadros assured that the Church welcomes any person that wants to attend the Christmas mass and requests an invitation, but it shall not distribute invitations to anyone. He added that he appreciates the role of the state institutions in securing the Churches (Nādir Shukrī, Watanī, Dec. 29, p...
Pope Tawadros assured that the Church welcomes any person that wants to attend the Christmas mass and requests an invitation, but it shall not distribute invitations to anyone. He added that he appreciates the role of the state institutions in securing the Churches (Nādir Shukrī, Watanī, Dec. 29, p...
Watanī reports about the weaknesses and problems of reconciliation sessions that Copts recently have had to sit for in Badrmān and Nazlit ‘Ābid. It stated that in the absence of rule of law Copts are forced to sit in these sessions (Nādir Shukrī, Watanī, Dec 15. p. 8) Read original text in Arabic.
In the absence of swift justice and rule of law, a number of Egyptian governorates witnessed assaults on Christians and their properties over the last week. Archbishop ‘Abd al-Quddūs of Al-Fishn Diocese in Beni Suef stated that a group of thugs attacked  and demolished part of an old house annexed...
Egyptian actress Munā Zakī launched, through her personal account on Twitter, a hashtag named “I Am Egyptian, the Cross Does Not Offend Me.” This represented Zakī’s objection to the idea of banning the placing of the Cross on churches as a part of the draft law on building churches in Egypt,...
Tomorrow (Tuesday) marks the first day of the Dutch Coptic Organization’s Annual Conference, in the Dutch capital of Amsterdam. The conference is titled “Modern Egypt Under the Shadow of the Contempt of Religions Law.” The conference will be attended by a selection of thinkers and...
The United States of America's Embassy in Cairo was able to convince some Coptic figures and clerics to meet U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Numerous dignitaries boycotted the meeting Clinton had during her visit to Egypt, in protest against U.S. support for the Muslim Brotherhood. While...

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