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Nādir al-Sirafī, a spokesman for the 1938 Copts League, which advocates divorce and remarriage in Christianity, called  for applying the Islamic sharī’ah on all Egyptians in personal status affairs, asserting the importance of having a general law applicable to all Egyptians without exception.
Giza Criminal Court witnessed a tense trial in the first court session of Islām ‘Afīfi, Editor-in-Chief of the Egyptian al-Dustūr newspaper. ‘Afīfī is accused of offending the Egyptian President in the media and publishing false news that would disturb public order. The court ordered to remand ‘...
Tariq al-Sahrī, deputy speaker of the Shūrá Council, said the upper house is preparing a draft law to regulate the press to refer to the People’s Assembly within days, aiming at “purging” the state-run press. The proposed draft envisages the dismissal of any journalists proved to have served the...
Several of Morsi’s supporters demonstrated in Rābaʽah al-‘Adawīyyah’s square and organized a march claiming that it was organized by Christian citizens. Banners were raised with Morsi’s picture and the sentence: “Christians for Morsī” next to a cross. At the end of the march, they erased the word “...
Activist Michael Nabīl, who was pardoned on the first anniversary of the January 25, 2012 Revolution, said that he was not subjected to any torture inside his prison but watched many torture cases inside military jails and al-Marg prison, where he was serving a three-year term for insulting the...
Five journalists affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) applied on Monday (September 19, 2011) competing for board positions in the Journalists Syndicate elections, scheduled for October 14, 2011.
Amnesty International (AI) has called on both the Egyptian government and political parties in Egypt to put the development of the rights of slum-dwellers - the number of which are estimated at around 12 million people - at the top of its priorities, if it wants to achieve the demands of social...
Ecclesial sources claim Pope Shenouda III is outraged by Bishop Bīshūy’s inquiries regarding the Qur'ān. They say the pope has contacted political and Islamic leaders in attempt to control the situation at hand. The Association of Muslim Lawyers announced its intentions to file a lawsuit requesting...
Farūq al-Jamal reports on Fū’ād Nijm’s demonstration in downtown Cairo.
The article represents different opinions of many youth who have lost their confidence in men of religion because they believe that the new Fatwás issued by these men only serve politics.
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