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Karīm Kamāl, president of the union, stated that the recent violence, unprecedented in the Egyptian society, has jeopardized media outlets when the perpetrators blocked the Production Media City and blocked the judges from accessing the Supreme Constitutional Court. The latest curfew imposed on...
Member of the Wafd Party higher committee ꞌIsām Shīhā said that the upcoming parliamentary elections under the current law will marginalize women and Copts alike. He added that he is skeptical the upcoming (parliamentary) elections would run impartially with regard to the political instability and...
Following the footsteps of the Coptic Orthodox Church, the Catholic Church has chosen Bishop Ibrāhīm Ishāq of al-Minya as successor to Cardinal Antonius Najīb who, for health reasons, resigned from his post. [Author not mentioned, al-Wafd, Jan. 23, p. 4] Read original text in Arabic
Pope Tawadros criticized having a quota system for Copts in the Parliamentary elections. He stressed, though, that the Church will not interfere in politics, but will encourage Copts to participate in politics (Amīrah Fathī, al-Wafd, Jan. 21, p. 3). Read original text in Arabic
As preparations for Christmas celebrations continued, the Coptic Church submitted a detailed memo to the presidency in Egypt about amendments it would like to see made to the new Constitution. These included deleting Article 219, which states that the "principles of Islamic sharī’ah include...
Dr. Safwat al-Bayyādī, the head of the Coptic Evangelical church, called in a statement for orchestrated efforts to “cross this important stage of Egypt’s history”. In the statement, issued by the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS) on the occasion of the 1st anniversary of...
The Millī (Community) Council in Alexandria, in a statement on Monday, criticized decisions by the 'urfī session to have Copts expelled after their homes and property were set ablaze.
The Salafist Call [al-Daʿwā al-Salafiyya] and al-Nūr Party have intensified efforts to urge the supporters of the Salafist movement abroad, especially in the Gulf region, to participate in the presidential election vote.
In an interview with MBC TV channel, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawādrūs II said that the Egyptian Church is an independent national institution, and has never been dominated [by foreign institutions].
In an interview with a Saudi newspaper, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawādrūs II reiterated his statement about the number of Christians in Egypt, saying that the number of Christians is 15 million.

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