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Amid dense security measures of police and armed forces, al-Gharbia Governorate witnessed a large turnout in several of it cities, whereas the number of voters in the village was not as large. It was reported that judges who were due to supervise the voting arrived late. Noteworthy is the large...
Dr. Rev. Safwat al-Bayyādī, head of the Evangelical Church in Egypt, expressed his happiness over the high turnout to cast the ballots. 
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the Holy See of St Mark the Apostle, cast his ballot in  al-Waylῑ polling station.
Sharīf Jādallah, a lawyer of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), filed a complaint against Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II, accusing him of allegedly igniting fitnah tā’ifīyah among protestors by withdrawing the Church’s representatives from the Constituent Assembly. 
The constituent assembly writing a new constitution for Egypt is facing collapse from within as less 48 hour after civil parties and movements suspended their activities the representatives of the three churches announced on Friday (November 16) withdrawal in protest over certain articles in the...
  Abd al-Wahāb Sha’bān writes in Al-Watan that several Coptic organizations, among them “Copts without Restrictions,” “Copts for Egypt,’ and the movement “Civil Rights for Christians,” have announced that they will participate in the 24th of August demonstrations. Michael Munīr from the “Al-Hayāh”...
Pope Tawadros II demanded the amendment of Article 2 of the 2012 Constitution which states: “The principles of the laws of the Egyptian Christians and Jews are the main source for the regulated legislation of their personal and religious affairs and for the election of their spiritual leaders.” The...
The lists of names of Coptic candidates approached after the coordination between a group of Copts and different fronts, especially the Egyptian Coalition Front. Four lists have been created covering Upper, Middle and Eastern Egypt, Alexandria, Matruh and Beheria
Also Rev. Father Safwāt al-Bāyadī, head of the Evangelical Church, praised the elimination of Article 219 from the new constitution, clarifying that it was the civil forces among Muslims who asked for it before the Christians did. He added that the remainder of Article 2 of the suspended...
Some Coptic organizations and activists, in a statement they called the March 30 Declaration, vehemently rejected the 100-member panel and “attempts by certain groups to draft the new Egyptian Constitution alone,” urging the Egyptian Church to immediately announce its position on the panel and...

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