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Date of source: Friday, October 19, 2018
Spokesman of Egypt’s Cabinet Nādir Saʿd stated that in response to the application submitted by the Church Regularization Committee, the Prime Minister Muṣṭafā Madbūlī has ordered to ease the regularization procedures for unlicensed churches.
According to the Prime Minister, the status of 120...
Date of source: Saturday, January 5, 2019
Spokesman of the new Administrative Capital, Maj. Gen. Khālid al-Ḥusaynī, or Khaled al-Husseini, said that the new cathedral to be inaugurated tomorrow on the occasion of the Eastern Christmas holidays, is the largest in the entire Middle East.
Date of source: Friday, August 4, 2017
The article highlights the figures of Christians in each of the Gulf States. These figures hit about three million Christians out of a total of 13 million expatriates. Most of those Christians, who are affiliated to Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant congregations, are distributed in six countries,...
Date of source: Sunday, January 7, 2018
Right in the heart of the Egyptian upper-middle class district, Heliopolis, north of Cairo, precisely, close to the Maydān al-Jāmiʿ Square, lies a popular district called ʿIzbat Al-Muslimīn, translated, the Muslim Manor. Despite its name, the majority of the district’s residents are Christians.
Date of source: Sunday, January 15, 2012
Furthermore, the three Egyptian churches urged Prime Minister Dr. Kamāl al-Janzūrī to approve the law regulating the construction of houses of worship, "shelved since former prime minister 'Isām Sharaf took over. ['Imād Khalīl, al-Misrī al-Yawm, Jan. 15, p. 7]
Date of source: Tuesday, August 30, 2016
In its report released recently, Egypt's Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) said that there are 3126 churches in Egypt, in addition to dozens of monasteries.
The CAPMAS' survey concludes that the number of churches cover 25 percent of Egypt's total population.
Date of source: Monday, August 8, 2016
Although the first Coptic church built on the land of one of the Gulf states is over 80 years old, the construction of churches in the gulf and the service of the Christian clergy there is a dilemma that requires continuous understanding.
Date of source: Saturday, January 3, 2015
Permission given to build a church in Istanbul for the first time in the history of Turkey
Sources with the Prime Minister’s Council confirmed that the Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has agreed to give a piece of land to a Christian tribe to build a new church in Yashīl Kawī in Istanbul. The...
Date of source: Thursday, March 22, 2012
In post-Revolutionary Egypt the government is in a weakened state with little or no capacity to enforce laws. Many citizens have chosen to take advantage of this power vacuum to construct churches, mosques, and other buildings in their villages. This article highlights construction in several...
