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The Egyptian churches reiterated rejection of the draft constitution voted in the absence of representatives of civil parties and movements as well as the church, adding the churches’ position emanated from public will and coordination with all groups in the face of a hastily-written constitution.
The Egyptian churches reiterated rejection of the draft constitution voted in the absence of representatives of civil parties and movements as well as the church, adding the churches’ position emanated from public will and coordination with all groups in the face of a hastily-written constitution.
The Coptic Evangelical Church’s Synod appealed to President Muḥammad Mursī to freeze his constitutional declaration and call for a national dialogue that would bring together all segments of the society to reach accordance over critical issues. 
The new law on NGOs will be discussed with the ministers of social insurances and justice as well as the NGOs federation within a week to bring viewpoints closer and strike a balance between the civil society’s interests and the government’s controls on foreign funding. 
The papal elections committee, entrusted with preparing a new statute on the election of the pope, postponed its first meeting on Tuesday (November 20), which was planned to be devoted to the discussing the 1957 statute. The panel is scheduled to meet Wednesday (November 21).
The new pope, while exiting the papal office to the Cathedral for his enthronement as the 118th patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, could not control himself and wept with joy.
Pope Tawāḍrūs II is considering the re-formation of the church tribunals that used to be headed by Bishop Bīshūy.
The Coptic Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod is holding on Thursday (November 21) its first meeting after the investiture of Pope Tawāḍrūs II as elections of the Synod’s secretariat and subcommittees will be held. 
Salafists threatened to “use force and offer sacrifices” for the sake of enforcing the Islamic sharī ʿah as a leading member of the Salafī Jihādī group said in his blog, addressing the “kāfir (infidel) Egyptian government,” that “You worship the constitution while we worship God Almighty…You will...
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Barr, the dean of the Usūl al-Dīn (Muslim Theology) College in al-Mansūrah, al-Daqahlia governorate, and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Irshād (Guidance) Office, said he attended the new Coptic Orthodox Pope enthronement ceremony because it is a kind of good deed ordered by...

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