Date of source: Sunday, February 26, 2017
The exodus of the Copts from Al-`Arīsh and their flight to the Canal city of Isma`īlīa revive in our memories the many situations in which Copts sacrificed their lives and their homes; their attitude is a challenge to the sedition schemes.
In the last three years, particularly since June 30,...
Date of source: Sunday, February 26, 2017
The recent assassination and abduction of Egyptian Christians in Al-`Arīsh, North-East of Sinai, is one episode of series of attacks on Christians in the North of the Egyptian peninsula since the eruption of the Revolution of January 25, 2011. Egyptian Christians there have been an easy target for...
Date of source: Monday, December 26, 2016
Shaikh Nazīh, reader of the Holy Qur'ān, received a phone call from his friend Botros, his neighbour in Shubra, requesting that the Shaikh attends wearing his official clothes! And in minutes Shaikh Nazīh donned the robe, turban and caftan.
Date of source: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Dr. Ahmad Sa`īd, member of Egypt's House of Representatives, denounced the assassination of Fr. Rafa'īl Mūsa, the parish priest of Al-`Arīsh Coptic Orthodox Mar Guirguis Church.
Date of source: Friday, November 11, 2016
Squares and streets throughout Egypt were empty, after media outlets talked of calls for protests on November 11. Though many protests for the month of November have been called for since the ruling of President Al-Sisi, this last one, scheduled for the 11, witnessed scattered gatherings in some...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 20, 2016
The Democracy Index Organization released a report on Wednesday reporting that Egypt had witnessed in the year 2015 more than 2533 cases of violence and political terror making an average of 211 cases per month, and 7 per day.
Date of source: Monday, July 25, 2016
In an attempt to keep an alliance they had established three years before their removal from power, the Secretary General of the International Organization of the Muslim Brotherhood and deputy supreme guide of Egypt's MB, Ibrahīm Munīr, said that it is not appropriate to establish new entities for...
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At an assembly at the American University in Cairo (AUC) on 22 November 1995, guest speakers Dr. ʿAbd al-Ḥalīm Nūr al-Dīn, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA – 1993-1996) and Professor Kent R. Weeks, were invited. Since the discovery of Tutankhamun’s work, the...
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Yūsuf al-Badrī is an Egyptian Islamic preacher, formerly a member of the People’s Assembly and is said to be closely related to the Muslim Brotherhood, although he himself denies this time and again. At the start of the interview, the shaykh says he wants to address to the public that...
Date of source: Sunday, July 3, 2016
For the third time in a month, rumors had caused increasing tension between Muslims and Christians in Egypt, confirming the ongoing attempts of some who seek to take advantage of the excessive sensitivity on both sides, which could ignite sectarian strife at any time and for any reason.