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The Azhar's Academy of Islamic Research, in a session on December 28 under Grand Shaykh Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb, discussed a code of ethics for the mass media and satellite channels so that they would not insult divine religions. The Academy also decided to present a memorandum to the minister of...
The Union called on all Egyptians to participate in a candlelight vigil next Sunday (January 1, 2012) at 05:00 p.m. off the Supreme Court building to mark the 1st anniversary of the martyrs of the Church of the January 1, 2011 Two Saints bombing attack that left dozens of Christians dead or wounded...
The Maspero Youth Union and a number of Coptic coalitions and unions threatened to organize demonstrations next week outside the ministries of education and higher education to object the announcement that examinations would start on January 8. Majdī Sābir, the Maspero Youth Union's media spokesman...
Copts are making about 5% of an Egyptian population of 81 million, which is growing by 4500 souls daily, said Abū Bakr al-Jindī, the president of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS). CAPMAS works in accordance with the rules of the global statistics community and...
Activist 'Alā' 'Abd al-Fattāh said that assaults on women will have a strong reaction on January 25, 2012, adding "we will take revenge for women." "The accused in the Maspero incidents are quite sure about their innocence. Demonstrations and sit-ins are just part of the reactions to the practices...
The Church of Naj’ Hammādī refused to welcome any Christmas well-wishers, demonstrating against the lawlessness seen in the region recently and the kidnap of a number of Copts and asking for a ransom, which became a common phenomenon in several areas in the country. Bishop Kyrillos of Naj’ Hammādī...
Meanwhile, Dār al-Iftā’ assured the legitimacy of greeting non-Muslims in their feast but without saying any words against the Islamic doctrine. [Khālid Ahmad al-Muti'nī, al-Ahrām, Dec. 27, p. 14] Read original text in Arabic  [Reviewer’s Note: this news was also mentioned in al-Shurūq al-Jadīd,...
In an opinion article in al-Ahrām of Dec. 26, Dr. Safwat al-Bayādī, Head of the Evangelical Community Council in Egypt, said during the past few days – after the deplorable incidents off the cabinet office and the burning of the Institut D'Egypte, some there were many questions about Christians'...
In a step that is expected to spark row, Egypt Free Shops Company (EFSCO) received instructions from the finance ministry to refrain from selling liquor and cigarettes in its branches outside airports. The step coincides with the major breakthrough achieved by Islamists in the first and second...
An opinion article in Sawt al-Ummah was published under the title “Mīnā Danīyāl disobeyed the church...Demanded the martyrdom and earned it.” [Īmān Mahjūb, Sawt al-Ummah, Dec. 25, p.7] Read original article in Arabic 

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