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A further case of blackmailing Copts was published in Al-Sabāh: Tharwat Malik Barsūm, owner of a tourist resort in al-Minya governorate, Upper Egypt, filed a complaint against persons (identity undisclosed) blackmailing and asking him to pay a ransom of 500 thousand Egyptian Pounds or his resort...
Nādir noted that Coptic Orthodox Bishop Raphael, general secretary of the Holy Synod, will lead the Christmas Mass in Alexandria. Among the high-ranking officials who are expected to extend their congratulations on the occasion is the governor of Alexandria Muhammad ’Atá 'Abbās and the State...
Al-Sabāh published the full text of Pope Tawadros message to Copts for Christmas where he quoted a number of Bible verses that prove the holiness of the Christ's birth. Pope Tawadros greeted Copts for Christmas (Author not mentioned, al-Sabāh, Jan. 6, p. 9). Read original text in Arabic
However, Dr. Muhammad Mihannā, Azhar’s Grand Shaykh’s advisor for foreign relations, called al-‘Ashrī’s statement as “insane” and resulting from the chaos Egypt is going through. Al-‘Ashrī had also stated that Christian women will be forced to wear hijāb (Fātimah Khālid, al-Sabāh, Jan. 6, p. 5). ...
The Ministry of Interior Affairs denied the claims of Hishām al-‘Ashrī of demanding credentials for the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (CPVPV) that he established. Al-‘Ashrī had stated that he submitted a request to the Ministry to have his committee be affiliated...
“Copts 38” group sent a second letter to Pope Tawadros asking him to reconsider the personal affairs statute for Christians and solve the problems related to them, especially the issue of divorce. That came after the meeting of some of their members with the Pope (Rānyā Nabīl, al-Sabāh, Jan. 6, p....
Archpriest Makārī Habīb, Secretary for Pope Tawadros, said that a committee will be formed by the Coptic Orthodox Holy Synod to consider the return of priests suspended in the era of the late Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III (Mājī Kamāl, al-Sabāh, Jan. 6, p. 7). Read original text in Arabic
Bishop Kyrillos of Naj’ Hammādī (Qena Governorate) said that the Church will commemorate the third anniversary for the Naj’ Hammādī massacre that left seven dead and others wounded during the Christmas celebration in 2010. The Coptic Orthodox Bishop thanked God for al-Kūmnī’s execution and the...
Additionally, the Church invited President Muhammad Mursī, Prime Minister Hishām Qandīl, and head of the Shūrá Council, Ahmad Fahmī to the mass (Rānyā Nabīl, al-Sabāh, Jan. 6, p. 9). Read original text in Arabic 
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II is going to lead the prayer of the Christmas Mass on January 6, 2013 at 10 p.m. (Victor Salāmah, Watanī, January 6, p. 1). Read original text in Arabic

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