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The court will also consider another challenge requesting the banning of the Muslim Brotherhood group, halting all its activities and closing down all its headquarters and property for its failure to obtain a license from the ministry of social solidarity to practice its activities in violation of...
In northern Nigeria, attacks on three churches and following retaliatory acts left 45 people killed, prompting an Italian minister on Monday (June 18) to condemn the Islamist group Boko Haram and accusing it of “having started a campaign of genocide targeting Christian minority”. [Author Not...
Meanwhile, Archpriest Angelus, the secretary of acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius, said that the church is not afraid about the victory of Muhammad Mursī, the leader of the Brotherhood’s FJP, in the presidential runoff round, adding the church respects the will of the...
In its first meeting at the Shūrá Council, the upper house of the two-chamber parliament, the constitution-drafting panel elected unopposed on Monday (June 18) evening Counselor Husām al-Ghiryānī, the sole candidate for the post, as chairman of the constituent assembly. Ghiryānī criticized the...
The court will also consider another challenge requesting the banning of the Muslim Brotherhood group, halting all its activities and closing down all its headquarters and property for its failure to obtain a license from the ministry of social solidarity to practice its activities in violation of...
The Arab Spring upheavals must change our old vision of the world that is no longer divided religiously among Islamic, Christian or Buddhist but rather should focus on making peace that is only made through solidarity and inter-faith understanding. [Yūhannā Qultah, al-Ahrām, June 30, p. 12] Read...
World newspapers do not stop raising questions about the future of Egypt and stability in the Middle East region after the Muslim Brotherhood made it to power but more important than this is the grave concerns dominating the 12 million or more people – including women, Copts and artists – who voted...
Al-Tahrīr Square on Friday (June 29) hosted a mass gathering called Power Handover as President-elect Mursī addressed the participants and said no power will be above that of the people and whoever seeks the support of any other party but the people would definitely be on the losing side. Mursī,...
The president pledged to respect the concepts of citizenship, democracy, public and personal freedoms and property, free education and subsidy for bread and fuel. He also promised to enhance the free media and freedoms of expression and innovation that respect Egypt’s original values, noting he...
The al-Minyā patriarchate for Coptic Orthodox Christians issued a statement urging the congregation to be calm and do their best to preserve the homeland by supporting the president and working hard. “Copts in Egypt are accustomed to living under all circumstances but everyone must pray for the...

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