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Acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius affirmed that the church does not interfere in political affairs nor does it take sides with this or that candidate. “Copts have cast their votes as Egyptian citizens. If anyone votes for a certain candidate, then it happened as citizens,” he said during a meeting...
“Reports asserted that the majority of Copts voted for Shafīq, ‘Amr Mūsá and Hamdīn Sabbāhī and a fewer number voted even for former MB member ‘Abd al-Mun’im Abū al-Futūh as well as other presidential candidates with all their different political affiliations and ideologies,” the ECHR said in a...
On the other hand, Minister of Awqāf (Endowments) Muhammad ‘Abd al-Fadīl al-Qūsī underlined the importance of providing all forms scholarly support for a Pakistani judicial delegation that will visit Cairo on June 13 to get abreast of Egypt’s experiment of entrenching a culture of moderation and...
On the other hand, Minister of Awqāf (Endowments) Muhammad ‘Abd al-Fadīl al-Qūsī underlined the importance of providing all forms scholarly support for a Pakistani judicial delegation that will visit Cairo on June 13 to get abreast of Egypt’s experiment of entrenching a culture of moderation and...
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces gave political powers and parties 48 hours to agree on key standards to form a constitution-drafting panel as a meeting held by SCAF Chairman Field Marshal Muhammad Husayn Tantāwī on Tuesday (June 5) with politicians saw differences over issuance of a...
Meanwhile, the Coptic Orthodox Church set criteria for electing or excluding candidates for the post of the 118th pope to succeed Pope Shenouda III, who passed away on March 17, adding the initial list of candidates will be announced soon. Bishop Bisāntī of Helwan and al-Ma’sarah and member of the...
Joseph Malāk, a lawyer for the families of victims of the early last year’s deadly bombing attack on the Two Saints Church that left dozens killed or wounded, said he is going to sue Minister of Interior Muhammad Ibrāhīm, Alexandria Security Director Khālid Ghurābah and the chief of al-Muntazah...
A delegation from several political parties and movements, including the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), is paying a visit to the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate in Sohag to offer assurances for Christians and ask them to vote for FJP leader Muhammad Mursī. [Khālid Hassan, al-...
The governor had asked Mustafá Muhammad ‘Abd Allāh to accompany a delegation visiting churches to congratulate Copts but he violated instructions and refused to do so. [Māhir ‘Abd al-Sabūr, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, June 6, p. 2] Read text in Arabic
Robert Fisk, a renowned editorialist in the British newspaper The Independent, said Ahmad Shafīq, the Mubārak loyalist, has the support of the Christian Copts, and Assad has the support of the Syrian Christians. The Christians support the dictators. Not much of a line, is it? On Saturday, the...

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