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Counselor Minassá Thābit, a member of the Coptic Orthodox Church’s Millī Council, said the church has not refused meeting any representative from the court, adding the church respects any rulings by the court on papal elections.
The Administrative Judiciary Court under Counselor Farīd Tanāghū, vice-president of the State Council, adjourned cases requesting the abolition of decisions by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) appointing Bishop Pachomius as acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
In Asyut, Bayt al-’Aylah (House of the Family) invited all national forces to sit together at table of dialogue for the sake of Egypt. General Secretary of the House of the Family, Shaykh Sayyīd ‘Abd al-‘Azīz, urged all political forces to place higher interests of the homeland above all other...
Al-Akhbār reports that the three main Christian denominitions in Egypt do not reject a dialogue, and expressed their concern that the meeting would end to an impasse. The leaders of the three Churches are praying to God for granting safety and stability to Egypt. In addition, Archpriest Angelious...
Dr. Muhammad Al-Sughayar, Advisor to the Minister of Endowments (Awqāf), affirmed that voting in elections and referenda is a national duty but has nothing to do with entering heaven or fire in the hereafter. 
The Salafī leader, ‘Abd Al-Mun’im al-Shahāt, stated that in the new Constitution all articles/provisions related to identity and sharī’ah were legislated by senior scholars at the Azhar. He also expressed his sadness over the reason given by Christians explaining their withdrawal from the...
Justice Ministry spokesman, Pierre Rance, submitted a request to European Parliament President, Martin Schulz, to lift the immunity of Marine Le Pen. The far-right leader and member of the European Parliament could face the charges of inciting racial hatred. 
Dr. Najīb Jubrā’īl, head of the Egyptian Union of Human Rights Organization, filed a report to the newly-appointed Public Prosecutor, Tal’at ‘Abdullah, in which he asked for arresting members of the so-called Ansār al-Sharī’ah, or supporters of sharī’ah.
Security forces in Gharbiah have successfully caught two assailants accused of killing two young men in the village of Mahalah Ziyād of Samanūd Center and hanging their corpses in the bus station. The pretext given was that they were enforcing the penalty of Hirābah (banditry penalty in Islamic law...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said that the final draft of a constitution approved on November 29, 2012, by Egypt’s 100-member constituent assembly protects some rights but undermines others.  

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