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A new paper [al-Watan] said it quoted the American organization Pew as saying that Coptic population is 4.3 million and the paper claimed that it contacted Pew to confirm the figure but it said that it relied on the numbers provided by the Egyptian statistical organization in 2006, writes Mājid '...
The ministry of justice rejected a draft law criminalizing hatemongering on the basis of religion, sex, language, culture or ethnicity on the grounds that the proposed draft is already covered in the penal code articles 160, 161, 161-bis, 171 and 176 and consequently there is no need for an...
Bishop Bola, the member of the Constituent Assembly representing the Coptic Orthodox Church, states that the Constitution represents the entire spectrum of Egyptians. He also added that it is a victory for the marginalized. He said that it has approved the right to issue a church-building law in...
Egypt is holding its breath watching the results of the presidential elections so anxiously for the next president and to see who wins: the civil camp or the religious camp. Islamist candidates are parroting slogans advocating freedoms and rights and respect for plurality. Election statements may...
The Holy Synod last week held a meeting under acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius in the presence members of the General Millī Council and Coptic Endowments Organization to continue discussions on procedures to elect a new pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church. In a press conference after the meeting,...
Coptic Catholic Patriarch Bishop Antonius Najīb arrives back in Egypt on Thursday (May 17) after a month-long therapeutic trip in the United States. [Michael Viktor, Watanī, May 13, p. 1] Read text in Arabic
The Holy Synod on Wednesday (May 16) held a meeting, the sixth since the death of Pope Shenouda, under acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius. Emerging from the meeting, Bishop Benyamin of al-Menoufia said the church stands on an equal distance toward all presidential candidates, adding the Holy Synod...
The Holy Synod on Wednesday (May 16) held a meeting, the sixth since the death of Pope Shenouda, under acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius. Emerging from the meeting, Bishop Benyamin of al-Menoufia said the church stands on an equal distance toward all presidential candidates, adding the Holy Synod...
During ceremonies to commemorate Pope Shenouda III on the occasion of the 40th day of his departure at the St. Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah, several officials and dignitaries spoke on the virtues of the deceased prelate including Dr. Yahyá al-Jamal, former deputy premier...
During ceremonies to commemorate Pope Shenouda III on the occasion of the 40th day of his departure at the St. Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah, several officials and dignitaries spoke on the virtues of the deceased prelate including Dr. Yahyá al-Jamal, former deputy premier...

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