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In an interview with al-Tahrīr, Tāriq al-Zumur speaks about the current situation in Egypt. al-Zumur spent nearly 30 years in prison for taking part in the assassination of former Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat in 1981. al-Zumur is a famous leader of the al-Jamā’ah al-Islāmīyyah and founder of...
"With the approach of the second anniversary of the Revolution, I wish to celebrate it all together holding hands while chanting, '(Muslims and Christians) We are one.'  However, the rift in our unity now makes us worry and haunts us with many questions marks on the fate of this division in the...
Bishop Yuhannā Qultah, as a representative of the Catholic Church in Egypt, took part in the Constituent Assembly called upon to write a new constitution. Having studied Islamic history and philosophy, he has his own view and future perception on the crisis Egypt is currently experiencing.  While...
Shaykh Yūsuf al-Badrī, Islamic preacher, said in an interview with Akhir Sā’ah Magazine that it is allowed to use mosques to mobilize people to vote in the elections or referendums for the victory of the Islamic sharī’ah. However, liberals and secularists are not allowed to use mosques to call for...
Coptic Orthodox Bishop Mūsá of Youth, for his part, said that Copts have been migrating for a long time because of financial issues. but now it is out of religious fear. He added that the Church tells them that leaving out of fear is wrong because Copts should exist in the country and should not...
In an interview with al-Misrī al-Yawm, Georgette Qillīnī, a Coptic lawyer, said that she refused her appointment in the Shūrá Council because it is against the Constitution. She added that any legislation that will be issued by the Council will be illegitimate: “Mursī appointed 90 members of the...
Egyptian actress Munā Zakī launched, through her personal account on Twitter, a hashtag named “I Am Egyptian, the Cross Does Not Offend Me.” This represented Zakī’s objection to the idea of banning the placing of the Cross on churches as a part of the draft law on building churches in Egypt,...
CTV interviewed Pope TawāḍrūsII following the opening of the first Coptic Church in Japan during his first ever visit to the country. “We built the church upon the request of Copts in Japan so that they do not feel isolated,” said the Pope. A priest from Australia will be delegated to serve...
Shaykh Aḥmad Abū Rāshid al-Jabālī, chief of the Jabāliyya tribe and advisor to the Monastery of St. Catherine on Sinai tribal affairs, denied the news on social media about the closure of the monastery in Christmas for security reasons.
Al-Azhar al-Sharīf in Asyūṭ celebrated the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Asyūṭ Religious Institute, known as Fū'ad I Institute, in the presence of al-Azhar's deputy, Dr. ʿAbbās Shūmān, on August 9, 2017.

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