Mohamed Ibrahim, representative of al-Nour ultra conservative party in the fifty-members committee to amend the constitution, has decided to withdraw after his explanation to the Islamic Sharia in the constitution was refused.
Abba Paula, representative of the Coptic Orthodox church in the fifty-members committee to amend the 2012 constitution said he won’t accept further explanations for the Islamic Sharia in the new constitution.
Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, has decided to establish St. George nunnery, which is the first Coptic nunnery in Europe.
Egyptian writer Kamal Zacher said that the history of the Muslim Brotherhood is full of blood, as it usually kills its opposers. Furthermore, all terrorist organizations were emerged from the Muslim Brotherhood.
Security forces in Giza have arrested a member of the Muslim Brotherhood who’s specialized in making explosives with tools and devices to make explosives in his possession.
Abba Makarious, bishop of Minya, issued a book entitled “Nectar of Martyrdom” on the bloody attacks against Coptic Churches in Minya on August 14, 2013, after the dispersal of Rabaa Adawia and Nahda sit-ins.
On his official page on Twitter, Abba Moussa, bishop of youth, congratulated the Coptic Christians today on starting Christmas’ fasting.
After the Salafists have issued many fatwas to forbid congratulating the Christians on their feasts, a Salafist preacher have congratulated the Copts on Christmas’ fasting challenging their fanaticism.
Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, inaugurated the media center of the Coptic Orthodox Church yesterday with a number of bishops.
His Eminence Metropolitan Ilarion of Volokolamsk, President of the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, said the international community has to react to the extermination of Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East and countries of the Arab Spiring.
Mohamed Mabrouk, national security officer and the main witness in Mohamed Morsy spying case, was shot dead yesterday in front of his house.
On his official account on Twitter, H.G. Abba Moussa, bishop of Youth, said that the church needs more priests in Egypt and abroad. Therefore, Pope Tawadros II has ordained many new priests.
Security forces in Asswan have released a kidnapped Coptic Christian child called David A. after he was kidnapped by a number of dangerous registered criminals.
Security forces in Minya have arrested 28 members of the Muslim Brotherhood on charges of attacking police stations and inciting violence.
Khalid Harby, founder of the Islamic Observatory to resist Christianization in Egypt has been arrested. It's worth mentioning that he has been inciting sectarian hatred against the Coptic Christians in Egypt.
Leaders of Salafist movement in Egypt warned police against Shia celebrations in Husein mosque in Cairo next Thursday.
Al-Nour ultra conservative party said that church has nothing to do with Sharia articles in the constitution especially with Christians and Jews having the right to apply their own religious legislation.
Mahmoud Abdallah, Lawyer, said that political parties emerging from the Muslim Brotherhood are banned as well by the court of law including “Strong Egypt” and “Wassat” parties .
Coptic International Assembly in Austria is organizing a festival to support tourism in Egypt attended by many Egyptian artists and singers.
“Quota of the Copts” movement holds a press conference on Sunday to denounce the “unacceptable marginalization of the Copts” in the new constitution.
Pope Tawadrow II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, is going to ordain new bishops next Sunday at the great Cathedral of St. Mark in Abbassya.
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Protesters who were in Tahrir Square to commemorate the second anniversary of the deadly Mohamed Mahmoud clashes fight with supporters of Army leader General Abdel Fatal al-Sisi.