As a Coptic Christian, I’d like to begin with an apology to my Muslim friends
The regulation of 1957 is related to the conditions of electing the new pope
After the anti-Islam movie incidents, we, the Copts, have to keep going in the way that we have chosen since the 60’s of the former century, believing it will help us get our rights that we are missing since the Arabic invasion.
This week suddenly without any preceding events suddenly we Egyptians forgot about Egypt and its future we all Christians and Muslims got tangled in the event of a law quality American movie discriminating the prophet Mohamed!
Please, show mercy! This was the last word of sheik Abdullah Badr who was addressing the actors Elham Shahin
Three weeks ago, I expected a wave of attacks on Christians and the church after the attacks of Rafah, which is the same policy of the former regime and is adopted by Muslim Brotherhood; whenever the government wants to distract the people, it agitates some prepared issues like football problem, the extremists' problem with the art,
Because peoples living in the European countries are civilized, it wasn't strange that they face the racism and backwardness in Egypt by giving those Egyptians who are prosecuted the chance to manage a better life in the Netherlands.
The Coptic church works as an organization within Egypt that has to deal with the Egyptian state
Sinai is a dear valuable part of Egypt, had been occupied since June 5th 1967 until Sadat peace treaty took place followed by the glorious War of October 6th. Or Ramadan 10th. But what has become since then?
Everyone knows what President Gamal Abdel Nasser did in Egypt, and how he led the country under the oppression of military rule, which wiped out the democratic regime that was existing before the revolution of July 23. He arrested the former President Mohamed Naguib and put him under house arrest until his death because Naguib said the army must return to its barracks and deliver the authority for the civilians.
They are young people who did not find a decent way to earn their living in their homeland, which suffers from many political, economic and social problems. So, they have decided to find a better way of living that they dream about. Suddenly, they wake up to find themselves arrested by the Coast Guards, or even attcked by the waves of death in the middle of the sea.
Egypt for several decades got used to receiving the black cloud each year, which hurts its people after burning the waste of rice, but now its getting used to a political black cloud of Muslim Brotherhood after they had cultivated their political Islam in the Egyptian land.
Few days ago, HG Bishop Paula came out excitedly telling us that church delegation in the Constituent Assembly has been able to make an achievement. For the first time in the Egyptian history,
It is a common practice new president new policies whatever they are new opposition every thing is new France got a new president few days older than the Egyptian president with two main differences: First Francois Halland was elected not
Freedoms have been affected so badly since President Mohammed Morsy took office. He couldn't tolerate to be criticized for more than 40 days
Mubarak’s regime has claimed that Christians of Egypt are using violence against their enemies, which is a big lie of the former regime that lasted till now.
I dedicate this article to those who participated and those who didn't participate in the Anti-MB demonstrations of August 24. The decision of Muslim Brotherhood to nominate a candidate in the presidential elections was proven to be a disaster for Egypt and the Arab countries as well as it only led to steady decline in all fields as a result of such floundering presidential decisions.
Definitely this date has a meaning lots of simple Egyptians walked out of the comfort of their own houses on a hot summer day, left their villages, and travelled lots of miles just to raise the flag, the flag that Egypt must stay for Egyptians ruled by Egyptians and the voice was heard!
Many times did we, the Coptic Christians, face the same situation over and over again, while we only do the same actions and reactions to reap the same results!
I wasn't planning to write in politics during these holly days when millions of Muslims celebrate their feasts after they had fasted during the holly month of Ramadan. However, I was extremely provoked by that image of president (or brother) Morsy in white robes praying and preaching, which was published everywhere!
I wasn't planning to write in politics during these holly days when millions of Muslims celebrate their feasts
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The Light of the Desert-Documentary on St Macarius Monastery, Egypt