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Articles of the author Emad Khalil Ragab Ramadan
Churches welcome reassurances from Brotherhood
The three Christian denominations of Egypt have welcomed recent statements of Muslim Brotherhood General Guide Mohamed Badie, in which he reassured Christians that their interests will be safeguarded. “It is a good step towards positive integration (...)

12 - 12 - 2011
Funding issues threaten preservation of Christian sanctuary
The archaeological site of Abu Mena, an early Christian sanctuary south of Alexandria, might be added back to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in Danger, warned Mohamed Reda, head of the Engineering and Technical Unit for the Museums and (...)

09 - 11 - 2011
Islamist government not in Egypt''s interests, says Brotherhood figure
Leading Muslim Brotherhood figure Medhat al-Haddad on Thursday called on Islamist presidential candidates to withdraw from the elections and choose a candidate approved of by all society. “It's not in the interests of the Egyptian people that (...)

03 - 11 - 2011
Coptic Church resumes examination of divorce requests
The Coptic Orthodox Church's Clerical Council for Personal Affairs resumed on Tuesday examining requests for divorce submitted by Copts, after a hiatus of two months while Copts held demonstrations demanding the right to divorce and remarry. Pope (...)

20 - 09 - 2011
Rumors of pope''s death aim to undermine stability, says Coptic Church
The Coptic Church has confirmed that Pope Shenouda III is in good health, denouncing the rumor about his death as an attempt to undermine national stability. Internet bloggers had quoted political activist Georgette Quilliny as saying the pope had (...)

10 - 08 - 2011
Minister of Justice: Trials of Mubarak and former officials not slowing
Minister of Justice Mohamed al-Guindi denied accusations that authorities are stalling the trials of the ousted president Hosni Mubarak and former officials charged with corruption. He said speedy trials could lead to miscarriages of justice in the (...)

18 - 06 - 2011
NAC requests military council to decide constitution battle
In a letter signed by 56 political parties and movements, the National Association for Change (NAC) has requested the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to assign the State Council to decide whether to write the new constitution before (...)

15 - 06 - 2011
Prominent judge: Media ban on judges is non-negotiable
A long-standing ban preventing judges from speaking to the media is not up for discussion, said Mohamed Ezzat Agwa, president of the Alexandria Judges Club board of directors, on Sunday, referring to a ban issued by the Judicial Council. Agwa, who (...)

12 - 06 - 2011
Government to supervise financial resources of churches
Church leaders have objected to provisions in the new law on places of worship that give the government the authority to supervise the financial resources of churches. “Churches are not government institutions,” said Abdel Messieh Bassit, pastor of (...)

24 - 05 - 2011
Sawiris: I won''t run for president
At a rally in Alexandria to declare the Free Egyptians Party's principles, billionaire party co-founder Naguib Sawiris said he would not run for president of the country or the party. Sawiris also said that he advocates for Constitutional Article 2, (...)

15 - 04 - 2011
Alexandria judges request protection from courtroom assaults
Thirty judges in Alexandria are holding an emergency meeting on Tuesday at the Manshiya Court to discuss securing courtrooms against potential assaults on judges during court sessions, particularly from the families of defendants. “Lack of security (...)

03 - 04 - 2011
Alexandria Copts shun Brotherhood political party invitation
A number of Copts and Christian leaders in Alexandria have rejected a Muslim Brotherhood invitation to join the group's proposed Freedom and Justice Party. They attributed their rejection to the principles and goals of the party, which they (...)

30 - 03 - 2011
Coptic leaders betrayed by parliamentary appointments
Coptic leaders feel deceived by the presidential resolution to place seven Copts in parliament by appointment, according to a Coptic Church source. The leaders claimed that the appointed MPs are too old, and that some of them are against the Coptic (...)

12 - 12 - 2010
Ex-minister: Parliament polls marred by ''political stupidity''
Recently concluded People's Assembly elections "ended poorly" due to the lack of judicial supervision, former justice minister Mahmoud Abu al-Lil said on Tuesday. “The polls did not have to be conducted with this degree of political stupidity,” Abu (...)

07 - 12 - 2010
Church irked by NDP''s exclusion of Coptic parliamentary nominees
The Coptic Christian community in Alexandria has expressed anger over a decision by the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) not to choose candidates nominated by the Coptic Church for 28 November parliamentary elections. According to anonymous (...)

09 - 11 - 2010
Govt appoints 3000 new imams
The Ministry of Islamic Endowments is finalizing the appointments of 3000 new imams in provinces throughout Egypt, according to the ministry's undersecretary Salem Abdel Galeel. During a conference organized by the Egyptian Fruit Development (...)

15 - 09 - 2010
Coptic pope warns congregation against confessions by telephone
Coptic Pope Shenouda III has warned members of his flock against confessing their sins to priests over the telephone. “State security services record everything,” he said. “You may find yourselves making your confession in prison.” In his weekly (...)

16 - 08 - 2010
Coptic bishop: ElBaradei his own enemy
Father Moussa, the bishop of youth for the Coptic Orthodox Church, has criticized Mohamed ElBaradei, former chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for failing to offer new proposal for political reform that would distinguish him (...)

01 - 08 - 2010
Religious Endowments Minister on muezzins, sex-changes, politics in mosques
Minister of Awqaf (religious endowments) Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq said he will not permit any political group, including the National Democratic Party, to use mosques for election publicity. At a meeting with students from Egyptian and Islamic (...)

26 - 07 - 2010
Official: NDP not to blame for feeble opposition
In a speech to university students on Saturday, Ali Eddin Helal, media secretary for the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP), said the absence of political pluralism in Egypt opened the door to "fascism and tyranny." He went on to assert that the (...)

25 - 07 - 2010
Church officials blast meeting on personal status law
A commission drawn up by the Minister of Justice met for the first time on Monday to prepare a unified personal status law for non-Muslims amid complaints that the commission had failed to include all parties involved in the issue. According to (...)

14 - 06 - 2010
Copts to demonstrate in support of Church''s stance on remarriage
In an interview on Coptic satellite television channel CTV, Coptic Pope Shenouda III said that Coptic divorcees wishing to remarry could only qualify for civil marriages since the church expressly forbade second marriages. "There is no power on (...)

06 - 06 - 2010
Anglican churches dismayed by Shenouda comments
Anglican churches in Egypt have voiced their offence over recent statements by Coptic Pope Shenouda III, who, in his most recent sermon, declared that Anglicans did not adhere to Biblical teachings. "We categorically reject Pope Shenouda's (...)

02 - 06 - 2010
Coptic council warns against coordination with MB
The International Coptic Council (ICC) warned Egyptian opposition parties not to coordinate their activities with the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) opposition group in a way that would enable the latter to field candidates in upcoming parliamentary (...)

26 - 04 - 2010
Shenouda: Protests pushed state to discuss minimum wage
Alexandria--Millions of Egyptians live below the poverty line and their salaries don't cover their daily needs, according to a sermon on Sunday by Coptic Pope Shenouda III at the Alexandria Monastery. Because of the many protests that have been (...)

13 - 04 - 2010
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