Tag: Hosni Mubarak

Old wine, new skin?

January 16, 2014 Egypt Constitution, Hosni Mubarak, Muslim Brotherhood

Vote counting in an Alexandria polling station.Imogen Anderson via Twitter (@Imo_Anderson) Analysis by Markus Tozman For the second time in 13 months, Egyptians have approved a new constitution. Compared to the constitution they just tossed aside, the new charter promises Christians a stronger standing and better representation than ever . . . Read More

Zero

August 13, 2013 Egypt Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Muslim Brotherhood

That’s the number of Christians among the 25 people sworn in as governors by Egypt’s interim President Adly Mansour on Tuesday, according to Mideast Christian News. Egypt has 27 governates; Mansour filled the governor’s position in all but two of them. The incoming slate of regional executives has a Mubarak-era . . . Read More

Voices from the revolution

July 3, 2013 Egypt Arab Spring, Copts, Hosni Mubarak, Mohamed Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood

Hebatalla Safwat Ghali in Tahrir Square. “As a Coptic I present my Christian love of my country. I care about my people’s worries.”World Watch Monitor Who stole Egypt? The answer depends on who you ask among the thousands of Egyptians who have swarmed the streets across the country since . . . Read More

President Morsi for first time approves construction of new church in Egypt

June 11, 2013 Egypt Beheira, Copts, Hosni Mubarak, Mohamed Morsi

The architectural drawing of St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church in Nubaria received a stamp of approval.Watani Seventeen years have elapsed since the Coptic Church first requested permission to build a church in the town of Nubaria, Northern Egypt. On Friday (June 7) their wish was granted. But not . . . Read More

Unemployed and Christian in Egypt

May 28, 2013 Egypt Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Islamic extremism, Muslim Brotherhood

It’s harder than ever to find a job in Egypt, where the unemployment rate has risen to a record 13 per cent. For young Egyptians, the jobless rate is much higher. For out-of-work Christians, finding a job can be especially tough. They are 10 to 12 per cent of a . . . Read More

Egypt is at a crossroads, says Coptic Bishop

May 23, 2013 Egypt Copts, Hosni Mubarak, Islamic extremism, Upper Egypt

Bishop Thomas of the El-Qussia and Mair Diocese in Upper Egypt.Stefanus Alliance International/Wegge A “big force” is pushing Egypt towards greater conservatism and religious extremism, according to Bishop Thomas of the El-Qussia and Mair Diocese in Upper Egypt. However, he said he still believes Egypt can enjoy transformation of . . . Read More

Egypt’s Christians, fearing instability, seek security elsewhere

April 9, 2013 Egypt Arab Spring, Bishop Angaelos, Copts, Hosni Mubarak, Maspero, Mohamed Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, Samalut

In downtown Cairo¬ mid-March, the multicolored pharaoh-motif tablecloths and dishtowels were missing from a fabric store once known for such items. The owner of the textile factory that produced them closed down and left Egypt soon after the country’s 2011 revolution. Assad Attiya, a clerk who has worked at the . . . Read More

Likely to lose constitution vote, Egyptian Christians gird for long struggle

December 14, 2012 Egypt Constitution, Hosni Mubarak

Politically connected Christians in Egypt give credit to the Muslim Brotherhood for one thing: they can win elections. The Brotherhood got 13 million ordinary Egyptians, many of them poor, rural and illiterate, to the polls in June to vote for their presidential candidate, Mohamed Morsi. Governing has been a different . . . Read More

Egypt’s Copts can’t rely on new pope to secure their rights

November 5, 2012 Egypt Copts, Divorce, Hosni Mubarak, Pope Tawadros II

Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church found its 118th pope on Sunday. During a televised mass rich in tradition and drama at Cairo’s St. Mark Cathedral, the fingers of a blindfolded boy reached into a crystal chalice, wrapped around one of three transparent spheres, and pulled it out. The small, clear globe . . . Read More

Christians hail dissolution of Egyptian parliament

June 14, 2012 Egypt Copts, Egypt, Elections, Hosni Mubarak, Islamic extremism, Muslim Brotherhood

Christians in Egypt welcomed today’s court decision to dissolve the Islamist-controlled parliament due to election irregularities. The decision offered hope for Christians, many of whom were convinced the country was about to be handed over to Islamists who would stifle religious freedom and persecute non-Muslims. “Christians are happy, because they . . . Read More

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