|
World
-
International
5/12/2012 12:38:03 PM
Nigeria's police capture, Suleiman Mohammed, a senior commander of the militant Islamist sect Boko Haram with his wife and children, in his hideout in the city of Kano
|
|
World
-
International
5/12/2012 12:03:55 PM
The presidential candidates tries to put aside politically risky talk of gay rights and return to Americans' top worry — the economy — in two states critical to the hopes of President Obama and his Republican Party rival Romney
|
|
Arts & Culture
-
Film
5/10/2012 7:40:00 PM
This year's festival from 16 to 27 May is expected to witness fierce competition between several previous Palme d'Or, Grand Prix winners
|
|
World
-
International
5/5/2012 10:36:16 AM
An American woman who converted from Christianity to Islam wins $5 million in punitive damages as she suffered discrimination by her AT&T supervisors who called her a 'terrorist'
|
|
Egypt
-
Politics
4/30/2012 12:37:18 PM
A Coptic legal advisor announces that 14 bishops and priests from Egypt and abroad have nominated themselves for the papal chair, and that there may be a change in the lot system that makes the ultimate decision
|
|
World
-
International
4/30/2012 10:50:52 AM
In a fresh wave of violence hitting Nigeria, Islamist radical group Boko Haram kills four people in an attack on a church service in the northeast town of Maiduguri
|
|
World
-
International
4/29/2012 2:43:57 PM
Gunmen kill 20 people and wounded many more when they attacked a lecture theatre used by Christian worshippers in Nigeria's second largest city of Kano
|
|
World
-
International
4/29/2012 11:23:35 AM
Nigerian police say a huge explosion rocked an area near a theatre at Bayero University in the city of Kano used by Christian students for services
|
|
Egypt
-
Politics
4/25/2012 2:12:19 PM
Ritual marking 40 days since death of popular pope to be held at Cairo's Abbasiya Cathedral and St Bishoy Monastery
|
|
Egypt
-
Politics
4/23/2012 5:59:22 PM
Coptic 38 – a group founded to demand liberalisation of divorce laws by Coptic Christian Church – calls for reimplementation of 1938 bylaws that permit divorce under 9 conditions
|
|
Folk
-
Special Files
4/21/2012 1:33:09 PM
The persecution of Christians began in the time of Nero. To commemorate such years of persecution, the Coptic Church introduced the Anno Martyrum, or Year of the Martyrs calendar
|
|
Arts & Culture
-
Film
4/21/2012 11:50:49 AM
'The Virgin, The Copts and Me' Egyptian documentary about reported sightings by Coptic Christians of the Virgin Mary is to participate in New York's Tribeca Film Festival 19 - 29 April
|
|
Egypt
-
Politics
4/17/2012 4:32:15 PM
Hard-line Islamists — especially Salafists — say Sham El-Nasim, the traditional spring holiday, is against Islam and should be prohibited, but is there any foundation to the claim?
|
|
Egypt
-
Politics
4/15/2012 6:37:27 PM
The mood at St Mark's Cathedral was melancholy on Saturday evening as Coptic Christians celebrated their first Easter mass without their beloved Pope Shenouda III who led the 10-million-strong church for four decades
|
|
Business
-
Economy
4/10/2012 3:58:16 PM
Chamber of commerce says firms organising controversial pilgrimages for Egypt's Coptic Christians are acting within the law
|
|
Arts & Culture
-
Stage & Street
4/9/2012 1:42:30 PM
Thousands of Christians gathered in Jerusalem for Easter Sunday to commemorate Jesus Christ's resurrection, crowding into one of Christianity's holiest churches, worshipping, singing and praying
|
|
Egypt
-
Politics
4/9/2012 1:16:43 PM
Egyptian Coptic Christians continue pilgrimage to Jerusalem in defiance of ban placed on travel to Holy Land by late Pope Shenouda III
|
|
World
-
Region
4/8/2012 1:00:18 PM
Israeli settlers storm the A-Alqsa Mosque and form singing and dancing rings inside its courtyard Sunday during Passover
|
|
Arts & Culture
-
Visual Art
4/8/2012 11:00:51 AM
Under a crescent moon, Christiaan Nagel works quickly; within minutes the polyurethane fungus stands tall over the street below — an impromptu landmark to be enjoyed and photographed by passers-by
|
|
Egypt
-
Politics
4/7/2012 4:23:10 PM
Egyptian Christians sent away from St Helena Chapel in Jerusalem, says priest
|