Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 1, 2011
The past year witnessed fourteen different Salafīyah demonstrations against the Coptic Orthodox Church, demanding that Pope Shenouda be deposed and that Christian women who had allegededly converted to Islam and been imprisoned be released.
However, an opposing Salafīyah streams emerged that banned...
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 1, 2011
The most controversial fatwás issued in year 2010 were:
- The father who gives her daughter in marriage to someone who an older man is an evil doer and must forfeit the guardianship of his sons.
- The punishment of the parents, mediator, lawyer, and husband involved in the underage marriage of a...
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 1, 2011
Headline: September 11 is an American conspiracy, says Shaykh ‘Abd al-Majīd al-Zindānī
Source: Al-Ahrām al-‘Arabī
Page: 24-25
Author: Ilhāmī al-Malījī
Keywords: Shaykh
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Headline: In 2011...Copts expecting increase in sectarian fitnah and clashes between church and...
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 1, 2011
Clashes between three Christian workers at a shoe store and a Muslim occurred in al-Faiyum at al-Būsta street, which resulted in all four of them being transported to the local hospital.
The fight began when the Christians in question mocked the Muslim man's hair style when he refused to step away...
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 1, 2011
The Sīdī Bishr district in Alexandria was the scene of a gruesome terrorist attack when a car exploded in front of al-Qidīsīn (Saints) Church immediately after New Year's mass.
This report says that witnesses claimed that the explosion came from a car parked parallel to the church, which resulted...
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 31, 2010
On May 29, 2010, the Supreme Administrative Court obliged Pope Shenouda to allow remarriage of divorced Copts, which triggered clashes between the Coptic Orthodox Church and the judiciary.
Counselor Muhammad al-Husīn announced from the judiciary bench, “The sanctity of verdicts prevail over any...
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 31, 2010
Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah and al-Qanātir recently held a conference entitled, "Adaptation of Technology and Media in Church Education."
Bishop Marqus, who heads the Media Technology and Telecommunication Committee, says that the church is preparing a special, confidential network on the...
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 31, 2010
Pope Shenouda says that he advised treatment for certain Evangelical Bishops who had claimed that they were born homosexual, according to the article.
The Pope added that homosexuality is not something that a person is born with, neither is it genetic. Rather, he says that is a condition that is...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 6, 2010
A source in the Iraqi Ministry of Interior said that an eldery Iraqi Christian man and his wife were killed in East Baghdad last Saturday.
There has been a rise in deadly attacks against Christians in Iraq throughout the past few weeks, leading many of them to flea to other countries. On October 31...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 6, 2010
Despite the cold weather, a large number of people gathered to participate in a prayer by Pope Benedict XVI at St. Peter's Square in Vatican City.
The Vatican Pope prayed for victims of violence of all religions. He particulalry emphasized those in Iraq, Egypt, and the Sinai.