Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 12, 2009
An interview with Father ‘Abd al-Masīh Basīt, priest of Virgin Mary Church in Musturud and teacher of apologetics in Coptic institutions, concerning various issues.
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 13, 2009
Al-Sharq al-Awsat
reports on Iraqi Christians’ Easter celebrations which took place in better security conditions, leading to the
return of most of the displaced families to Mosul.
Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 10, 2009
The republication of the insulting caricatures
against Islam and the prophet under the pretext of freedom of expression and the press provokes the anger of the
Islamic world.
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 6, 2009
Lawyer Mamdūh Nakhlah, head of al-Kalimah Center for Human Rights sues the
minister of education for ignoring an important era in the history of Egypt; namely the Coptic era.
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 6, 2009
Sawt al-Ummah reports on
two expatriate conferences that have taken place recently; one in Vienna and the other in the U.S state of
Virginia.
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 6, 2009
The
chairman of the Coptic Assembly of America files a claim against the Egyptian interior minister.
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 6, 2009
A new study carried out by an Egyptian researcher proves that Egypt was the first Ottoman province
to drop jizyah for Christians.
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 6, 2009
A Coptic woman has filed a lawsuit against her employers when
they refused to give her a paid vacation for the hajj as they do with her Muslim colleagues.
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 8, 2009
Al-Musawwar writes about Mahdī
‘Ākif’s retirement and the possible candidates to replace him as the general guide of the Muslim
Brotherhood.
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 29, 2009
A committee of monks has been formed to look after the monastery of St. Macarius following Bishop Mikhā’īl’s resignation as abbot of the monastery.