Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 11, 2007
The Egyptian media reported Copts fears over Pope Shenouda’s health after the patriarch was suddenly admitted to hospital. The pope’s condition is stable and he is expected to resume his normal duties soon.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 13, 2007
Dr. Maḥmūd Ḥamdī Zaqzūq, minister of religious endowments, justified the ministry’s cooperation with
security bodies in appointing Muslim preachers by saying that the ministry wants to be sure that the appointed men
of religion are reputable.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 13, 2007
Leiden University in The Netherlands has organized a seminar about the inevitability of bridging the gap between Islam and the West, in which a number of Arab intellectuals shared their perspectives on the issue.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 13, 2007
The article reports on Dr. Nawāl al-Sa‘dāwī’s intention to sue
the lawyer who filed a lawsuit against her on charges of disdaining religions after a court ruling acquitted her of
all the charges.
Date of source: السبت, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 3, 2007
Dr. Nabīl Lūqā Bibāwī has attacked the activities of the expatriate Copts, asserting that 90% of the problems of Copts of Egypt have already been solved within the era of Mubārak.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 5, 2007
The article bears the message of the Coptic liberal thinker Mr. Kamāl Ghubryāl that has been sent to the author, in which he discussed the current relations between Muslims and Christians in Egypt, asserting that only secularism is the way out for the current crisis.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 30, 2007
Muslims began to emigrate to England after the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. Now their estimated number is more than one million persons. They have now about 1500 mosques and dozens of Islamic centers throughout England.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 28, 2007
The article presents the stories of a number of stories that have been circulating in the press involving the disappearance of a Coptic girl, a street fight between Muslims and Christians, and the blame allegedly being unfairly placed on the Copts involved in the incidents.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 28, 2007
Bishop Bīshūy warned against dissidents, considering their violations of the church’s teaching to be a rebellion against God.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 30, 2007
In their speeches, both Shaykh of the Azhar and the minister of endowments have attacked claims of the Qur’anis that the Sunnah was not revealed by God to Prophet Muhammad but that human hands have fabricated it.