Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 15, 2007
A conflict arose between the priest of Marina Church and the governor of the Marsá Matrūḥ governorate when the governorate sold a piece of land that belonged to the church to two other institutions. The church complained to the president of the state and the head of the president’s cabinet...
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 18, 2007 to الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 24, 2007
Due to a report prepared by Dr. Bakr Zakī ‘Awad, the Islamic Research Academy has banned a book entitled, ‘Al-Dunyā Ajmal min-al-Jannah’ [Life is More Beautiful than Paradise], written by a former member of al-Jamā‘ah al-Islāmīyah, Mr. Khālid al-Birrī.
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 18, 2007
Well-known American radio host and commentator Neal Boortz continued his offensive statements against Islam and its adherents, describing Islam as a “fatal virus” and Muslims as “cockroaches.”
Date of source: الخميس, آب (اغسطس) 9, 2007
The article contains a number of Islamic thinkers’ and scholars’ opinions on the phenomenon of Islamophobia in the West.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 31, 2007
A Coptic laymen’s group called for radical changes in the system and rules of the Coptic Orthodox patriarch elections. The suggestions were severely rejected by the church and a wide range of Copts. Kamāl Zākhir Mūsá, purportedly the leader of the laymen’s group, wrote an article explaining his...
Date of source: السبت, تموز (يوليو) 28, 2007
al-Miṣrī al-Yawm cites an interview conducted by the German daily Suddeutsche Zeitung with Msgr. George Gaenswein, secretary of Pope Benedict XVI, who warned of what he called the danger that the spread of Islam poses in Europe, and defended the pope’s controversial remarks against Islam.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 23, 2007
The following presents a text originally printed in German, which attributes statements calling for apostates from Islam to be beheaded to Dr. Hamdi Zakzouk.
Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 20, 2007
Michael Munīr will meet with a leading NDP member, during his visit to Cairo, to discuss with him issues of concern to the Copts and believes that the laymens’ demands are legitimate.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 18, 2007
Pope Shenouda returns to Egypt to put an end to rumors about his deteriorated health condition while Counselor Labīb Ḥalīm Labīb submits a request to President Mubārak to change the regulations on electing the Coptic patriarch.
Date of source: السبت, تموز (يوليو) 21, 2007
al-Ahrām al-‘Arabī accuses some Muslim and Coptic figures of escalating the crisis of the Copts.