Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 7, 2006
The statement made by the activists and members of Coptic associations which met in Montreal, Canada, April 7-9, 2006, to review and debate the situation of the Copts in Egypt and the future of Coptic activism.
Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 7, 2006
The author covers the recent inauguration of Archbishop Antonious Najīb as the new patriarch of Catholics, succeeding Archbishop Istifānous, who left his post due to his deteriorating health.
Date of source: الخميس, آيار (مايو) 11, 2006
Father Bisādā Zakī, whose name at birth was Fakhrī Zakī
Fakhrī, has been defrocked and dismissed from his position at the Giza Bishopric. The Coptic Orthodox
Patriarchate has warned its followers against having future financial dealings with the defrocked priest.
Date of source: الخميس, آيار (مايو) 4, 2006
The Egyptian government is appealing a court
ruling in favor of
recognizing the Bahā’ī faith. Islamic clerics deem confessors of this religion
apostates.
Suspicious over Bahā’īs being agents of Zionist interests in Egypt are raised.
Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 7, 2006
In its issue of last March,
the controversial
publication Theban Legion reported that the crosses of the Mary Girgis Church in Sheikh
Najīm,
Tuwa, al-Minyā, were ordered to be removed. However, the priest of the church, Father
Gregarious
‘Abd al-Sayyid, refuted these claims, highlighting the...
Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 7, 2006
The furor continues over the movie of ‘The Da Vinci Code’.
Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 7, 2006
More than one
month before the opening ceremony of World Cup 2006 in Germany, a
friendly match took place in Berlin between
Muslim imāms and vicars as part of an initiative
aimed at increasing understanding among religions.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 9, 2006
The muftī of Egypt, Dr.
‘Alī
Jum‘a calls for the elimination of extremism, rejects any dialogue with
extremists and
calls for Egyptian society to leave its current state of effeminacy and act together to defend the
country.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 9, 2006
Rose al-Yousuf’s
latest interview with the supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Muhammad Mahdī
‘Ākif,
in which he used indecent words against Egypt and Egyptians, has prompted angry reactions
from the Egyptian
public. In this issue, Rose al-Yousuf publishes a number of angry letters sent...
Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 7, 2006
The Egyptian minister of
awqāf [Endowments], Dr.
Muhammad Hamdī Zaqzouq, said the encrypted signal, used to produced a
single call to prayer in Cairo’s
mosques, would be sent from a broadcasting hub in al-Muqattam and would be
scrambled with the signal of the
Qur’ān Radio Station.