Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 5, 2005
Expatriate Copts rejected and condemned what some newspapers published as a message from the National Coptic Society to Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon. The message requested Sharon’s intervention to solve the Coptic problem in Egypt. This came in a statement to al-Ahālī presented by 14 Coptic...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 9, 2005
In an interview with the TV program al-k, President Mubārak asserted that Egypt is the homeland of all Egyptians, Muslims and Christians. He also warned against the consequences of escalating any Muslim–Christian individual incident.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 3, 2005
Sawt al-Umma publishes the full text of an email sent to the editor commenting on Muhammad al-Bāz’s article last week on Pope Shenouda’s handling of the most recent incidents of sectarian violence.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 3, 2005
A clash occurred when a monastery in southern Cairo seized property from a military factory at al-Macsara.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 3, 2005
Initiators of sectarian strife are still active after failing to achieve their goal by spreading several rumors. Their efforts have now moved to Mīnyā, specifically to the village of Damshāw Hāshim. A rumor that a citizen by the name of cAdil Sacīd Rizq built a church on the ruins of his house...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 3, 2005
Pope Shenouda asked married priests whose wives work in governmental organizations or private sector companies to prevent their wives from working and to limit their movement outside the home.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 3, 2005
A group of prominent Coptic figures mediated between Sawt al-Umma and the group that filed a complaint with the Prosecutor General. The complaint accused editor-in-chief ‘Ādil Hammoudah and Muhammad al-Bāz of instigating sectarian strife and cursing Pope Shenouda.
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 3, 2004
The author comments on the phenomenon of religious stickers on vehicles. The Christian “fish” vs. the Muslim “shark” has spiraled into a clash of symbols. The matter has become more than simply announcing a religious identity. It has become a matter with political and social connotations. This...
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 1, 2004
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said extremism and terrorism are not exclusive to Muslims, but they are a phenomenon from which other religions have suffered throughout history.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 3, 2004
A Muslim girl has managed to beat the ban on hijab [veil covering a woman’s hair] in French schools. The girl took off her hijab in front of the principal who was surprised to find that she shaved off her hair. Cennet Doganay was banned from classes for wearing hijab after a law preventing school...