Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 12, 2008
The article reports on the security harassments the banned Muslim Brotherhood has been subjected to just weeks prior to the upcoming local council elections.
Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 14, 2008
Zākhir details the personal relationship between Pope Shenouda III and Bishop Bishūy; a relationship that dates back to the time of the bishop’s uncle who was Shenouda’s friend. He also reveals his intention to bring Bishop Bishūy to court for offending him in public and mentions different...
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 6, 2008
The Supreme Administrative Court in Egypt issued a controversial ruling that guarantees Christian divorcees the right to a second marriage. The Coptic Orthodox Church rejects the ruling and declares that there is no authority on Earth that can oblige the church to go against their conscience....
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 8, 2008
The author of the article fiercely criticizes the Coptic Orthodox Church’s hostile stance toward Coptic intellectual Jamāl As‘ad.
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 9, 2008
The article discusses reactions to a recent Supreme Administrative Court ruling which forces the Coptic Orthodox Church to allow Copts that have been divorced through civil courts to re-marry.
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 8, 2008
Pope Shenouda III attributes the escalation in the Palestinian crisis to the division of Arabs and their incapacity or unwillingness to take the risk of reaction. In a world dominated by power, only solidarity can be useful in facing the different challenges. Pope Shenouda also denounced the...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 5, 2008
The article reviews a four-article series published in the daily al-Ahrār on a recent book by Max Michel Hannā – known as Bishop Maximus – on his personal experience with leaders of the Coptic Orthodox Church, as well as his so-called reformatory tendency.
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 15, 2008
This issue covers a number of topics dealing again with the freedom of expression. Pope Shenouda discusses the need for Arab unity to address the tensions in the Middle East, and Max Michel publishes a book critiquing the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 2, 2008
The Supreme Administrative Court has ruled that Christians who have obtained divorce court rulings are allowed to re-marry. It obligated the Coptic Orthodox Church to issue re-marriage licenses for them.
Date of source: الأربعاء, شباط (فبراير) 20, 2008
The People’s Assembly approved the draft law banning demonstrations in Egyptian houses of worship. The Muslim Brotherhood boycotted the vote and withdrew from the session, and the Minister of Endowments asserted that houses of worship are inviolable.