Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 21, 2006
The issue of international interference in Egypt on behalf of the Copts is highly controversial, and the author argues that Egyptian distress, not only Coptic distress should be internationalized.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 15, 2006
In his article, author Hānī Labīb, a Copt, retorts to the opinions of a leading expatriate Copt whom throughout the article he described as a “pretender of intellect” [Reviewer: The author has not mentioned the name of this Coptic leader – a likely reference to ‘Adlī Abādīr].
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 20, 2006
At the inauguration ceremony of the launch of the new al-Malāk Mīkhā’īl [Archangel Michael] Cathedral, Pope Sheouda III declared that he will accompany Dr. Sayyid Tantāwī, the grand imām of the Azhar to participate in inter-religious dialogue in Moscow this July.
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 19, 2006
In an interview, Fawzīya Samou’il, the widow of Rev. Samou’il Habīb, ex-head of the Evangelical church talks about her late husband, his degrees, positions and awards.
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 19, 2006
Rose al-Yousuf newspaper conducts an interview with the well-known Archpriest Marqus ‘Azīz Khalīl of the Hanging Church, discussing his 24-year experience as a priest.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 15, 2006
The author writes on the program of the visit of Pope Sheouda III to Aswan, where he opened a new Coptic church and laid the foundation stone of the building of Aswan Coptic Bishopric.
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 20, 2006
A project for a huge Egyptian production of a film about the life of Jesus Christ has triggered outcries from the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 19, 2006
The press review deals with the recent controversial ruling by the Administrative Judiciary Court allowing divorced Copts a chance to have a second marriage and discussing the Coptic Orthodox Church’s rejection of the court’s decision.
Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 17, 2006
Pope Shenouda has allegedly threatened to defrock any monk who remarries divorced Copts without permission from the clerical council, since the Coptic Orthodox Church only allows divorce in a few, limited circumstances.
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 18, 2006 to الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 24, 2006
The author blames the Syndicate of Journalists for failing to use its rights, granted by virtue of the law, to hold journalists who violate ethics to account. He argues that this has meant that poorly-paid journalists end up in the courts of law and face imprisonment over publishing-related...