Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 20, 2006
A Muslim physician has resigned over the rejection of a young Coptic woman’s application to be appointed to the pediatrics department at al-Minyā University because of her faith.
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 20, 2006
An outbreak of sectarian sedition was prompted, last week in Misr al-Jādīdā, after a Muslim boy assaulted a Coptic girl.
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 20, 2006
The author reports on the arrest of four relatives of persons held in custody on charges of taking part in the sectarian clashes in al-‘Udaysāt village in Upper Egypt.
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 20, 2006
Fādī Habashī rejects the decision of ‘Adlī Abādīr to present a report about the Coptic issue to the International Committee for Human Rights affiliated to the UN, pointing out that the church in Egypt, as well as Coptic public figures, has rejected such a step.
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 19, 2006
The author discusses the attempt to involve the U.N. in the affairs of Egypt’s Christians and argues that Egyptians, both Muslims and Christians, should be the ones to resolve Egypt’s problems.
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 18, 2006
The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs responds to claims from news agencies that the human rights of Copts in Egypt have been discussed at the UN.
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 19, 2006
The author reviews a meeting to discuss a novel by As‘ad Ramsīs called Hārat al-Nasāra, which critics have asserted stresses the bonds of endearment between Muslims and Christians in Egypt.
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 19, 2006
The article speaks of a landmark bill in Turkey giving its citizens the freedom to register whatever they want in the religion section of their identity cards.
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 19, 2006
Sidhom writes about the recent problems in implementing the new computerized identity card scheme in Egypt, which is to be completed by 2007. He offers the stories of four people whose original papers were disputed when they attempted to gain new identity cards. Three of these people were...
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 18, 2006
Samih Fawzī argues that the Muslim Brotherhood have contradictory stands when it comes to speaking about the rights of Egyptian Copts. Sometimes they encourage having a consolidated, unified Coptic stand, while at other times, they deny Copts the right to hold military posts and call for the...