Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 27, 2007
Dr. Isaac Fānūs, father of the revival of Coptic iconography, passed away.
Dr. Muḥammad ‘Imārah publicly apologized for placing a quote in his book justifying violence against Copts.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 1, 2007
A document is issued by the bishop of Naj‘ Ḥammadī following the conversion of two Coptic men to Islām. The bishop accuses fundamentalist Islamic groups of exploiting the poor financial circumstances of some Christian young men to oblige them to convert.
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 5, 2007
Upon detaining 15 priests in Suhāj, and after the problematic discussions of the laymen’s conference, church trials are put in question. Farghalī reports many Copts’ opinions and comments about the matter.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 7, 2007
The Egyptian press has widely covered Christmas celebrations held by the Coptic Orthodox Church and presided over by Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 9, 2007
Sāmiḥ Fawzī comments on the media promoting sectarian strife.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 7, 2007
Muslims raise funds to resume construction on a church in Upper Egypt.
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 22, 2006
The problems of Copts revealed in the reform conference were not mainly related to the Coptic Orthodox Church; many of the church problems can be attributed to the political and social problems resulted from the duality between the stance of the law and the practices literally applied.
Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 23, 2006 to الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 29, 2006
Ayman al-Tuhāmī presents the story of Jesus’s birth, known as the nativity, as described in the New Testament and the Qur’ān. al- Tuhāmī explains that the major area of theological disagreement between the Qurā’n and the Bible is how each side regards Christ: While the Bible calls him the "Son of...
Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 23, 2006
The author opposes a party or a state based on religion, and uses Iraq as an example of a country cursed by religious state and parties.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 18, 2006
The Egyptian press reports on the recent divisions within the Kifāyahmovement, otherwise known as the Egyptian Movement for Change. Seven members from the movement submitted their resignation following the culture minister’s comments on the Ḥijāb.