Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 18, 2011
Al-Wafd reports that Coptic Pope Shenouda has returned to Egypt following a visit to the United States for medical treatment.
The text said that the Pope was greeted upon his return to residence by large numbers of bishops, monks, and Coptic youth.
According to a church source, "The pope will not...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 18, 2011
On Sunday, an emergency tribunal sentenced Hammām al-Kamūnī to death for his part in last year’s slaying of seven people outside a church in the Upper Egyptian town of Naj‘ Hammādī. * Egyptian newspaper coverage of the court ruling continued on Tuesday, but on a more limited scale than in previous...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 11, 2011
While some of the weekly Egyptian publications continue to offer extensive opinion pieces about the Alexandria church attack, instances of such opinions decreased noticeably in the daily papers...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 11, 2011
Egyptian and Israeli media trade accusations, Yūsuf al-Qaradāwī tells the Vatican Pope to "leave us alone," and investigators continue their hunt for evidence in this latest roundup of Egyptian newspaper coverage of the New Year's Day church attack in Alexandria...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 4, 2011
AWR's Hānī Hamdī continues to survey Egyptian newspaper coverage of the Alexandria church bombing. He reports that Tuesday's coverage focused primarily on Coptic protests, which continue in different areas of Egypt some three days after the attack...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 30, 2010
A controversy regarding whether a Christian can translate the Qur’ān was recently triggered when a Christian researcher in Morocco translated the Muslim holy book into a Berber language, which upset religious scholars in Morocco.
Some Islamic scholars at the Azhar say that it is not allowed...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 28, 2010
Pope Shenouda met with President Mubārak last Wednesday. But Archpriest Sergius Sergius, the Patriarachy Deputy, claims that no one from the church knows what happened during meeting, as the Pope went alone.
Meanwhile, Najīb Jabrā’īl Mīkhā’īl, a Coptic lawyer and activist, says that nine points...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 21, 2010
Headline: Jum‘ah: We Did not Issue a Fatwá that Egyptian Divorce Is Invalid Because of Different Pronounciations
Source: Rose al-Yūsuf
Pages: 3
Author: Subhī Mujāhid
Keywords: Fatwá, divorce
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Headline: The Assassination of al-Barād‘ī
Source: Al-Yawm al-Sābi‘
Pages: 4
Author...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 21, 2010
It seems that Bishop Bīshūy, Secretary of the Holy Synod and church strongman, has voluntarily decided to keep out of sight and away from the rapid developments in the Coptic arena, the latest of which is the al-‘Umrāniyyah events.
This is to avoid having to make statements, especially as he wishes...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 21, 2010
The author begins her piece by referring positively to an Italian priest who has permitted Muslims to hold Friday prayers in a section of his church, justifying this by saying he seeks to strengthen relations between the religions.
She then compares this with what she calls the "unjust, stubborn...