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A number of expatriate Copts called for the establishment of a Coptic Parliament. The idea was regarded as sectarian and against national unity. It has also faced both Church and public rejection; three denominations in Egypt rejected the idea.
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Extremists’ campaigns are growing over a project to develop religious education and modify theological textbooks inside schools in a bid to render religious curricula more tolerant and accepting of the others, through the emphasis on common values.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 4, 2010
Al-Yawm al-Sābic reports on tensions between Muslims and Christians in the village of al-Mas‘ūdī in Asyut over the construction and repairs of a church steeple.
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Waves of official and intellectual protests against a symposium organized by al-Yawm al-Sābi‘ newspaper that hosted novelist and academic Yūsuf Zaydān, author of the controversial book “Azazel,” which angered the Coptic Orthodox Church and spurred many Christian clergymen and thinkers to sue him.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 4, 2010
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In a new development, perhaps threatening researchers Dr. Sayyid al-Qimnī and Dr. Hassan Hanafī to strip them of their State Award of Appreciation in light of a lawsuit filed against them by Sheikh Yūsuf al-Badrī and Tharwat al-Kharabāwī, the Azhar's Academy of Islamic Research...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 27, 2010
Both the Church and human rights activists have lodged complaints against Yūsuf Zaydān, director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina's manuscripts center, after he published articles slandering the Christian religion.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 27, 2010
This is an article criticizing Pope Shenouda’s decision to meet with defense lawyers in the Najc Hammādī trial.
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Both Muslim as well as Christian clerics and intellectuals in Egypt are vehemently rejecting the idea of having Coptic students studying Muslim theology at the Azhar University.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 20, 2010
Al-Yawm al-Sābi‘ reports on the kidnapping of five children in Asyut
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 20, 2010
Sa‘īd Shu‘ayb writes about the danger of a religious state.