Date of source: الخميس, تموز (يوليو) 27, 2006
This review outlines
statements made about Max Michel, who has named himself Archbishop Maximus and claims to be the patriarch of the
Orthodox Copts.
Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 21, 2006
This
press review summarizes responses from a wide variety of persons, including Coptic
leaders, clergy, and
congregants to the controversial Max Michel, also known as Archbishop Maximus I.
Date of source: الخميس, تموز (يوليو) 13, 2006
This review deals with the controversy still blazing over the split of
clergyman Max Michel from the mother Coptic Orthodox Church, and his establishment of Qur’ān independent church and a
holy synod for Copts in Egypt and the Middle East.
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 17, 2006
The review takes up varied opinion
articles in the Egyptian and Arab press about the statements of Pope Benedict XVI of the Roman Catholic
Church in
which he purportedly attacked Islam and the Prophet Muhammad in a lecture he gave in a German
university.
Date of source: الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 15, 2006
A review of the
statements made in response to statements made by Pope Benedict XVI of the Vatican in Germany
which sparked
anger from many Arab and Islamic countries as well as from Muslim communities in Europe. Calls were
made for
a clear official apology.
Date of source: الخميس, تموز (يوليو) 6, 2006
This press review deals with a controversial announcement made by Max Michel, a Christian who split from the Coptic Orthodox Church and set up a church in the Muqattam area and named himself Archbishop Maximus I, amidst an outcry from the Egyptian mother church and severe criticism.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 11, 2006
A list of
articles on
the recent controversial press law from a variety of Egyptian news sources.
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 2, 2006
The review deals with the angry Coptic reactions after the medical
commission entrusted
with examining the Alexandria churches assailant’s mental health said in its report that
Mahmūd
Salāh al-Dīn ‘Abd al-Rāziq is delusional and schizophrenic and not
responsible for
his actions.
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 10, 2006 to الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 16, 2006
A review of the
death of Father Matta al-Maskīn, who led a mystical life at the desert and was an inspiration to many
young
monks, at the age of 87.
Date of source: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 9, 2006
The review deals with the issue of the Bahā’ī faith in Egypt amidst a tug-of -war between supporters of the Egyptian Bahā’īs’ right to have their faith openly registered in their identity cards and those denying them any rights and terming them as infidels or apostates.