Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 1, 2007
Al-Hayāh satellite channels broadcast Christian programs in which some clergymen allegedly attacked Muslims and Islam. The programs sparked severe anger of Muslims in Egypt. Consequently a number of Egyptian members of parliament asked to establish an equivalent Muslim channel to respond to al-...
Date of source: السبت, نيسان (أبريل) 28, 2007
The second session of the laymen’s conference did no better than the first. The session sparked severe reactions from the church. It called to reword the four Gospels of the New Testament and named the monastic life as “the random system.”
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 1, 2007
Al-Sādāt’s decision isolating Pope Shenouda in Wādī Natrūn had negative impacts on the Coptic Orthodox Church from which the church is still suffering.
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 29, 2007
The following lines shed light on two recently published books in the Coptic Orthodox Church; one by Pope Shenouda III and the other by Bishop Mūsá, bishop of youth. Both books deal with Christian Zionist denominations.
Date of source: السبت, نيسان (أبريل) 28, 2007
Amidst his visit to Abu Dhabi to inaugurate the new Coptic Orthodox Cathedral there, Pope Shenouda III was interviewed by al-Ahrām newspaper, in which he spoke about Copt-related issues.
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 23, 2007
The American Coptic Union issued a report asking U.S. Congress to intervene on behalf of victimized Copts, and impose economic sanctions against Egypt. The report accused Pope Shenouda of allying with the Egyptian government and the Muslim Brotherhood.
Date of source: السبت, نيسان (أبريل) 21, 2007 to الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 27, 2007
In a police report, a church servant accuses Pope Shenouda’s nephew of having an adulterous relationship with his wife. He also accuses the pope, in another report, of instructing a number of clergymen to kidnap his father to force him to withdraw the charges he directed against the pope’s nephew.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 24, 2007
A new church was built in the United Arab Emirates. Pope Shenouda headed a delegation from the Coptic Orthodox Church to the UAE to inaugurate the church.
Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 20, 2007
The unusually sad face of Pope Shenouda III during his weekly sermon aroused the worries of Copts.
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 22, 2007
The following lines are an interview with Bishop Paphnotius in which he comments on his book entitled, ‘Hatmyyah al-Nuhūd bil-al-‘Amal al-Kanasī’ [Inevitable Advancement of Church Work]. He stresses his loyalty to the Coptic Orthodox Church and denies any conflicts with the “brothers” of the Holy...