Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 26, 2007
A number of Catholic and Orthodox church leaders have sent letters to leaders of the NDP recommending Marqus Ishāq Nakhlah as an NDP candidate for the Sh?rá Council in Cairo’s eastern constituency.
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 26, 2007
More than nine millions Copts do not have a place to pray [Editor: exaggeration – see comments in text] and many villages and cities do not have a single church which forces Copts to travel long distances or stay at home.
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 24, 2007
The article states that, following rumors of the ill-health of the pope and patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, and disputes among his potential successors, the same is now happening over the position of the shaykh of the Azhar Mosque.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 14, 2007
Jamāl al-Bannah discusses the second article of the Egyptian Constitution.
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 17, 2007
Following the media uproar aroused over Bishop Bīshūy, the general secretary of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church, a lawsuit is presented to the court of Summary Jurisdiction against him and his publisher by ‘Ādil Girgis. The claimant asked for 100 million Egyptian pounds in compensation...
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 19, 2007
Following a televised interview in which Pope Shenouda criticized the organizers of the reform conference, many angry reactions were reported. Pope Shenouda stresses that any request for reform in the church will be taken into consideration if the specific issues are clearly identified.
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 17, 2007
Pope Shenouda denies any personal conflict with George Habīb Bibāwī and asserts that Bibāwī abandoned the Coptic Orthodox Church when he joined the Russian Orthodox Church in 1984.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 14, 2007
Father Mīnā Jād Girgis denounces Bibāwī’s offenses against Pope Shenouda and praises the latter’s tolerance.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 27, 2007
Following the Holy Synod’s ruling excommunicating Dr. George Habīb Bibāwī from the Coptic Orthodox Church, Bibāwī filed a lawsuit to annul the ruling. Pope Shenouda’s lawyer asserts that Bibāwī’s lawsuit is a lost cause.
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 19, 2007
After five years of imprisonment at Saint Bīshūy Monastery, Bishop Taklā is allegedly suffering from serious health problems. People in Dashnā bishopric in Upper-Egypt expressed their anger at the papal residence in al-‘Abbāsiyyah. They asked to reinstate Bishop Taklā.