Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 11, 2006
This
press review deals with criticisms made by a number of
Coptic intellectuals against Archbishop
Bīshūy, whom Christians term "the iron archbishop." His strict
ways have resulted in the defrocking
of many priests and 50,000 Christians leaving their Orthodox beliefs.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 12, 2006
Pope
Shenouda praised the cooperation between Muslims and
Copts as well as the Arab conquest in a book of his dialogue
with French Orthodox priest Alfonse Guttmann.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 12, 2006
The Coptic
Orthodox Church has denied news about the arrest of some Coptic young men in
their attempt to kidnap a Christian
girl who had converted to Islam in al-Fayyūm.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 12, 2006
The misdemeanour court of Khalīfah yesterday heard prosecution witnesses in the trial of Bishop Maximus, on charges of having insulted Pope Shenouda.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 11, 2006
Bishop Bula
asserted in the national unity Suhūr
that the United States uses Bishop Maximus to create sectarian
strife in response to the Church’s stands
against the normalization with Israel and to Pope Shenouda’s
refusal to visit Jerusalem.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 11, 2006
Father Marqus ‘Azīz Khalīl, the pastor of the Hanging Church, replies to an article by Coptic thinker Jamāl As‘ad, in which he accused Father Khalīl of igniting sectarian sedition in Egypt. The pastor reviews As‘ad’s recent book, ‘Annī A‘tarif’ [Reviewer: I confess] in which, according to Father...
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 15, 2006
The author articulates some basic rules of interfaith dialogue, which he asserts should be followed by all parties.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 12, 2006
Egyptians are characterized by their religious nature,
moderation and tolerance. Due to
this good nature, Coptic Egypt warmly welcomed Muslim Arabs when they came
to disseminate Islam.
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 13, 2006
An investigation into the reality of kidnapping Christian girls in one of the Egyptian governorates.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 11, 2006
This review deals
with the annual national unity
iftār, an occasion that brings together Muslim and Christian senior
officials and dignitaries
during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadān, as Pope Shenouda III of
Alexandria and Imām
of the Azhar Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī stressed...