Date of source: الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 8, 2006
The author responds to comments received about his earlier writings in this series and ponders the necessity of truthfulness, using an old, unpublished letter of current Pope Shenouda.
Date of source: الأربعاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 6, 2006
In this article the author talks
about the Pope Shenouda’s medical
problems and his disagreement with Father Ibrahīm
‘Abd al-Sayd.
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 4, 2006
Muhammad Fayyād, claimed that he had followed the advice of
his lawyer and sought ‘Azīz’s support to help him claim his right to the endowments. However
he alleges that he misused this to appropriate the disputed endowments. In response to these claims,
Ibrāhīm challenges the claimant to produce...
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 13, 2006
The author discusses the two day conference organized by Coptic author Kamāl Zākhir Mūsa about reform that is needed in the Coptic Orthodox Church. The Coptic Orthodox Church has been trying to prevent this conference from taking place but it will start on the same day that Pope Shenouda celebrates...
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 3, 2006
A discussion of tolerance and the relationship between religion and politics in Egypt from the era of Muhammad Ali, through the Nasser and Sadat years and concluding with two choices for the future for Egypt.
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 3, 2006
An examination of the crisis 25 years ago between President Sadat and the Coptic Orthodox Church, during which Pope Shenouda was confined in Anba Bishoi Monastery in the Western Desert, and banned from acting as patriarch of the Coptic Church. Many other bishops and priests were also detained, and...
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 4, 2006
The author discusses rumors about choosing an unknown monk to
succeed Pope Shenouda
III of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark.
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 4, 2006
Muhammad al-Bāz comments on a recent article by Bishop Bīshouy in Nidā’ al-Watan [Reviewer: The call of home], a locally circulated newspaper published from Alexandria, in which the bishop harshly criticized Kamāl Zākhir Mūsá, Dr. George Habīb Bibāwī and Rev. Ikrām Lam‘ī for writing articles for al...
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 4, 2006
Pope Shenouda III reiterated threats of penal
church measures against any Copt who visited Jerusalem while under Israeli occupation.
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 2, 2006 to الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 8, 2006
The article discusses the issue of
church funds and the sources from which they are
obtained, amidst calls to transparently declare the budget on the
grounds that church money is in the first
place owned by Coptic citizens.