Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 17, 2005 to الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 23, 2005
Usāma Salāma blames al-Katība al-Tībīya magazine for what he describes as promoting extremist views on the pretext of defending religion.
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 16, 2005
On a visit to Cairo, Michael Munīr, head of the US Copts Association, spent a week meeting politicians, party leaders and high-ranking officials. The visit coincided with President Husnī Mubārak’s recent decree to delegate authority of building and restoring churches to governors, which Munīr...
Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 10, 2005
Father Filopātīr was punished by the church after he published an article in which he criticized the president and the ruling party.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 13, 2005
Memories of Dr. Otto Meinardus, and the position he took between two cultures, particularly in relation to his stance on Coptic Orthodox traditions.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 12, 2005
Stickers bearing the photos of two Christian girls, whose parents claim they have been abducted, and please for help in finding them have been seen on cars in Cairo and in the girls’ hometown.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 11, 2005
Members of the Coptic and Muslim communities respond to President Mubārak’s decision to shift the authority regulating the building and demolition of houses of worship to the governors.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 4, 2005
A review of articles concerning the Washington Conference of expatriate Copts, which the Egyptian press has tended to view as a U.S. / Zionist / expatriate Coptic attempt to attack Egypt.
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 2, 2005
The Egyptian Federation for Human Rights has petitioned the pope to extenuate the ruling against Father Filopātīr Jamīl, a priest suspended for two years on charges of betraying the church.
Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 3, 2005 to الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 9, 2005
Father Filopātīr Jamīl was investigated over articles he wrote in the Theban Legion newspaper, as a result of which, he has been suspended for two years.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 5, 2005
Priests have declined to comment publicly on the church penalty of two years suspension frocking of Father Filopātīr, but admitted it was too harsh off the record.