Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 31, 2004
The ferocious attack waged by Egyptian press against Zurich Conference, held in mid-September to discuss the affairs of the Coptic minority in Egypt, mirrored the government’s serious role to abort bids to establish democracy.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 1, 2004
We dare call what happened with the soap opera Bint min Shubra (A girl from Shubra) a massacre or crisis but after all it is yet another banned item.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 1, 2004
The national unity iftar [fast-breaking] banquet was first initiated by Pope Shenouda III some 20 years ago, followed by another sponsored by the Ministry of Awqaf [Religious Endowments.]
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 25, 2004
Father Bulis Eweida was removed from his congregation in the Shubra al-Kheima diocese. Church members could not reach the pope or his secretariat, and before that Bishop Marcos of Shubra al-Kheima and his secretariat, so they resorted to human rights societies and newspaper ads so that they would...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 26, 2004
Prime Minister Dr. Ahmed Nazeef graced the national unity iftar [breaking of the fast] banquet – hosted by the Ministry of Endowments – with his presence. Speaker of the People’s Assembly, Dr. Ahmed Fathy Sorour, and the Pope of Alexandria as well as Patriarch of the Sea of St, Mark, His Holiness...
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 18, 2004
The Supreme Administrative Court will give its verdict on a legal dispute between Pope Shenouda and the governor of Sohag over the Red Monastery in November.
After the court turned over the challenge pope Shenouda filed against the verdict ordering the removal of cultivated plants on 8 acres next...
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 11, 2004
The Clerical Council for Civil Affairs deals with the civil and personal issues pertaining to Orthodox Copts both inside and outside Egypt. The large amount of cases has constituted an immense burden on clergymen working in it, in turn transforming the Clerical Council to something resembling a...
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 11, 2004
We wonder why Pope Shenouda did not investigate Zakariya Botros’s insults against Islam. Accountant and researcher in Coptic affairs Kamal Zakhir Moussa says that the church has to declare its official stance towards Zakariya Botros. He also asks Pope Shenouda to be more definite and transparent...
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 13, 2004
Archbishop Rowan Williams made his first visit to the Diocese of Egypt since he became the Archbishop of Canterbury. The archbishop met with President Mubarak, Dr. Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, the Grand imam of the Azhar, Pope Shenouda and laid the foundation stone of Harpur Community Health Centre in...
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 11, 2004
Dr. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the head of the Anglican Church of the UK, today begins his visit to Egypt in response to an invitation from both the bishop of the Anglican Church and the Grand Imam of the Azhar Dr. Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi. The two-day visit comes in the...