Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 3, 2005
Sawt al-Umma publishes the full text of an email sent to the editor commenting on Muhammad al-Bāz’s article last week on Pope Shenouda’s handling of the most recent incidents of sectarian violence.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 3, 2005
My father named me Muhammad Najīb after two of his colleagues; Muhammad [a Muslim] and Najīb [a Christian]. I have never regarded people as Muslims and Christians; we are one entity united with love and brotherhood.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 3, 2005
We [Egyptians] have faced Islamic extremism for many years. People attempting to face Islamic extremism, were accused of takfīr [unbelief] by a myriad of lawyers who
were filing lawsuits before different courts against any opinion, headline or personality they may not like.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 3, 2005
Pope Shenouda asked married priests whose wives work in governmental organizations or private sector companies to prevent their wives from working and to limit their movement outside the home.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 3, 2005
A group of prominent Coptic figures mediated between Sawt al-Umma and the group that filed a complaint with the Prosecutor General. The complaint accused editor-in-chief ‘Ādil Hammoudah and Muhammad al-Bāz of instigating sectarian strife and cursing Pope Shenouda.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 3, 2005
Egyptian Prosecutor General Judge Māhir Abd al-Wāhid is due to order the release of 11 Copts held for investigation on the issue of Wafā’ Costantine’s.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 6, 2004
Despite the fact that feasts of Copts in Egypt are not associated with new moon as the feasts of Muslims, there was some confusion this year about Coptic Christmas which is celebrated on the 7th of January. Sources from the office of Pope Shenouda asserted that Christmas eve is January 6 while...
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 4, 2004
Throughout the history of the Orthodox Church patriarchs have been using the right to defrock priests and punish bishops and monks in order to protect the Church teachings or to stop heretics. In the very modern history of the Church, many persons have been subjected to these punishments. Several...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 9, 2004
The Coptic issue is one of the most important in the Egyptian question’s political file. Copts’ political, religious and cultural demands have been a pressing issue of tension. The inter-Coptic discourse, some of which can be spotted in the writings of some Coptic Orthodox, Protestant and Catholic...
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 11, 2004
In an interview given to Al-Usboa newspaper, Pope Shenouda talked about the current developments in the region.