Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 19, 2008
A book entitled ’al-Aqbāt ‘Abr al-Tārīkh’ [Copts Across History] which was published by Dār al-Khayāl in Cairo and London, details the history of the Copts , their life, traditions, language, arts and political evolution.
Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 11, 2008
A background on monasticism in Islam, Christianity, and Egypt.
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 20, 2008
The Coptic Orthodox Church has objected to the publication of a novel that it says contradicts Christian doctrine.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 15, 2008
The article reports on the church trial of an Orthodox priest on charges of financial and moral indiscretions.
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 30, 2008
Robeir al-Faris discusses the paradoxical situation in Egypt regarding books that promote a religious doctrine. He cites two books that have been published recently that contain blatant promotions of Islam at the expense of Christianity and believes that Christians must be granted the same rights.
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 23, 2008
Robeir al-Faris reviews different articles in the Egyptian press this month related to Muslim-Christian relations. In particular he mentions a new joint Muslim-Christian Web site and an article that cites the al-Ahrām obituary page to prove that Copts are not being persecuted.
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 8, 2008
The author of the article fiercely criticizes the Coptic Orthodox Church’s hostile stance toward Coptic intellectual Jamāl As‘ad.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 13, 2008
The article looks at the changing face of religion in Britain over the last fifty years. The author analyzes the increasingly ’multifaith’ face of Britian.
Date of source: الخميس, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 6, 2007
An anonymous author alleged that there is a state of conflict between the church represented in the bishop of Naj‘ Ḥammādī and the governor of Qinā, the Upper Egyptian governorate. The following day al-Wafd published a response from the bishop in which he denied any conflict and describes the...
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 25, 2007
The author presents an interview with Carolyn Ludwig, co-author of a new novel released by the American University in Cairo Press entitled, ‘The Churches of Egypt.’