Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 2, 2007
Usāmah al-Ghazūlī discusses the issue of Muslim-Christian relations, wondering whether there are hidden hands in Egypt or abroad playing with the card of sectarian sedition to serve certain interests.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 1, 2007
Shīrīn Rabīc reports on an Iftār banquet organized by a Coptic lawyer and human rights activist in honor of the Islamic thinker and lawyer Yūsuf al-Badrī in celebration of their reconciliation after a short period of tensions between them.
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 8, 2007 to الثلاثاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 18, 2007
Rumors about the establishment of a Coptic organization called the Coptic Brotherhood are spreading on some Coptic Web sites.
Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 27, 2007
A religious state looms, as evident with the emergence of Muslim and Coptic religious parties.
Date of source: الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 17, 2007
Sharīf al-Dawākhilī presents a brief profile of the Coptic lawyer Mamdūḥ Nakhlah, the director of the Kalema Center for Human Rights, pointing at Nakhlah’s initiatives to defend the Coptic cause and to establish a political party.
Date of source: الخميس, آب (اغسطس) 16, 2007
A 25-year-old Muslim man’s conversion to Christianity provokes heated debates and creates uproar in Christian and Muslim communities.
Date of source: الأحد, آب (اغسطس) 12, 2007
Sharīf ‘Abd Allāh reports on Shaykh Yūsuf al-Badrī’s threat that he would file a complaint before the Public Prosecutor against Mamdūḥ Nakhlah, director of the Word Center for Human Rights, accusing him of disdaining Islam.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 8, 2007
The lawsuit filed by Mamdūḥ Nakhlah against the Egyptian government harms the fundamental issue of equality in the building of houses of worship and incites people against the proposed law.
Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 6, 2007
Hānī Labīb believes that Father Marqus ‘Azīz and Shaykh Yūsuf al-Badrī are two sides of the same coin. He argues that the differences between them are only in religion and uniforms.
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 4, 2007
The press continues its investigations into the case of Muḥammad Aḥmad Ḥijāzī, an Egyptian citizen who has converted to Christianity. He has filed the first ever lawsuit to formally prove that he has become a Christian by changing his ID and other official papers. A broad range of opinions and...