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  AWR Chief Editor Cornelis Hulsman says that the government, Muslims, and Christians need to work together to address the growing sectarian tension in Egypt in order to prevent future attacks, such as the the New Year's Day bombing of a Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria, which left 21 dead and...
Pope Shenouda met with President Mubārak last Wednesday. But Archpriest Sergius Sergius, the Patriarachy Deputy, claims that no one from the church knows what happened during meeting, as the Pope went alone. Meanwhile, Najīb Jabrā’īl Mīkhā’īl, a Coptic lawyer and activist, says that nine points...
Sidhum begins by summarizing President Husnī Mubārak’s recent speech before the commencement of the new parliamentary round. He provides a largely positive analysis of the speech’s content, saying that if his government succeeds in accomplishing the social and economic goals that Mubārak mentioned...
Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Pope Shenouda and Egyptian President Husnī Mubārak met last Wednesday to discuss the release of 42 Coptic men who are still being held in connection with last month’s church riots in ‘Umrāniyyah. “Well-informed sources” told Watani that the Pope criticized the security...
Discussing the issue of remarriage for divorcees, Coptic scholar Dr. Nabīl Lūqā Bibāwī praises Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III for sticking with what he sees as verses that allow divorce only in cases of adultery. He also thanks Egyptian President Husnī Mubārak for admitting a draft law for...
The Catholic and Episcopal churches in Egypt, along with other Western churches, celebrated Christmas on Saturday under tight security measures because of threats from al-Qā‘idah. President Husnī Mubārak sent several representatives to attend the Catholic mass, passing on his greetings. Muhammad al...
Pope Shenouda III went into voluntary seclusion for a whole week at the Bishop Bīshūy Monastery in Wādī al-Natrūn allegedly in protest of the state security’s method of dealing with the ‘Umrāniyyah riots. Amīn says that for the first time ever, the Pope “threatened” that the Coptic blood shed in...
Egyptian President Husnī Mubārak has met with Pope Shenouda III ahead of Christmas celebrations. The two met at the Presidential Palace in Cairo late last month. The meeting came in light of the Pope’s perceived disappointment at the government’s actions in the ‘Umrāniyyah church construction...
Egyptian President Husnī Mubārak yesterday received Pope Shenouds in a meeting that had not previously been announced. Church sources, which asked not to be identified, said the meeting dealt with anumber of recent problems involving Christian parties. The sources refused to say which party had...
Jamāl As‘ad, the appointed member of parliament, has said that he is aiming for a social discourse on the unified law for building houses of worship, as well the personal affairs for non-Muslims draft legislation. He alleges that Copts’ problems will not be solved by sectarian demands, but on the...

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