Date of source: Saturday, May 26, 2007
A draft document was issued by a number of Coptic thinkers. The main issues therein were Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt, the increasing sectarian tension, and the possible means of escaping the crisis. The final version of the document will be issued soon.
Date of source: Saturday, April 21, 2007
Rīhām Bilāl Sa‘īd is a Muslim young lady who disappeared from her family’s home in al-Daqahlīyah governorate. The family knew that their daughter married a Christian young man who was accused of kidnapping her and forcing her to convert to Christianity.
Date of source: Monday, April 16, 2007
A group calling themselves the “Clergy Group” handed out, on the eve of Easter, leaflets in which they accused Bishop Ammonius who has been isolated in Anbā Bīshūy Monastery, of swindling, stealing and wasting the bishopric’s money.
Date of source: Sunday, March 18, 2007
Sa‘d al-Dīn Ibrāhīm is preparing a new normalization trip to Israel in the next few days which would be a continuation of another trip that he took last January.
Date of source: Monday, March 26, 2007
The U.S. Coptic Union has posted a statement on its site on the internet in which it attacked Pope Shenouda and called for U.S. intervention to protect Copts from persecution.
Date of source: Saturday, March 17, 2007
Following the media uproar aroused over Bishop Bīshūy, the general secretary of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church, a lawsuit is presented to the court of Summary Jurisdiction against him and his publisher by ‘Ādil Girgis. The claimant asked for 100 million Egyptian pounds in compensation...
Date of source: Monday, March 19, 2007
After five years of imprisonment at Saint Bīshūy Monastery, Bishop Taklā is allegedly suffering from serious health problems. People in Dashnā bishopric in Upper-Egypt expressed their anger at the papal residence in al-‘Abbāsiyyah. They asked to reinstate Bishop Taklā.
Date of source: Monday, March 5, 2007
In a CD-ROM obtained by al-Usbū‘ weekly, Bishop Bishūy said, in an annual doctrine conference, that he would not stop attacking other denominations unless they confess that they are non-Christians.
Date of source: Monday, February 26, 2007
The fifth session of the conference on minorities in the Middle East is to be held in the last week of March. Coptic figures and journalist are invited to the conference which is sponsored by a Christian Zionist Organization located in Switzerland.
Date of source: Monday, February 26, 2007
The article discusses the conflicts within the Coptic Church.