Date of source: Sunday, May 31, 2009
While the Supreme Council for Antiquities has announced that it has finished the restoration work implemented in the historic Hanging Church, Father Marqus ‘Azīz has announced that the restoration work had been initiated but never completed, listing the missing tasks.
Date of source: Sunday, August 31, 2008
A new book on marriage and divorce in Christianity, particularly Christians in Egypt, is discussed.
Date of source: Sunday, December 2, 2007
The author quotes a statement of a human rights group, in which it defends the Coptic businessman Najīb Sawirus’s right to express his opinion. A few weeks ago, Sawirus was reported as attacking the Ḥijāb along with other features of religious extremism.
Date of source: Sunday, November 4, 2007
Father Marqus ‘Azīz Khalīl denounces the random accusations against expatriate Copts and calls for dialogue to solve Egypt’s problems and maintain social unity.
Date of source: Sunday, June 24, 2007
While moderate voices call for equality and denounce discrimination, the author reports the alleged expulsion of the head of the Department of Industry and Professional Diseases at al-Qaṣr al-‘Aynī Faculty of Medicine for the simple reason of being a Christian.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 24, 2004
This is not the first time the ground in front of the Hanging Church has caved in. Government officials and architectural engineers have visited the Hanging Church after the initial collapse and they wrote reports about what happened. Nevertheless no action has been taken to permanently solve the...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 24, 2004
Father Marqus Aziz Khalil congradulates the Egyptian people on the occasion of the Day of the Virgin Mary.
Date of source: Monday, April 30, 2007
The article responds to the allegations of the Libyan president, Mu‘ammar al-Qadhdhāfī, who has attacked Christianity, claiming that the Bible is corrupt and Jesus was not crucified but someone else replaced him.
Date of source: Thursday, October 28, 2004
I wrote several articles about the pseudo pope Habeel in al-Midan newspaper that devoted considerable spaces to this important issue. Habeel, who has only a certificate of elementary education, was alleging he has a PhD and that he was a professor of international law and international relations.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 to Thursday, February 19, 2004
In his newspaper Sawt al-Ummah on 10 February 2004, Hammouda accused Christians of being polytheists and unbelievers and he tried to use the Qur’ān to back his claims, but the Qur’ān is free of these claims. The editor of Sawt al-Ummah has a long history of poisoning national unity. Art. 3 - the...