Date of source: Sunday, February 5, 2006
Nineteen Coptic pilgrims from St Mary’s Church in Shubrā al-Khayma, Cairo, died and a further 24 were wounded when a bus bringing pilgrims back from the Martyr’s Monastery in ‘Isna, crashed headlong with a speeding truck and fell into al-Ramādī canal in the village of al-Qaraya.
Date of source: Sunday, February 5, 2006
The news report focuses on the accident that claimed the lives of 19 young Christians during the journey back from a monastery to the Virgin Mary Church in Cairo, spotlighting the reaction of others who willfully got involved.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 1, 2006
The Administrative Court of Egypt is to look into the case brought by a divorced Copt, demanding Pope Shenouda III to grant him marriage permission after he was granted a civil divorce from a state’s family court.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 1, 2006
In the drama that followed the republishing of the Danish cartoons across several European nations, the Danish and Norwegian Embassies in Damascus, and also the Danish Consulate in Beirut, were all burnt down. These incidents prompted those foreign ministers to advise their people to leave Syria...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Political analyst, researcher, author and executive editor of the Egyptian weekly Watanī International Majdī Khalīl, known for his books on citizenship rights, civil society and the position of minorities in the Middle East, speaks out many on Coptic grievances to al-Dustour.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 25, 2006
The domination of the pope on the Millī Council and its candidates is the subject of criticism by the author of the article.
Date of source: Sunday, January 29, 2006
Victor Salama writes a report on the sectarian attacks in al-‘Udaysāt, Luxor, resulting in the deaths of two Christians.
Date of source: Sunday, January 29, 2006
These articles address how sectarian strife in Egypt occurs in several areas under various forms. Although calm appears to be quickly restored, everyone seems to await a new crisis. The writers suggest that old ways of dealing with the crisis are futile, and that there should be more frankness and...
Date of source: Monday, January 16, 2006
A controversial building and store bought then sold by the pope reveals tax evasion and a lawsuit is being filed against the pope.
Date of source: Sunday, January 1, 2006
The article deals with the issue of Zakarīyā Butrus, a defrocked Coptic priest who attacks Islam on the satellite channel al-Hayāt, a matter which Bishop Bīshouy, the secretary of the Coptic Holy Synod, said runs counter to Christianity.