Date of source: Tuesday, April 4, 2006
The European Court of Human Rights has condemned Turkey for violating article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, after receiving complaints from the owner and editor-in-chief of a monthly publication [Reviewer: no name given] about the government’s restrictions...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 7, 2006
A book review of Jamāl al-Bannā’s book, My Coptic Brethren.
Date of source: Thursday, March 3, 2005
The author suggests that stories of sectarian strife, especially those which may have minimal veracity, should not receive as much press as they do. Rather, he calls attention to Egypt’s other sources of strife.
Date of source: Thursday, September 4, 2003
The terrorist attack on September 11 2001 and its consequences has made it more clear than ever the importance that religions live in peace with one another. Violence against Christians in northern Nigeria or in Pakistan have been published internationally and have resulted in questions about...
Date of source: Thursday, September 15, 2005
A paper presented at the annual interfaith dialogue meeting of the Anglican communion and the Permanent Committee of the Azhar al-Sharif for Dialogue with the Monotheistic Religions that prompted criticism from Metropolitan Seraphim for the portrayal of Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 18, 2003
Michael Meunier, chairman of the US Copts Association, wants to see Copts in Egypt described as a minority. Many Egyptian intellectuals give a different definition of this concept and reject this.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 11, 2003
The article a summary of a lengthy Arabic text Michael Meunier wrote to Father Marcos. He argues that the Copts of Egypt are a minority. Meunier introduced this text on the Copts Daily Digest of June 11 as “my response to those ignorant in Egypt who have no idea what the term means or whom it...
Date of source: Monday, May 12, 2003
This article criticizes the lies of the US Copts Association that were earlier spread via paid advertisements in American newspapers. This time, however, emigrant Copts were given a chance to voice their claims in the United Nations (UN) during a meeting of the Human Rights Committee.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 20, 2005
The author cannot understand how debating an article of the constitution should jeopardize people’s faiths and beliefs. However, some groups insist that questioning the second article of the constitution would lead to a ‘blood bath’ in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, December 9, 2002
Farid Abdel Khaliq is the most important leading figure of the Brotherhood. He stresses that the group is not a political power but a Da´awa-oriented group. He does not oppose the establishment of a Coptic party but without calling for applying the Christian teachings. He believes that the...