Date of source: Sunday, May 14, 2006
An article covering a seminar which took place at the Cairo
Center for
Human Rights on problems facing Copts in Egypt in which a number of famous Egyptian intellectuals
participated.
Date of source: Sunday, May 14, 2006
The author
criticizes statements made by intellectual Dr. Silīm al-
‘Awā, in which he emphasizes that
Copts are dependent on foreign support in solving their
problems and that Copts’ conditions are very much
better than those of Muslims.
Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2006
The statement made by the activists and members of Coptic associations which met in Montreal, Canada, April 7-9, 2006, to review and debate the situation of the Copts in Egypt and the future of Coptic activism.
Date of source: Monday, May 8, 2006
Different
views of Christian thinkers about the emigrant Christians’ demands in Canada to prevent aid to
the Egyptian
government
Date of source: Sunday, April 30, 2006
Mamdouh
Nakhla, head of the Al
-Kalīma Center for Human Rights, is participating with Muhammed al-Dirinī and
‘Aboud al-
Zumour in the authorship of a book entitled "The Hell Capital" about how Christians and
prisoners are treated in
Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, April 30, 2006
The author reviews the development of the Coptic issue,
expressing
the opinion that the regimes of Nāsir, Sādāt, and Mubārak are responsible
for the rise of
Islamic fundamentalism, which has harmed Copts.
Date of source: Sunday, April 30, 2006
Ashley Makar writes about the concept of martyrdom in Egypt, the Alexandria incidents, where a Muslim man ran amuck with a knife, stabbing worshippers and killing one man and the image Egyptians have of ‘the other.’
Date of source: Wednesday, April 26, 2006
The author
discusses in his article the sectarian problems that have emerged in Egyptian
society between Muslims and
Christians, calling for a national agenda that brings all citizens of all
religious affiliations together.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 26, 2006
The
author discusses Muslim-
Christian unity in Egypt from Byzantine times until the current era, arguing that
patriotism has been
replaced by religious affiliations.
Date of source: Sunday, April 30, 2006
The author argues that the killings
of Christians that took place recently in Egypt and
Turkey signal religious intolerance.