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Magdy Khalil, a Coptic writer in the US, wrote a series of three articles in Watani
newspaper under a general title "A Returnee from Cairo." In this series, he comments on the conditions of Copts in
Egypt. al-Arabi, mouthpiece of the Nasserist Party, and Islamic independent Aqidati highly...
Date of source: Saturday, June 8, 2002
This article is an interview with Ibrahim Fahmy Helal, who led the Coptic Nation group that appeared at the time of Pope Yousab. He speaks about the attempt of the group to kidnap the pope and force him to abdicate papacy
Date of source: Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Drs. Hulsman provides a detailed description of Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt, and a history of Coptic problems, stemming from their own actions and outside influences.
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The conference about the reform in the Coptic Orthodox Church is still arousing noise. This
review
presents the comments of Bishop Murqus, the official spokesman of Pope Shenouda III, and other different
echoes and comments on the conference.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 22, 2006
The Coptic Orthodox Church is experiencing an ongoing conflict between
Christian
clerics regarding the successor of Pope Shenouda.
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After the big fuss made about a conference entitled, ‘Laymen
and the Church,’ the conference sessions were completed and
recommendations were announced. The following
lines shed light on the conference sessions, on its final recommendations and
on the aroused echoes.
Date of source: Monday, October 9, 2006
The author gives an update on the ongoing arguments between priest, Marqus ‘Azīz, and Coptic intellectual Jamāl ‘As‘ad ‘Abd al- Malākabout the political role of clergymen.
Date of source: Saturday, September 9, 2006
This report summarizes some of the opinions of Egyptian intellectuals about the issue of deleting religious identity from on identity cards.
Date of source: Sunday, September 3, 2006
The author of the article, Arwá Hasan, discusses the different reactions to the proposal put forward by the National Council on Human Rights concerning the removal of religious data from official documents such as identity cards.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 14, 2006
The author focuses on a recent opinion by Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria on the
sin of having a wet dream. He
advised young people to stay away from any sexually-exciting scenes and to
pray before sleeping.