Date of source: Wednesday, January 13, 2010
In an interview with al-Maydān, Father Marqus ‘Azīz criticizes Islam as calling for violence. He also criticizes what he considered maltreatment against of Copts in Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 12, 2010
CIDT’s Jayson Casper discusses the role of the difficulties surrounding church building in perpetuating interreligious conflict in Egypt, referring to the example set by Fr. Yu’annis.
Date of source: Monday, February 1, 2010
Mai Magdy is an Egyptian English language trainee working in our office. She is a graduate from Cairo University in the field of media communications. In taking advantage of her skills in the course of providing her opportunity to learn English writing skills and research patterns we asked her to...
Date of source: Monday, January 18, 2010
Tensions in Izbet Boushra received national and international media coverage following a clash on June 21, 2009 between Muslims and Christians over a church building. AWR visited Bishop Stephanous, responsible for the diocese in which Izbet Boushra is located, in August 2009. The Bishop then asked...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
A paper focusing on the role of traditional reconciliation sessions in the Egyptian legal system, written to answer questions such as “Do reconciliation sessions have a relation to the law? If so, what is it? Are the examples of misuse highlighted by Copts aberrations of an overall beneficial...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
In the aftermath of the Izbet Bushra incidents, this paper considers the following questions using results from a questionnaire carried out amongst monks in the region: What are the community patterns necessary to avoid the occurrence of religious tension? Though the practical question is not...
Date of source: Sunday, October 18, 2009
Sidhum continues his series of articles about the difficulties Copts face in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Minya. In this article Sidhum focuses on Coptic NGOs and states that such societies are often used by Coptic congregations when there is no church nearby. The article highlights the case...
Date of source: Sunday, August 16, 2009
The article comments on recent sectarian incidents that have taken place in Minia and links them to the need to pass a unified law for building houses of worship.
Date of source: Saturday, October 10, 2009
Al-Wafd publishes a response by Dr. Zāhī Hawās to an article that was written by Father Marqus ‘Azīz Khalīl, the priest at the Hanging Church in Cairo. In the previous article Khalīl complained about the pace of the restoration works taking place at the Hanging Church but in this article Hawās...