Date of source: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Dr Najīb Jibrā’īl comments on the condition of Christians in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, February 26, 2009
A group of expatriate Copts call for the urgent stipulation of a unified law for houses of worship.
Date of source: Sunday, February 22, 2009
Digging work under a church went too deep into the building’s foundations resulting in the collapse of three buildings and the death of eight people.
Date of source: Sunday, February 15, 2009
A mosque and church were consecrated on the same day in a village in Minia. The Minia governor attended the ceremonies.
Date of source: Sunday, January 25, 2009
Two new proposals for bills for unified legislation for the building of places of worship have been submitted to parliament, neither of them contradict any previous relevant bill proposed to parliament in the last five years.
Date of source: Saturday, December 20, 2008
Sāmih Fawzī discusses Egypt’s emigration problem, the need for greater transparency and Coptic expatriates. He also calls on Christians to be active players in Egyptian society andbelieves that in the modern age socio-economic factors are more of a uniting force than religion.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 31, 2008
The Religious Liberty Group of the World Evangelical Alliance has written a report on the escalation of Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt. Hulsman quotes from the report and adds his own comments.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Often when people emigrate from Egypt they leave certain problems behind but encounter new obstacles in their new country of residence believes Rev. Menes Abdel Nūr. However the pastor believes in spite of the fact that Pope Shenouda is a great preacher he should not have interfered in politics.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 31, 2008
In an interview with Gerrit Roos of Reformatorisch Dagblad and Cornelis Hulsman, Bishop Marqus highlights the problems facing Christians in Egypt today. These problems include issues such as church building, conversion, the Egyptian education system and the emigration of Christians abroad.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 31, 2008
According to Bishop Qultah of the Coptic Catholic Church there are three levels of dialogue between Christians and Muslims in the Arab world. However this dialogue needs to be expanded in order for it to be more effective and should be combined with a better education system.