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10. Expatriate Copts launch the “out of the dark tunnel” campaign responding to the collapse of the Virgin Church in Sohag
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.
16. Where there’s a will
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.
5. Disappointing report from the Religious Liberty Group of the World Evangelical Alliance
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.
7. Rev. Menes Abdel Nur responding to “Christian activists’ contributions to Christian migration from the Arab world; can Christianity survive in the Arab world?”
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.
11. Church in Egypt
Date of source: Saturday, April 12, 2008
The story of the Presbyterian congregation in Ma’ādī’s 60 year attempt to have their own church constructed.
26. The crime: belonging to a church
Date of source: Sunday, December 7, 2008
Social services buildings that are affiliated to churches have to go through rigorous licensing hurdles before they are legal, even if the building is not going to be used as a church at all.
18. The Governor of Matruh confirms earmarking four thousand meters for the Church of al-‘Alamin
Date of source: Sunday, August 17, 2008
Muhammad Bakhāt writes that the Governor of Matrūh confirms that the land crisis involving al-‘Alamīn church has been solved by earmarking a 4000 meter plot of land to the church. Bakhāt was working hard to avoid an Abū Fānā type crisis.
21. Problems on hold
Date of source: Sunday, November 23, 2008
Sidhum writes about the apparent government avoidance of a bill for the unified law for building places of worship and different viewpoints on this issue.
24. On with the campaign.
Date of source: Sunday, November 16, 2008
As a new parliamentary session gets under way, Watani International reignites the issue of the unified law for houses of worship.
8. Abu-Fana’s wall up
Date of source: Sunday, November 16, 2008
Abū Fānā monastery has announced that the seven kilometer wall around its periphery has been finished but call for it to be increased to a height of four meters.

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