Date of source: Wednesday, September 17, 1997
Subtitle:Saad Zaghloul distributed
bibles to excellent students and made, for the first time, the study of
Christianity a scholastic
subjectNot mentioning the religion on the identity card is an important request.
Syria did it, but
Egypt continues to refuseThere is a belief that Copts are rich...
Date of source: Sunday, July 23, 2006
The author complains about the absence of Coptic names from the list of students who gained the highest grades in the thānawīya ‘amma [Egyptian high school].
Date of source: Saturday, April 8, 2006 to Friday, April 14, 2006
The author
sends a letter to Rose al-Yousuf
magazine highlighting some important points regarding his
position concerning the crisis of Dr.
Mīrā [Mīrā Māhir Ra’ouf], a Christian researcher
who claims to have faced
religious discrimination at al-Minya University.
Date of source: Monday, March 20, 2006
A Muslim physician has resigned over the rejection of a young Coptic woman’s application to be appointed to the pediatrics department at al-Minyā University because of her faith.
Date of source: Monday, March 13, 2006
Dr. Sālim Ahmad Sālim, a Muslim professor of pediatrics at al-Minia University medicine school has submitted his resignation after the mistreatment of one of his Coptic students.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 8, 2006
The author warns of troublemakers stirring up sectarian sedition at al-Minia University after a student is refused her master’s degree in pediatrics because she is Christian.
Date of source: Friday, March 17, 2006
Karīma Suaydān opens the sensitive file of the appointment of Copts to vital positions through presenting the case of Dr. Mīrā Ra’ouf, who accuses the council of the Faculty of Medicine, University of al-Minia of refusing to nominate her as assistant teacher at the pediatrics department due to her...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 28, 2006
The author applauds the decision of a professor at al-Minia university who resigned after his Christian student faced discrimination and wonders when people will be appointed based on their qualifications, and not their religion.
Date of source: Sunday, December 18, 2005
The author discusses Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, visit to Pakistan, and the discrimination and persecution of Christians in the Islamic world.
Date of source: Sunday, November 20, 2005
The author discusses the persecution of Copts in Egypt and his hopes that democracy in Egypt will improve the Copts’ situation. He looks to Europe and the United Nations for examples of defeating persecution and discusses the legitimacy of foreign intervention in matters concerning human rights.