Date of source: Saturday, July 19, 2003 to Friday, July 25, 2003
Dr. Selim Naguib wrote an article titled “Where is the conscience of Egypt?” published on the internet site of Elaf. He claimed that kidnapping minor Coptic girls and forcing them to convert to Islam is a phenomenon in Egypt. The author comments on this article. He just denies that such thing...
Date of source: Thursday, May 18, 2006
Metropolitan Abba Seraphim’s critique of a paper by Bishop Munīr on the relations between Muslims and Christians in Egypt, presented at the annual interfaith dialogue meeting of the Anglican communion and the Permanent Committee of the Azhar al-Sharif for Dialogue with the Monotheistic Religions.
Date of source: Thursday, September 15, 2005
A paper presented at the annual interfaith dialogue meeting of the Anglican communion and the Permanent Committee of the Azhar al-Sharif for Dialogue with the Monotheistic Religions that prompted criticism from Metropolitan Seraphim for the portrayal of Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, March 27, 2006
Mukhtar Nouh, journalist at Sawt al-Umma newspaper, tries to show the positive relationship between Muslims and Christians in Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Bishop Marqus comments on Bishop Munīr’s text on “Christian minorities in the Islamic world; an Egyptian perspective.”
Date of source: Tuesday, July 8, 2003
The article is an overview of a book by Coptic researcher Hani Labib titled “The Crisis of Religion Protection…Religion and State in Egypt.” The author comments on the Coptic issue in the modern age and on American religious protection laws.
Date of source: Thursday, March 23, 2006
The author argues that while Copts are demanding the application of rulings by the Administrative Court requiring the Interior Ministry to print new identity cards for Christian converts, Pope Shenouda has refused to apply the rulings of the same court concerning remarriage for Coptic divorcees.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 5, 2003
Christianity Today, a major US publication, published a highly distorted article on Christians in Egypt, making claims that are simply false or cannot be substantiated. Christianity Today based itself on material obtained from Operation World and other sources. Operation World admits they must have...
Date of source: Friday, July 15, 2005
One of the issues discussed during the seminar about reform in Egypt held in Montreal was how a minority social or cultural group might find suitable positions in state institutions.
Date of source: Saturday, June 18, 2005
The author argues that the government wanted to close the matter of the conversion of Wafā’ Qustantīn, a Coptic Orthodox priest’s wife, to Islam as quickly as possible without considering the possible repercussions which could breach citizens’ right to choose their religious belief according to...