Date of source: Friday, March 13, 2009
Al-Usbū‘ reports about the people who participated in the 21st Conference for the renewal of the Islamic discourse organized by the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Yūsuf Zaydān has won the Arabic Booker Prize for his book ‘Azāzīl. The Coptic Orthodox Church criticized the move considering it “an enforcement of anti-religious literature.”
Date of source: Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Hānī Labīb supports Sa‘d Hajras’ report to the general prosecutor to take action against a printing house’s owner who refused to do business with Labīb Halīm Labīb because he is Christian!
Date of source: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Dr Najīb Jibrā’īl comments on the condition of Christians in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Security forces in Alexandria succeeded in stopping sectarian strife from breaking out when a store was turned into a mosque.
Date of source: Thursday, March 12, 2009
The assistant to the Egyptian minister of interior comments on recently reported news on the killings of two Christian men.
Date of source: Sunday, March 8, 2009
European Copts have been invited to attend a conference on religious freedom in Egypt that will be held in Germany later this month.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Although Bishop Marqus stresses the fact that he opposes the government, he supports Jamāl Mubārak to succeed his father as the president of the Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, February 28, 2009
A Coptic teenager escaped from her family home intending to marry a 20 year old young Muslim man. Copts demonstrated angrily and the prosecution released the couple. The teenage girl is said to have been sent to a monastery in Cairo to be taken care of.
Date of source: Saturday, February 28, 2009
Dār al-Iftā’ issue a fatwá claiming that polygamy is not prohibited in Judaism and Christianity according to the Torah and the Bible. The fatwá aroused Christians’ resentment.