Date of source: Saturday, April 28, 2007
The second session of the laymen’s conference did no better than the first. The session sparked severe reactions from the church. It called to reword the four Gospels of the New Testament and named the monastic life as “the random system.”
Date of source: Wednesday, April 18, 2007
The second session of the laymen’s conference will be held on April 26-27, 2007. While laymen sent out personal invitations to Pope Shenouda III and all the members of the Holy Synod, the Coptic Orthodox Church still appears to be boycotting the conference. Pope Shenouda described the conference as...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Jibrā’īl tries to point out the troubles of the Coptic Orthodox Church. He highlights problematic aspects that he believes to be reasons for the “mess” in which the Coptic Orthodox Church seems to presently find itself.
Date of source: Sunday, April 15, 2007
John Watson provides a review of John Fullerton’s novel entitled, ‘This Green Land.’ It is a story that focuses on a young Christian woman, Reem, who was brainwashed and subsequently used by violent ideologies and beliefs. Fullerton provides an insight into the origins of terrorist and extremists...
Date of source: Saturday, February 3, 2007 to Friday, February 9, 2007
Usāmah Salāmah comments on the letters of Father Marqus and Munīr Bishāy about Father Marqus’ last interview with al- Miṣrī al-Yawm.
Date of source: Friday, February 2, 2007
The article presents a dialogue with the famous Egyptian geologist, Dr. Rushdī Sa‘īd, in which he talks about Copts and citizenship.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Drs. Hulsman provides a detailed description of Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt, and a history of Coptic problems, stemming from their own actions and outside influences.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 22, 1997
On
August 2, 1997 the L.A Times published an alleged claim of Christians being tortured in Pakistan,
but at the
same time, nothing was mentioned about the confirmed massacres perpetrated daily by Israel,
protected by the right
of veto. On August 14, 1997, the same newspaper published an...
Date of source: Monday, August 28, 2006
A student at the Institute of Coptic Studies denies that
Orthodox Copts are
fundamentalists and asserts that they simply have an implicit faith while a Catholic writer
calls for the
Orthodox Church to renounce its fundamentalist language and to open to all other denominations.
Date of source: Monday, July 24, 2006
The author speaks
about fundamentalism, noting it has negative impacts not just on the
political arena but also on the arts and on
creative works.