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1. Islam is the first challenge; The Catholic church declares its worry
Date of source: Friday, June 13, 1997
According to the paper, the Roman Catholic Church is worried about the great number of conversions to Islam.
48. Divorce your wife for 10,000 pounds only!
Date of source: Friday, June 2, 2006
If you are Christian, 10,000 pounds, the price of a forged certificate that indicates the conversion to another denomination or religion, is the cost of divorce.
31. The Islamization of Egypt over the past few decades, Egyptian nationalism and patriotism have receded, leaving space for Pan-Islamism. The real victims of the drastic transformation are undoubtedly the Copts who have been made to endure a de-facto dhi
Date of source: Sunday, June 4, 2006
A controversial article on the growing Islamization of Egypt and the effect this has on the Coptic community.
24. Extremism … at the hand of the court clerk
Date of source: Sunday, May 28, 2006
Ministry of Interior has refused to allow 150 Christian converts to Islam, who later returned to Christianity, to change the religious data on their identity cards back to Christianity. Kamal Zākhir Mousa argues that an extremist wing of the political elite is trying to link citizenship to...
21. Dialogues of Reconciliation
Date of source: Sunday, May 28, 2006
Ashley Makar discusses the paranoia surrounding the issue of conversion, the Alexandria incidents and the words of hatred spouted by both some Muslims and Christians, calling for dialogue and openness.
2. Coptic culture in the Islamic era
Date of source: Wednesday, May 24, 2006
The tolerance and justice the Islamic conquerors showed encouraged Copts in Egypt to become integrated within the Islamic society. Jamāl Badawī sheds light on the Coptic culture during the Islamic era.
53. Interior minister accuses Copts who convert back to Christianity of igniting sectarian sedition
Date of source: Monday, May 8, 2006
The Egyptian minister of interior, Major General Habīb al- ‘Ādlī, has submitted a memorandum to the Administrative Judicial Court, calling for the dismissal of the lawsuits filed by 150 Copts, who embraced Islam and afterwards decided to convert back to Christianity, and accusing the converts of...
7. He and his cousin converted to Islam in order to have an ‘Urfi marriage
Date of source: Saturday, May 6, 2006
A married Christian man is accused of converting to Islam, with his cousin, in order to take her as a second wife.
6. New law forces the Ministry of Interior to acknowledge the conversion to Islam of Copts, which was stopped after the Wafa’ Constantine incident
Date of source: Monday, May 1, 2006
A new law forces the Ministry of Interior to acknowledge the conversion of Coptic Orthodox Christians to Islam.
5. "We don’t want more clashes" Christians refuse missionary works
Date of source: Friday, May 5, 2006
Christians in Egypt have rejected a document that is alleged by some to allow missionary work in Egypt, arguing that it will increase tension between Muslims and Copts. AWR has already published Shaykh al-Zifzāf’s denial fo these claims, with a link to the full text of the document.

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