Date of source: Tuesday, July 3, 2018
In an interview with al-Dustūr, Priest Rifʿat Fikrī, head of the Evangelical Synod of the Nile, stated that the confusion of religion with politics and science is one of the main reasons that hinder the progress of the Egyptian state, and that no progress will ever be achieved as long as some...
Date of source: Saturday, August 2, 2014
A single paper with Father Bishoy’s words on it declaring a ban on women and girls from wearing trousers and make-up when going to church and attending communion has ignited fervent anger from Copts against the bishop.
Date of source: Sunday, March 16, 2014
The 13 nuns of Mar Taqlā monastery in addition to three ladies that used to work in the monastery in Ma’lūla, Syria have been released.
Date of source: Saturday, April 1, 2017
Most Muslims in Egypt do not have good impressions of Christian missionaries in Egypt. We earlier, in 2004, had discussions about this in Arab-West Report. There are good reasons for these negative impressions since there are indeed Christians proclaiming their faith and speaking very negatively...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Egyptian Coptic women occupy a very special role in the Egyptian Church. The church organizes weekly meetings to discuss all affairs concerning Christian women. The meeting is referred to as the meeting of ladies during which all affairs concerning the everyday life of women (dealing with...
Date of source: Saturday, May 19, 2012
Dozens of Coptic women gathered outside the St. Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah on Friday (May 18) to protest statements by Bishop Bīshūy, Secretary of the Coptic Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod, in which he called on Christian women to observe modest clothing and “follow in the...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Presidential candidate Ahmad Shafīq said Christians are full partners in the nation, pledging if he won the elections, he would choose a highly-efficient Christian woman as vice president to cover religion and sex in the same time. [Ashraf Sharaf and Sarhān Sinnārah, al-Akhbār, May 16, p. 5] Read...
Date of source: Sunday, May 10, 2009
The following lines present a review of the second part of the interview with Rev. Manīs ‘Abd al-Nūr, a prominent figure in the Evangelical Church in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, June 28, 2004
Watson, who knows Pope Shenouda and many of the Bishops mentioned in the book well, closes his review with Hasan’s words: “It is doubtful that the Copts have made much headway, in their century-long tortuously slow trajectory toward citizenship with equal rights. This statement becomes truer if one...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Recent statistics released by the United Nations Children’s Fund [UNICEF, see: http://www.unicef.org/], revealed that Egypt comes second on the list of countries that practice female circumcision.In hisbook, ’Khitān al-Ināth Fī Manzūr al-Islām’ [Female Circumcision from an Islamic Perspective],...