Date of source: Sunday, August 17, 2008
The article provides background information on the Abū Fānā Monastery crisis, stating that a settlement was reached when the Coptic Church agreed to give up some of the land for peace and a fencing wall to protect the remaining land. The article then relates how Minya officials have gone back on...
Date of source: Saturday, November 1, 2008
The article narrates the bizarre story of holding a funeral mass in the street next to the church due to some unfinished repairs being done to the church.
Date of source: Monday, October 20, 2008
Sharīf al-Dawākhlī’s article in Al-Dustūr discusses the issues facing Pope Shenouda on his return from medical leave in the United States.
Date of source: Sunday, October 26, 2008
The author addresses the lone dissenting view, against bringing the unified law for constructing places of worship before the parliament. The author shows why the dissenter, Darbi’s, view that raising this law in parliament will cause too much of a stir and is irreverent to Muslim sharī‘ah which...
Date of source: Thursday, October 23, 2008
Pope Shenouda is said to be angry that the reconciliation agreement has not been signed by the parties involved in the Abū Fānā conflict. He will apparently deal with the issue first, when he returns from his medical trip to the U.S
Date of source: Sunday, August 3, 2008
The article discusses a lawsuit filed by the Evangelical church in Egypt to secure rights to build churches in new settlements.
Date of source: Sunday, August 3, 2008
The bill for a unified law for building places of worship is still waiting idly to be placed on parliament’s agenda once the parliamentary recess is over. Several Members of Parliament discuss their views.
Date of source: Sunday, July 27, 2008
A press conference to explain Abū Fānā has been postponed until mid-August when Bishop Demetrius will have returned from the U.S where he is visiting Pope Shenouda.
Date of source: Sunday, July 27, 2008
The author analyses the Abu-Fana attack and its effects on Egyptian society.
Date of source: Monday, July 21, 2008
The newspaper wrote an article about Bishop Demetrius, bishop of Mallāwī and head of the Orthodox Church’s Care, Service and Monasteries Affairs Committee, mentioning some secret information about him that has not been previously known by the media. In a related development, a committee was formed...