Date of source: Sunday, September 20, 2009
Three Coptic men in three different villages were attacked by a Muslim man on a motorbike. Investigations have proved that the men did not know their attacker and the author argues that the only thing that linked them was the fact that they are all Copts.
Date of source: Sunday, October 25, 2009
Watani International comments on its most recent book, ’ Sadat in the memory of Copts: Days of pain and triumph.’ The book was written by Robeir al-Faris. The book is divided into eight chapters and looks at the development of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt as well as the Nāsir years before...
Date of source: Sunday, June 14, 2009
The Administrative Court rejected the documents presented by a convert to prove his conversion to Christianity in official papers.
Date of source: Sunday, September 14, 2008
The author laments the difficulty involved in constructing service buildings with any suspected connections to a church. He blames security for this and waits for a unified place of worship law, along with several other Egyptians.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
This article discusses the fluctuating two faced relationship between the church and expatriate Copts. Although the church seeks to strengthen the role played by expatriate Copts abroad, it, at the same time, puts on the mask of being the calming force between the state and expatriate Copts in...
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: Monday, February 9, 2009
Security forces in Cairo detain humanitarian activists from the “toward Gaza” campaign. One of the detained [Philip Rizk] was said to be “abducted” by the state security to an unknown place. A notification was filed and investigations are ongoing.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Cornelis Hulsman interviewed Munīr Fakhrī ‘Abd al-Nūr and discussed Christian emigration from Egypt, the need to build up Egypt into a democratic state again and the importance of dealing with Egyptian problems within Egypt and not as a result of foreign interference.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 31, 2008
In an interview with Gerrit Roos of Reformatorisch Dagblad and Cornelis Hulsman, Bishop Marqus highlights the problems facing Christians in Egypt today. These problems include issues such as church building, conversion, the Egyptian education system and the emigration of Christians abroad.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 26, 2008
The article presents Bishop Marqus’ views on sectarianism in Egypt.