Date of source: Sunday, June 25, 2006
Youssef Sidhom discusses the 37 year long struggle of the Copts of Alexandria to build a church in Maamoura.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 21, 2006
The author
writes about the issue of Mahmoud
Salāh al-Dīn, who is accused of attacking three churches and going
on a stabbing spree that claimed
the life of one aging worshipper and the injury of others, and the replacement of
a medical commission
mandated to observe the alleged lunatic.
Date of source: Saturday, April 15, 2006
The review tackles the incidents of Alexandria, where a man, alleged by the Ministry
of the Interior to be a lunatic, stormed three churches one after the other, and stabbed worshippers while
chanting Muslim slogans in praise of the Prophet Muhammad.
Date of source: Sunday, November 22, 1998
The Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria applied twenty years ago (!!) to the governor of Alexandria to dedicate a spot of land, owned by the governorate, to build a church in Al-Maamoura Beach serving thousands of Coptic residents and visitors. Until now that permit has not yet been granted.