Date of source: Friday, July 13, 2007
The article discusses the repercussions to the recent statements of Bishop Bisantī about the number of Copts living in Egypt. The bishop’s unofficial estimation raised the old, unanswered question about the reasons behind the government’s continuous refusal to declare the real number of the Coptic...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Bishop Bisantī of Ḥilwān and al-Ma‘sarah and one of the main references in the Coptic Orthodox Church asserted that the Coptic Orthodox Church has rejected all forms of foreign interference and has denied all allegations about the church’s intention to assign a successor to Pope Shenouda. Many...
Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2007
The first article of the Constitution affirms the principle of citizenship regardless of the number of Muslims and Christians.
Date of source: Monday, June 18, 2007
Reviewer: Nuhayr ‘IsmatMuḥammad al-Bāz asks Bishop Basantī some question about the
corruption taking place in the Ḥilwān bishopric.
Date of source: Sunday, June 10, 2007
The author of the article reported on the response of Father Aughustinus Mūsá Faltas to a previous interview published in the same publication with Counselor Labīb Ḥalīm Labīb. Father Aughustinus refuted the accusations directed by Counselor Labīb against the church.
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Some 40 Copts were staging a sit-in inside a monastery in south Cairo in protest against the disappearance of a Coptic woman they said had eloped with a Muslim man, according to security sources and Egyptian church officials.
Date of source: Saturday, April 7, 2007
Bilāl al-Dawī interviews Bishop Basantī asking him about the recent incidents in the church.
Date of source: Monday, April 2, 2007
Dozens of mothers and wives of suspects in al-Tā’ifah al-Mansūrah case demonstrated against the Ministry of Interior for not releasing their relatives.
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In an unprecedented event in Egyptian cinema, Baheb al-Sima (I Love Cinema) portrays members of a Christian family as the protagonists in a film that deals with family relationships set in the 1960s. The film caused much controversy not only because it is the first film to show Christian as the...
Date of source: Monday, December 4, 2006
The life of
‘Aidah, a Christian employee, was turned upside down
when her family and husband learned that she had
secretly converted to Islām.