Date of source: Thursday, December 22, 2005
On December 13, Dream satellite channel broadcast a program on the reported forced Islamization of Christian girls in Egypt. TV host, Mr Wā’il al-Ibrāshī, invited Dr. Najīb Jabrā’īl and Coptic thinker Jamāl As‘ad to join him in the program.
Date of source: Sunday, October 30, 2005
Sourat al-‘Arab wa al-Muslimīn Fi al-Manāhij al-Dirāsīya Hawl al-‘Ālam [Image of Arabs and Muslims in school curricula all over the world] by Sulaymān Qinnāwī is a study of the stereotype of Muslims and Arabs in Western school curricula.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Businessman Hānī ‘Azīz organized a national unity suhour banquet, to which he invited a number of Muslim and Christian men of religion.
Date of source: Monday, July 7, 2003
Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim celebrated last Thursday the re-inauguration of the Ibn Khaldoun Center for Development Studies. Not more than twenty persons, representing American and European organizations were present. The author comments on the events of the celebration, saying it was a chance for...
Date of source: Thursday, March 18, 2004
Bishop Musa, the bishop of youth, confirmed that there is no space in Christianity to bestow innocence upon the Jews. The Jews confessed to the killing of Christ when they said “May his blood be on us, and on our children” in the Bible. [“And All the people answered, “May his blood be on us, and...
Date of source: Thursday, December 23, 2004
This report explains the escalations following the alleged conversion of a priest’s wife to Islam. Much background is given to the cultural context that explain why such an issue is so sensitive in Egypt. The report also shows that several of the organizers of the demonstration in Cairo have done...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 8, 2005
It has to be understood why matters are so complicated in personal status matters for Copts, who beforehand used to belong to the Church in each and every detail of their lives.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 22, 2005
We affirmed many times that the Church wants to play a political role that will be at odds with the essence of Christianity. Politics is known for its fluctuating stances that are different from religious values and principles. Moreover, the Egyptian law, thanks to Allāh, does not offer the Church...
Date of source: Saturday, February 12, 2005
During an interview with al-Ahrām al-‘Arabī magazine, Anbā Bīsantī, Bishop of Hilwān and al-Ma‘sara, asserted that “the absence of democracy during late President ‘Abd al-Nāsir’s time reflected on the Copts.”
Date of source: Monday, January 3, 2005
A clash occurred when a monastery in southern Cairo seized property from a military factory at al-Macsara.