Date of source: Wednesday, October 17, 2007
A group of Copts try to have a priest defrocked, but the pope rejects the idea.
Date of source: Saturday, October 20, 2007
The author narrates a background history to the deteriorating situation of Christians in the East. He identifies the reasons behind this deterioration and discusses the origins of religious fundamentalism and the autocratic regimes in the Arab world.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 23, 2007
The author talks about the attacks on Islam represented in an American campaign organized by some fanatics and Israel’s attempts to issue a UN decree to prohibit the Islamic parties from sharing in elections.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Max Michel invited 22 Evangelical pastors to a session to discuss his vision to bring the different Christian denominations in Egypt together. The author observed the reactions of some participants and Coptic Orthodox clergymen.
Date of source: Friday, October 12, 2007
Dr. ‘Abd al-Mu‘ṭī Bayyūmī discusses the thorny issue of Muslim and non-Muslim relations as articulated in the Qur’ān, casting light on the important verse of “No compulsion in religion.”
Date of source: Saturday, October 13, 2007 to Friday, October 19, 2007
Hānī Labīb presents a history of the laws adopted by the church and the government to regulate Coptic marriage and divorce.
Date of source: Monday, October 15, 2007
Huwaydī expresses his fears over a meeting that is expected to take place between Pope Shenouda, Pope Benedict XVI, and 38 prominent Muslim scholars and preachers to discuss Muslim Christian relations in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, October 4, 2007
The Egyptian Minister of Endowments Maḥmūd Ḥamdī Zaqzūq called on Muslims to visit the Aqsá Mosque to support the Palestinian cause and show the entire world that the Aqṣá Mosque is an issue for Muslims everywhere.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 3, 2007
15 Egyptian independent newspapers refused to publish their publications on October 7, 2007. Other newspapers criticized the gesture and its motivations, choosing instead to express themselves “positively.” Freedom of the press is a pivotal issue in Egyptian media nowadays.
Date of source: Sunday, October 7, 2007
Bāsimah William reports on the president of the Judicial Administrative Court’s decision to adjourn the case of Injī ʿĀṭif, a Coptic minor who was allegedly kidnapped and forced to marry a Muslim man.