Date of source: Sunday, July 5, 2009
Bishop Bīshūy discusses church trials and divorce problems in the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Date of source: Monday, July 6, 2009
The article deals with Pope Shenouda’s health and the church’s refusal to discuss the issue of his succession.
Date of source: Thursday, July 2, 2009
Hānī Samīr reports on the claims of Ra’fat Samīr, head of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights office in Luxor, that Luxor Municipality has seized church lands.
Date of source: Sunday, October 25, 2009
A number of appeals have been launched in different issues in the Supreme Administrative Court which is headed by Muhammad Ahmad al-Huaynī and have been either postponed or referred to another chamber in the court.
Date of source: Sunday, October 25, 2009
Ayūb traces the Waqf system in Egypt back through its history. The article mentions that the golden age of the Waqf system was the 12th-18th centuries. The system was continued throughout Muhammad ‘Alī’s era and he used revenue from the Waqf system to fund his own projects to modernize Egypt....
Date of source: Thursday, July 2, 2009
A memorandum presented by Dr. Nabīl Lūqa Bibāwī to the Azhar regarding the personal status law for non-Muslims stirs a wide range of reactions among Copts.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 16, 2009
7000 Christians demonstrate in Egypt to ask for their rights.
Date of source: Monday, September 14, 2009
The Coptic Orthodox Church keeps its distance from the peaceful opposition gathering of Copts in the church of ‘Izbat al-Nakhl.
Date of source: Sunday, September 13, 2009
Copts recently celebrated the start of the 1726th year in their calendar. The Coptic calendar dates back to the start of the reign of the Emperor Diocletian in 284.
Date of source: Thursday, October 22, 2009
Pope Shenouda is willing to hold a conference to discuss laymen’s calls to amend the list of regulations for choosing the patriarch.