Date of source: Saturday, March 24, 2007
The article states that, following rumors of the ill-health of the pope and patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, and disputes among his potential successors, the same is now happening over the position of the shaykh of the Azhar Mosque.
Date of source: Monday, March 19, 2007
After five years of imprisonment at Saint Bīshūy Monastery, Bishop Taklā is allegedly suffering from serious health problems. People in Dashnā bishopric in Upper-Egypt expressed their anger at the papal residence in al-‘Abbāsiyyah. They asked to reinstate Bishop Taklā.
Date of source: Monday, March 19, 2007
The Ministry of Interior has not applied the laws regulating conversion to Islām since 2004. Consequently, all conversions that have taken place since then are invalid. The father of a converted teenager raises this question in his lawsuit against the minister of interior, minister of justice, and...
Date of source: Saturday, March 17, 2007
Pope Shenouda denied that Bishop Bīshūy accused non-Orthodox denominations of apostasy on a CD and said that the excommunication of Bibāwī was a collective decision issued by the Holy Synod, not by the pope.
Date of source: Monday, March 19, 2007
The Catholic denomination in Cairo has rejected what is considered Pope Shenouda’s justifications for a CD attributed to Bishop Bīshūy on which he accused non-Orthodox Christians of apostasy and claimed that they would not enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
Date of source: Sunday, March 11, 2007
The article discusses various aspects of Coptic emigrants.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Labīb tries to explain what is happening in the Egyptian church by representing the true point of view.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 7, 2007
The writer refutes the rumor that the Orthodox Church is undergoing a crisis, and the clergy under the pope are fighting amongst themselves over who will assume the papal seat.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Bibāwī denied converting to Judaism or to a different denomination and asserted that he will not reconsider his opinions, apologize or ask for forgiveness from Pope Shenouda.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 7, 2007
‘Ārif al-Dubays writes a profile about Bishop Bīshūy.