Date of source: Wednesday, August 1, 2007
A document is issued by the bishop of Naj‘ Ḥammadī following the conversion of two Coptic men to Islām. The bishop accuses fundamentalist Islamic groups of exploiting the poor financial circumstances of some Christian young men to oblige them to convert.
Date of source: Friday, January 5, 2007
Upon detaining 15 priests in Suhāj, and after the problematic discussions of the laymen’s conference, church trials are put in question. Farghalī reports many Copts’ opinions and comments about the matter.
Date of source: Monday, January 1, 2007
George Ḥabīb Bibāwī publishes the third article in his series of articles in Rose al-Yūsuf about the problems facing the church. This article is entitled, ‘The Inheritance of Pope Shenouda III.’
Date of source: Sunday, January 1, 2006
Max Michel stresses the legitimacy of his church, and the Coptic Orthodox Church stresses its rejection. Pope Shenouda is ready to meet Max Michel when the latter expresses his regression and removes his patriarchal garments and title.
Date of source: Sunday, January 7, 2007
The Egyptian press has widely covered Christmas celebrations held by the Coptic Orthodox Church and presided over by Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark.
Date of source: Thursday, March 22, 2007
AWR was invited to The Program for Civilizational Studies and Dialogue of Cultures at Cairo University to present a film about its work and explain to the students the necessity of caution in media reporting.
Dr. Ṭāriq Heggy visited AWR’s office to speak about what motivates him to write.
Remarks...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Dr. George Habīb Bibāwī
publishes the second episode
of his series of articles about the ‘dilemma’ of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
This episode is entitled ‘Gaps in the
Coptic renaissancemovement before the time of Pope Shenouda
III.’
Date of source: Friday, December 22, 2006
The problems of Copts revealed in the reform conference were not mainly related to the Coptic Orthodox Church; many of the church problems can be attributed to the political and social problems resulted from the duality between the stance of the law and the practices literally applied.
Date of source: Thursday, December 21, 2006
An unresolved crisis now appears to be affecting relations between the Coptic Orthodox
Church
and the independent Christian newspaper Watanī.
Date of source: Sunday, December 17, 2006
The article discusses the passing of Father Antonious Henein, highlighting his
achievements in his personal life and the contributions he made to furthering the Coptic Orthodox Church, both in
Egypt, and in North America.